TOP STORY this week is the unignorable fact that Russia has just thrown a $6.8m anti-trust fine at Google for preloading its own apps onto Android phones. Given that the EU is already threatening a three billion dollar equivalent, it's safe to say that this could be a game-changer.

It could be that Google has to send its devices out "vanilla". Whilst this is a good thing for competition, it's not necessarily a good thing for the cohesion of Android as a platform. Moto Fit and Samsung Pay are all well and good for people with those devices, but if they're excluded from the ban, it could be just as damaging as the current monopoly.

Inbox, the 'experimental' alternative Gmail client that we keep blowing hot and cold on has added extra integrations which will, seemingly make the whole thing make even more sense.

Project management tool Trello, GitHub projects and Google Alerts are now part of the mix, plus there's feedback on Google Drive documents too.

Google is encouraging customers who are interested in using Inbox for work to contact them, as extra support is available.

The update will be available shortly with full rollout expected in the coming days.

There's rumours coming from Nvidia that one of our favourite tablets - the Nvidia Shield won't be getting a successor. The Shield added a K1 version last year and FCC filings for a device referred to as P2290W or Hawkeye were expected to manifest at IFA next month as the Shield Tablet 2.

But now, the FCC has reported that the device has been cancelled for "Business Reasons". We hope this isn't the end of the Shield line, because it's been consistently flippin' marvellous.

Finally, back with Gmail, Google has confirmed that there is going to be better warning if an emailer can't be authenticated using the Sender Policy Framework or DKIM, you'll see a question mark, warning you to beware.

It's hoped that it will make phishing scams and the like a bit easier to spot. Bad news, then, for Nigerian Astronauts.

It comes as Google reveals that Unwanted Programs (Bundleware) is now a bigger problem than malware.