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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 industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]

This Week in Apps: Instagram restricts teens’ accounts, Elon Musk ...

This entry was posted in Android apps app stores app-store Apps developers Google Play iOS iOS apps Media Mobile TC and tagged apple google on July 31, 2021 by Sarah Perez

In March, Spotify announced it was acquiring the company behind the sports-focused audio app Locker Room to help speed its entry into the live audio market. Today, the company is making good on that deal with the launch of Spotify Greenroom, a new mobile app that allows Spotify users worldwide to join or host live […]

Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify ...

This entry was posted in Android apps Apps audio Creators iOS apps Media Mobile mobile apps Music podcast Social Spotify streaming and tagged social media on June 16, 2021 by Sarah Perez

This Week in Apps: Bumble’s IPO, Google’s missing privacy labels, ...

This entry was posted in Android Android apps app stores Apps developers iOS iOS apps Mobile TC and tagged apple google on February 13, 2021 by Sarah Perez

This Week in Apps: GameStop madness hits trading apps, Apple ...

This entry was posted in advertising Android Android apps app stores Apps developers iOS iOS apps Mobile privacy Robinhood TC and tagged apple facebook google on January 30, 2021 by Sarah Perez

Google Play Pass, the Android alternative to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, is expanding. Launched in September 2019 with over 350 apps and games, Play Pass today announced it’s added 150 new titles, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Golf Peaks, and kid-friendly content, like apps from Sesame Workshop, for example. In addition, the service will be […]

Google Play Pass expands outside the U.S., adds more titles ...

This entry was posted in Android apps Apps games Google Play Mobile mobile apps and tagged google on July 14, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Google is today announcing a series of policy changes aimed at eliminating untrustworthy apps from its Android app marketplace, the Google Play store. The changes are meant to give users more control over how their data is used, tighten subscription policies, and help prevent deceptive apps and media — including those involving deepfakes — from […]

New Google Play policies to cut down on ‘fleeceware,’ deepfakes, ...

This entry was posted in Android Android apps Apps developers Google Play Mobile privacy and tagged google on April 16, 2020 by Sarah Perez

The spread of COVID-19 has already had a significant impact on the mobile app industry and that will continue in the years to come. According to a revised 2020-2024 market forecast from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, a sizable increase in app downloads for industries like remote work and education will lead to a large […]

Mobile app spending to double by 2024, despite economic impacts ...

This entry was posted in Android apps app stores Apps iOS apps Mobile on April 1, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Google this week warned Android developers that Play Store app review times will be much longer than normal due to the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Developers should expect app reviews to take up to a week or even longer, the company informed its community by way of an alert on the Google Play Console. […]

Android app reviews may slow to over a week due ...

This entry was posted in Android Android apps Apps developers Google Play Health Mobile and tagged google on March 17, 2020 by Sarah Perez

VSCO, a popular photo editing app (and Gen Z meme), is continuing to shift its focus to video. Last month, the company finally gave its creators the ability to publish their video edits to the VSCO feed alongside their photos. And today VSCO is rolling out a more powerful and complex video editing tool called […]

VSCO’s new editing tool Montage lets you edit and layer ...

This entry was posted in Android apps Apps iOS apps Social Video VSCO and tagged social media on March 4, 2020 by Sarah Perez

This week, we'll look at the coronavirus outbreak's impact. We're also talking about Facebook's lawsuit over a data-grabbing SDK, Tinder's new video series, and more.

This Week in Apps: Coronavirus impacts app stores, Facebook sues ...

This entry was posted in Android apps app stores Apps China iOS apps Mobile and tagged apple google on February 29, 2020 by Sarah Perez

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