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This Week in Apps: Apple and Google team up on trackers, Google I/O preview, apps hit NewFronts
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Match says it’s ‘very possible’ Apple-Epic ruling could result in App Store fee relief
Dating app giant Match Group believes it’s “very possible” that the recent Apple-Epic Games antitrust appeals ruling, though largely in favor of Apple, may result in App Store fee re
This Week in Apps: Users pan Snapchat’s AI, Bluesky has a moment, Apple wins antitrust appeal
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This Week in Apps: Apple ‘sherlocks’ journaling apps, Twitter’s checkmark apocalypse, Snap summit recap
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This Week in Apps: Newsrooms leave Twitter, Reels expands, Android 14 arrives
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This Week in Apps: TikTok goes to Congress, apps connect to ChatGPT, Microsoft’s mobile games store plan
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The top 10 AI mobile apps have already pulled in over $14 million this year
Consumer demand for AI chatbot experiences has been funneling millions of dollars into mobile apps advertising their association with ChatGPT or OpenAI technologies. According to a new analysis of the
Microsoft banks on regulations to build a mobile games store
To break Google and Apple's app store duopoly, Microsoft is now preparing to build its own mobile games store, banking on upcoming regulations.
This Week in Apps: AI-powered productivity apps, US weighs TikTok ban, SVB crash boosts crypto apps
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags as co
This Week in Apps: TikTok-style feeds come to Spotify and Reddit; Meta’s Fediverse plans
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as c
This Week in Apps: Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky, social apps’ teen protections, Twitter clients get help
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This Week in Apps: Twitter alternative winners and losers, BeReal declines, iOS web apps to get notifications
This week's theme seems to be a decline in growth for some much-buzzed-about apps, including a group of Twitter alternatives, AI photo apps and even the BeReal. Let's dive in.
This Week in Apps: AI apps, Bing hits the Top Charts, Google and Mozilla test non-WebKit browsers
This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, M&As and much more.
The Biden administration says Apple’s and Google’s app stores are stifling competition
The Biden administration is calling out Apple’s and Google’s app stores for stifling competition. A new report, issued on Wednesday by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunic
This Week in Apps: ChatGPT app scammers, Instagram revamp and a consumer spending slowdown
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App Store developers have earned $320 billion to date, says Apple
Apple today shared an update on its subscription businesses and global App Store, noting that the tech company has now paid out a record $320 billion to app developers since 2008 — a number that
This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’s security woes, App Store backlash grows
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in th
This Week in Apps: Apple-Epic antitrust battle resumes, Apple sued over tracking, Google’s new rules for kids’ apps
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in th
This Week in Apps: Twitter’s crazy week drives social apps’ growth, Google expands user choice billing
This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place with the latest from the world of apps.
Google Play to pilot third-party billing in new markets, including US; Bumble joins Spotify as early tester
Google today announced it’s expanding its user choice billing pilot, which allows Android app developers to use other payment systems besides Google’s own. The program will now become avai