| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2026 | Bumble is losing its Bumble-ness | Bumble's buzz is sounding familiar.
When Whitney Wolfe Herd left Tinder to found Bumble, she positioned the new rival as Tinder's antithesis.
"I always felt that for me as a woman, I always had to wait around," she told The New Yo... |
| 10.07.2026 | Kalshi is trying to lure women with its 'Love Island' ads on TikTok | By this point, I have now watched an astonishing amount of "Love Island USA," which airs six nights a week (yes, six — it's a commitment!) on Peacock during June and July.
To complement this, I have also consumed nearly as much sc... |
| 09.07.2026 | Robotaxi Race Heats Up: Waymo Expands, Zoox Surges, Challenges Mount | Waymo drives aggressive U.S. robotaxi expansion, launching in four new cities. Its fleet grows. This secures a market lead. However, operational hurdles emerge, including gridlock incidents and weather issues in key cities. Simultaneously, ... |
| 07.07.2026 | One robotaxi player has grown its share of users so far in 2026 — and it's not Waymo | One robotaxi provider is picking up speed against the competition.
Amazon-owned Zoox grew its share of monthly active users to 25% from 15% during the first half of 2026, according to data from Apptopia.
Waymo, which has long been the large... |
| 25.06.2026 | TikTok and YouTube are reinventing sports viewership. Broadcasters are taking note | Sign up today for the CNBC Sport Newsletter
The NBA Finals just scored some of its biggest viewership numbers in decades, on both TV and social media, according to the league.
Leagues and rights holders are increasingly using social media a... |
| 20.03.2026 | Pinterest CEO calls for ban on social media for youth under 16 | Previous
Screens display the company logo for Pinterest Inc. during the company's IPO on the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, attends a con... |
| 21.02.2026 | Иск на $134 миллиарда: как ChatGPT теряет пользователей, пока Google и Илон Маск захватывают трон | Скорость сжигания денег, судебный процесс и вопрос на триллион долларов.
В прошлом октябре я задал вопрос, который заставил многих приподнять бровь: Является ли OpenAI (ChatGPT) карточным домиком? Тогда тревожные сигналы лишь мерцали на фон... |
| 16.02.2026 | Starmer closes chatbot loophole in Online Safety Act | Sir Keir Starmer is set to target AI chatbots with the UK’s Online Safety Act, warning tech titans that “no platform gets a free pass” following a deepfake scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok.
In a speech on Monday, the Prime Minister is exp... |
| 07.01.2026 | X's Grok AI Sparks Global Deepfake Crisis, Demanding Urgent Regulation | Elon Musk's X platform faces intense global regulatory pressure. Its Grok AI generated deeply disturbing explicit images. These outputs included child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual intimate images (NCII). European, Indian,... |
| 06.01.2026 | Elon Musk’s X faces probes in Europe, India, Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and children | Elon Musk’s X faces regulatory probes in Europe, India and Malaysia after its Grok chatbot began generating deepfake explicit images, some depicting child sex abuse.
British media watchdog Ofcom also said it’s requested information from X c... |
| 03.12.2025 | ChatGPT захватил черную пятницу: переходы на ритейл‑приложения выросли на 28 процентов | Новые данные аналитической компании Apptopia показывают, что во время черной пятницы 2025 года переходы пользователей из ChatGPT на мобильные приложения ритейлеров выросли на 28 процентов по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года. Э... |
| 17.10.2025 | ChatGPT perde fôlego: ritmo de novos usuários está menor | Projeção indica queda de 8,1% nos novos downloads em outubro (imagem: Lupa Charleaux/Tecnoblog)
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| 24.06.2025 | Apptopia Launches Mobile Performance Index (MPI), Setting a New Standard for Investor-Grade Mobile Data Correlations | Apptopia's Mobile Performance Index
MPI delivers industry-leading stability with 0.90+ YoY correlations by combining multiple metrics into a single, reliable index.
BOSTON, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Apptopia, the leader in mobile ... |
| 26.04.2025 | How TikTok’s rise sparked a short-form video race | TikTok’s grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world’s biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up.
Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide... |
| 12.09.2024 | Apptopia Announces KPI Forecasting Product That Gives Investors Early Insights into Key Mobile App Metrics | Apptopia's KPI Forecasting
Data-driven KPI forecasts offer investors actionable insights, helping them stay ahead of market with forecasts.
