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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 […]

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

Twitter is rolling out new features to its developer community with an update to its recently rebuilt Twitter API. One addition to the now expanded collection of API v2 endpoints will allow app developers to eventually better support Twitter’s newer conversation controls — the feature that allows users to specify who can reply to their […]

Twitter expands API features for developers tracking the public conversation

This entry was posted in Apps Developer developers Social and tagged twitter on December 21, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications, and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People now spend three hours and 40 minutes per day using apps, […]

This Week in Apps: Snapchat clones TikTok, India bans 43 ...

This entry was posted in app-store Apps developers Mobile and tagged apple google on November 29, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Following the updates to Instagram and Messenger that delivered cross-app communication and other features, Facebook today announced its Messenger API has also been updated to allow businesses to manage their communications across Instagram, in addition to Messenger . Before today, businesses could only respond to customer inquiries through the Instagram app and through Facebook’s unified […]

Facebook introduces a new Messenger API with support for Instagram

This entry was posted in Apps brands developers messages Messenger shopping Social and tagged facebook instagram social media on October 19, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Facebook has announced a policy change that will see the company notify third-party developers if it finds a security vulnerability in their code. Facebook said it “may occasionally find” critical bugs and vulnerabilities in third-party code and systems, in a blog post announcing the change. “When that happens, our priority is to see these issues […]

Facebook to warn third-party developers of vulnerable code

This entry was posted in code developers Security Social and tagged facebook on September 3, 2020 by Zack Whittaker

Facebook to warn third-party developers of vulnerable code

This entry was posted in code developers Security Social and tagged facebook on September 3, 2020 by Zack Whittaker

This week we're taking a look at how the civil unrest and George Floyd protests played out across the app stores. The events led some apps to surge, and even break records.

This Week in Apps: Protests impact app stores, FTC fines ...

This entry was posted in app stores Apps developers Gaming Mobile Social TC trends on June 6, 2020 by Sarah Perez

We continue to look at how the pandemic is impacting the world of mobile apps. Notably, we saw the launch of the Apple/Google exposure notification API with the latest version of iOS.