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Apptopia, Inc., the leader in real-time app competitive... |
| 03.07.2024 | Amazon courts sellers for new discount store to counter Chinese e-commerce rivals | Faced with the relentless pursuit of China’s four cross-border e-commerce “dragons” (Alibaba’s AliExpress, Shein, PDD’s Temu, and ByteDance’s TikTok Shop), Amazon, after a long period of silence, has finally launched a counterattack.
Accord... |
| 24.04.2024 | Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M monthly active users | Threads, the Twitter/X rival from Meta, is growing at a stable pace. The social network now has more than 150 million monthly active users — up from 130 million in February — Mark Zuckerberg mentioned during the company’s Q1 2024 earnings c... |
| 04.04.2024 | Robinhood’s UK app gains users but lags behind Hargreaves Lansdown | Robinhood’s UK app is gaining users, but had only over half the estimated downloads of established rival Hargreaves Lansdown in February and March this year, new figures show.
Robinhood, a US online stock trading app, announced plans for it... |
| 13.03.2024 | Depop sellers faced ongoing payment delays due to tech issue, company admits | Sellers on the Etsy-owned clothing resale app Depop have been facing delayed payments. Over the last few months, more and more sellers have reported that their payment dates were being delayed over and over, with little response from Depop’... |
| 08.12.2023 | Snapchat+ keeps growing as net revenue tops $20M for first time | Snapchat’s premium subscription is showing no signs of slowing growth as it comes off its best month ever, in terms of in-app revenue, new data indicates. As it turns out, many of Snapchat’s younger users are willing to pay for the perks of... |
| 08.12.2023 | X’s AI chatbot Grok now ‘rolled out to all’ US Premium+ subscribers, English language users are next | Yesterday, X began rolling out Grok, the “rebellious” AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI startup, to Premium+ subscribers on X’s platform. Today, Musk says that Grok’s rollout to all U.S. Premium+ subscribers is now complete, but cauti... |
| 04.12.2023 | Threads downloads return to growth as X adds Walmart to its advertiser exodus | Recent efforts by Meta to grow Threads’ install base have been working. According to a new analysis of app store trends, Instagram Threads is now outpacing X, formerly Twitter, at least in terms of new downloads. App intelligence firm Appto... |
| 31.10.2023 | Quora’s Poe introduces an AI chatbot creator economy | When you think of the term “creator” you generally think of someone making content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube or Instagram. But Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including tho... |
| 30.10.2023 | ChatGPT app revenue shows no signs of slowing, but some other AI apps top it | ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot from OpenAI, far outpaces all other AI chatbot apps on mobile devices in terms of downloads and is a market leader by revenue, as well. However, it’s surprisingly not the top AI app by revenue — several photo... |
| 26.10.2023 | Despite usage declines, X remains ‘stickier’ than first thought | Despite overall declining usage since Elon Musk’s acquisition, X’s hold on the microblogging market may be stickier than first thought. The app formerly known as Twitter saw its daily active users drop 16% in September, according to The Wal... |
| 18.10.2023 | Reddit may have killed Apollo, but the developer’s Pixel Pals app has hit ~50K subscribers | The shutdown of the third-party Reddit app, Apollo, hasn’t stopped developer Christian Selig from continuing to publish iOS apps. Instead, he’s moved on to an Apollo spinoff app called Pixel Pals, which puts cute little virtual pets on top ... |
| 10.10.2023 | As misinfo circulates on X amid the Israel-Hamas war, reporters look to other platforms | In the wake of increasing misinformation related to the Israel-Hamas war now circulating on X, the app formerly known as Twitter, a number of journalists are building up their networks on rival platforms. The shift, though potentially small... |
| 06.10.2023 | AI app EPIK hits No. 1 on the App Store for its viral yearbook photo feature | Another week, another AI app going viral. This time around, the AI app that has surged to the top of the App Store is EPIK, a photo-editing app that lets users generate nostalgic, 90s-inspired “yearbook” photos of themselves as one of its m... |
| 20.07.2023 | Remini tops the App Store for its viral ‘AI headshots’ but its body edits go too far, some say | Instagram’s Threads’ time at the top of the App Store has come to an end, thanks to an AI photo editing app called Remini that’s going viral on TikTok. First launched in 2019, the app added a generative AI feature last year which TikTok use... |
| 29.04.2023 | This Week in Apps: Users pan Snapchat’s AI, Bluesky has a moment, Apple wins antitrust appeal | 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 consumer spending last year dropped for t... |
| 24.04.2023 | Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature, calling for its removal | The user reviews for Snapchat’s “My AI” feature are in — and they’re not good. Launched last week to global users after initially being a subscriber-only addition, Snapchat’s new AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology is now pinned t... |
| 18.04.2023 | Shein and Temu the latest China tech targets in Congress body’s sights | As the U.S. becomes increasingly wary of China’s growing influence on the Western tech stage, internet platforms from TikTok to Shein are finding themselves in Washington’s sights.
As a Chinese saying goes: the first bird that pokes its hea... |
| 12.04.2023 | User spending goes up by more than 4000% on AI-powered apps | Given the rising interest in generative AI tools like text-based ChatGPT and image-based Midjourney, AI-powered apps are growing in numbers and popularity in both app stores.
A report by analytics firm Apptopia suggests that 158 AI Chatbot ... |
| 04.04.2023 | Свое мобильное приложение: от идеи до разработки, продвижения и развития | В этой статье я собираюсь объединить все свои знания и опыт, охватывая все этапы разработки мобильных приложений. В статье не будет кода, она будет полезной не только для Android, iOS и Flutter-разработчиков, но также тем, у кого нет опыта ... |
| 28.03.2023 | TikTok ban backup plan? ByteDance-owned Instagram rival Lemon8 hits the US App Store’s Top 10 | As U.S. lawmakers move forward with their plans for a TikTok ban or forced sale, the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is driving another of its social platforms into the Top Charts of the U.S. App Store. ByteDance-owned app Lemon8, an... |
| 16.03.2023 | Top crypto app downloads rise over 15% following SVB collapse | Following a shakeup in the U.S. banking system over the past week, crypto exchanges and wallets gained momentum as some look for bankless alternatives.
The top 10 crypto applications for exchanges and wallets have risen about 15% since Sili... |
| 04.03.2023 | This Week in Apps: Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky, social apps’ teen protections, Twitter clients get help | 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 consumer spending last year dropped for t... |
| 13.02.2023 | The AI photo app trend has already fizzled, new data shows | Is the AI photo app trend already over? Over the past several months, AI-powered photo apps have been going viral on the App Store as consumers explored AI powered–experiences like Lensa AI’s “magic avatars” feature and other apps promising... |
| 11.02.2023 | See Bing's breakout week in charts as Microsoft taps new ChatGPT technology to go after Google's search lead | Microsoft unveiled an updated Bing search engine on Tuesday, powered by the tech behind ChatGPT.
CEO Satya Nadella is going after Google's dominant lead in the search market.
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| 07.01.2023 | This Week in Apps: 2022 in review | 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 the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| 27.12.2022 | Какие мобильные приложения будет выгодно делать в 2023 году? | После пандемии
Пандемия послужила ракетным ускорителем для экономики приложений. Пользователи, запертые по домам, использовали приложения для всего — обучения, заказа еды, работы, развлечений, просмотра кино и всего остального. Однако рано ... |
| 14.12.2022 | 9 Лучших инструментов оптимизации App Store | Для выигрыша мобильных приложений одинаково важны как загрузка, так и вовлеченность. Мы много говорим о том, что умение прислушиваться к эмоциям клиентов и действовать в соответствии с ними - ключ к удержанию и повышению долгосрочной рентаб... |
| 20.10.2022 | Sources: BeReal raised $60M in its Series B earlier this year, now has 20M DAUs | BeReal, the photo sharing app, has been a huge hit with Gen Z and beyond. Now with other big social apps rushing to clone some of its no-frills ethos, it’s put together a war chest to work on its next chapter. TechCrunch has learned that th... |
| 13.10.2022 | TikTok already took over as Gen Z's social platform of choice. It might be coming for Spotify next. | ByteDance is talking to music labels to expand its music-streaming services globally, per the WSJ.
The move could set it up to compete with music-streaming rival Spotify.
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ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has initiated ... |
| 10.10.2022 | BeReal tops 53M installs, but only 9% open the app daily, estimates claim | Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit. But only a small number of the app’s users are currently doing so, new estimates from a third-party app intelligence f... |
| 28.09.2022 | How Inflation Impacts Multi-Location Brands | As you’d expect, consumer needs change depending on the economic climate. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, consumer prices have increased an average of 9.1 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. This increase has influenced consumer sho... |
| 24.09.2022 | This Week in Apps: YouTube takes on TikTok, Spotify adds audiobooks, BeReal takes a dive | 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 the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| 20.09.2022 | Apple Will Increase App Store Prices in Europe and Asia by October 2022 | Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 20 September 2022, 04:09 am
Apple announced significant pricing increases for its apps and in-app purchases from Europe to Asia in order to maintain its profits as major currencies fall in value relative to ... |
| 20.09.2022 | Disney+ makes it through its first livestreamed TV show, ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ without major crashes | As you can tell from the Mickey Mouse-shaped disco ball in the photo above, Season 31 of “Dancing with the Stars” (DWTS) premiered on Disney+ last night. This marked the first time the streaming service livestreamed a TV show. With instance... |
| 13.09.2022 | Apple’s in-app purchase prices jumped 40% year over year, likely tied to privacy changes | It’s become increasingly difficult to estimate how much money Apple’s App Store business makes, as it’s lumped in with other services on Apple’s balance sheet — and because Apple has adjusted its commission structure so it’s no longer a fla... |
| 01.09.2022 | Google blocks Truth Social from the Play Store — Will Apple be next? | Google’s decision to block the Truth Social app’s launch on the Play Store over content moderation issues raises the question as to why Apple hasn’t taken similar action over the iOS version of the app that’s been live on the App Store sinc... |
| 30.08.2022 | Following its Series A, Poparazzi’s team is readying a new social app that goes beyond photos | The company behind last summer’s hot social app Poparazzi appears to be readying a round two following its $15 million Series A announced in June. A new listing in the App Store under the developer’s account, TTYL, is teasing a pre-release ... |
| 27.08.2022 | This Week in Apps: Whistleblowing drama, Instagram’s teen safety features, Twitter adds podcasts | 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 the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| 23.08.2022 | Instagram’s latest feature test is about being BeReal | The unwritten rule of the internet is that “if there’s a new social media feature, Instagram will copy it.” In the latest example, the Meta-owned social network is testing a BeReal clone feature that challenges people to post candid photos ... |
| 08.08.2022 | Less than 1% of Netflix’s subscribers want to play its mobile games | As Netflix struggles to keep consumers subscribed to its streaming service, its mobile games venture is looking like a flop. CNBC reported that according to app analytics company Apptopia, Netflix games have been downloaded 23.3 million tim... |
| 21.07.2022 | FTX CEO and Solana co-founder offer advice for building Web3 ecosystems
Cristobal Balenciaga NFT To the Moon drop inspired by founder's original designs is live
Staking on LUKSO? Look no further: A ... | The blockchain ecosystem is constantly evolving, yet there always seems to be one overarching sector dominating at a given time. For example, decentralized finance (DeFi) projects received an impressive amount of venture capital funding in ... |
| 02.07.2022 | This Week in Apps: Period tracking app privacy, Snapchat’s paid subscription, calls for TikTok ban | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 29.06.2022 | What Is The Appeal Of Web3 For Gen-Z? | Founder and CEO of Apptopia, the app data insights and intelligence company, with clients including Google, Zoom, Visa and NBC. |
| 27.06.2022 | Consumers swap period tracking apps in search of increased privacy following Roe v. Wade ruling | Consumers are ditching their current period tracking apps in favor of what they perceive to be safer options in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that allows individual U.S. states to criminalize abortion. The app switchi... |
| 25.06.2022 | This Week in Apps: Twitter Notes, Instagram age verification, Spotify’s Live Events | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 16.06.2022 | The next big social platform is the smartphone’s homescreen | BeReal, LiveIn, Locket… what do these new consumer social apps have in common besides a highly ranked position on the App Store’s Top Charts? They engage their users through a combination of push notifications and homescreen widgets, instea... |
| 03.06.2022 | How instant delivery apps promote in-person shopping | In some markets, instant delivery apps are starting to more closely resemble traditional grocery stores.
Since launching in major metropolitan areas in the past couple of years, on-demand delivery has become known for bringing customers the... |
| 03.06.2022 | How instant delivery apps promote in-person shopping | Its most prominent location, in Tribeca, is designed with more notable features to encourage in-store browsing; it features a front-of-house Gopuff Kitchen, along with a grocery store and designated order pickup area.
Elsewhere, Gopuff is i... |
| 02.06.2022 | New report examines the number of downloads it takes to hit the top of the App Store | A new analysis indicates it’s gotten harder to get an app to the top of the App Store, in terms of downloads, over the past several years. According to new data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the number of downloads needed for an ... |
| 13.05.2022 | Hulu partners with Xbox to bring PC Gamers free games in a bundle deal | Hulu and Xbox have announced a partnership deal that gives existing U.S. Hulu subscribers three free months of PC Game Pass as part of the Hulu “Friends with Benefits” initiative. The move to target gamers follows Netflix’s entry into the g... |
| 04.05.2022 | Crypto Winter? NFTs Down 92%, OpenSea Installs Down 94%, Veve Down 99%, Crypto Apps Down 64% | Crypto apps are slowing down in 2022, as are NFT sales. Apptopia |
| 23.04.2022 | This Week in Apps: Google bans call-recording apps, Snap’s Q1 and BeReal hype | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 22.04.2022 | BeReal: Hype or hit? What to know about the Gen Z photo-sharing app climbing the charts | An app called BeReal, founded by former GoPro employee Alexis Barreyat along with Kévin Perreau, launched in December 2019 with its idea of asking users to post an unedited photo once per day after receiving a push notification. Upon receiv... |
| 09.04.2022 | This Week in Apps: Elon joins Twitter’s board, Apple’s subscriptions pilot, WWDC stays online | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 06.04.2022 | CNN+ launch may be off to a bumpy start, numbers suggest | CNN+ launched on Tuesday, March 29 and is already showing mediocre results in terms of standalone mobile app installs. Sensor Tower released its initial figures (first reported by Insider) that show the CNN app, which now houses the new str... |
| 04.04.2022 | Shein said to be raising $1 billion at $100 billion valuation | Yes, you read it correctly. The fast fashion e-commerce company that few in the tech industry had even heard of two years ago is aiming to raise $1 billion at a valuation of $100 billion.
Shein’s fundraising plan was first reported by Bloom... |
| 17.03.2022 | Adjust and Apptopia Research Reveals 902% Growth in Crypto Apps in Q4 2021 | Mobile marketing analytics platform Adjust and app intelligence provider Apptopia today released its Fintech Deep Dive: Digital Currencies 2022 Playbook, a look at the key drivers of cryptocurrency app adoption in 2021. The report reveals t... |
| 08.03.2022 | Instagram pulls stand-alone Hyperlapse, Boomerang apps | Instagram seems to be on an app-retirement spree these days. Days after the Meta-owned photo- and video-sharing platform announced that it is shuttering the stand-alone IGTV app, it’s now time for the Hyperlapse and Boomerang apps to receiv... |
| 07.03.2022 | Instagram’s Boomerang and Hyperlapse apps disappear from app stores | A week after Instagram confirmed its plan to shut down its standalone IGTV app in order to better focus on initiatives, like Reels, the company confirmed it’s pulled two more of its older apps from the app stores. This includes its timelaps... |
| 02.03.2022 | Google pulls Russia Today, Sputnik from Play Store as EU ban looms | Google has followed Apple’s lead and removed the apps of Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik from its mobile app store, Play, per Reuters.
The two Kremlin-linked media outlets were sanctioned in the European Union following Russia’s invasion of U... |
| 02.03.2022 | Facebook is shrinking | Facebook’s total number of users has declined — a first for the social media platform that has experienced seemingly never-ending growth since it debuted 17 years ago.
Facebook lost about half a million global daily users in the fourth quar... |
| 28.02.2022 | Ukrainians turn to encrypted messengers, offline maps and Twitter amid Russian invasion | Ukrainians have turned to offline mapping and encrypted communication apps in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country, which is displacing millions who have left their homes to either fight back or flee to neighboring countries. A... |
| 17.02.2022 | Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, led by Coinbase | Those Super Bowl ad spots paid off for a number of tech companies not just in terms of exposure, but also app installs, a new report indicates. But Coinbase’s viral ad — which just bounced a QR code around on a black screen like the old DVD... |
| 12.02.2022 | This Week in Apps: Microsoft’s app store principles, TikTok’s new safety policies, Apple reveals ‘Tap to Pay’ | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 02.02.2022 | I tried Netflix’s new mobile video games. They’re a work in progress with a glaring challenge, but lay the groundwork for bigger ambitions. | Netflix launched globally in November mobile games that are included in a user’s subscription.
It’s clear that Netflix is in the early stages of its gaming strategy, but it has grand ambitions.
The games have to be downloaded as separate ap... |
| 29.01.2022 | This Week in Apps: iPhone payments, App Store upgrades, Snapchat’s AR shopping | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 22.01.2022 | This Week in Apps: Commission battles, Twitter NFTs and Epic’s appeal begins | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 15.01.2022 | This Week in Apps: Fortnite (sorta!) returns to iOS, PUBG Mobile maker sues over copycats, Apple plans for alternative payments in South Korea | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 11.01.2022 | Locket, an app for sharing photos to friends’ homescreens, hits the top of the App Store | A new social app, Locket, popped to the top of the App Store charts in recent days thanks to its clever premise to put live photos from friends in a widget on your iOS homescreen. In other words, it turns Apple’s widget system — typically u... |
| 08.01.2022 | This Week in Apps: Instagram brings back the chronological feed, South Korea bans P2E games, Google looks for ecosystem integrations | 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 number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 06.01.2022 | Meta’s Oculus VR companion app gained ~2M downloads since Christmas | Consumers worldwide have downloaded Meta’s Oculus app, the mobile companion for Oculus VR devices including the Quest 2, roughly 2 million times globally since Christmas Day, according to new data from third-party app intelligence firms App... |
| 08.11.2021 | Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App Store listing reveals | Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the compan... |
| 06.11.2021 | This Week in Apps: Facebook tests App Store rules, Apple fights sideloading, Netflix games go global | 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 bill... |
| 30.10.2021 | 29 TikTok Stats to Know in 2021 | If you feel like the app TikTok came out of nowhere, you're not wrong.
Since launching in early 2018, TikTok's been covered by seemingly every major news publication and racked up millions of downloads globally.
Despite TikTok's major early... |
| 18.09.2021 | This Week in Apps: Apple’s iPhone event, App Annie hit with securities fraud, OpenSea goes mobile | 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 bill... |
| 15.09.2021 | News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion | SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round b... |
| 14.09.2021 | Singapore’s Shopee eyes global expansion with a gamified approach to e-commerce | Shopee has effectively tried to undercut its rivals by offering free delivery on some items and through huge cashback offers — up to 30% in some cases. It has since expanded into additional sectors including food delivery. But, those tactic... |
| 14.09.2021 | Singapore’s Shopee eyes global expansion with a gamified approach to e-commerce | After conquering Southeast Asia and Brazil, Singapore-based Shopee is planning to grow its e-commerce empire.
Reports suggest the online shopping platform — which amassed $35.4 billion in gross merchandise value last year — is targeting Pol... |
| 11.09.2021 | Epic trial forces App Store changes, Android 12 launch nears, Twitter tries communities | 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 bill... |
| 09.09.2021 | Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature | Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its ex... |
| 14.08.2021 | This Week in Apps: Google, TikTok add protections for minors, app store bill proposes big changes, what’s new with Samsung | 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 bill... |
| 09.08.2021 | Fubo’s Audience Grew Steadily In June: Q2 Earnings Preview | :biggrin:A group of young male friends are cheering while watching American football game at home. ... [+] They are sitting on a sofa in the modern living room faced to a big TV set on the front wall. getty |
| 31.07.2021 | This Week in Apps: Instagram restricts teens’ accounts, Elon Musk criticizes App Store fees, Google Play’s new policies | 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 bill... |
| 24.07.2021 | This Week in Apps: Clubhouse opens up, Twitter talks bitcoin, Snap sees record quarter | 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 bill... |
| 23.07.2021 | BNPL giant Klarna spends $133M to nab German shopping app Stocard | Buy now, pay later (BNPL) juggernaut Klarna is on a roll.
The Swedish based fintech developer just closed a $639 million equity funding round with a post-money valuation of $45.6 billion in June. Now, its working hard on its acquisitions.
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