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NEW DELHI: A bunch of domestic apps pitching themselves as homegrown alternatives to global social media behemoths are flourishing, partly due to support from government agencies. Dubbed as Twitter’s competitor, Koo was founded in March 2020 and has reached nearly 5.4 million downloads in India, according to data analytics firm Sensor Tower. Map My India, dubbed as an alternative to Google Maps, has nearly 1 million downloads. It has also been integrated with the Co-Win app. “We are not c...

The Windblume Festival will begin with Update 1.4 (due March 17th) in Genshin Impact, celebrating freedom and love in the city of Mondstadt.

This Week in Apps: App Store bill passes AZ House, ‘deep nostalgia’ goes viral, Twitter Spaces arrives on Android 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 is as hot as ever, 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. And in ...

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. Apps aren’t just a way to pass idle hours — they’re also a big business. This Week in Apps will soon be a newsletter!

Genshin Impact Has Made an Absurd Amount of Money Since Genshin Impacts launch in September, the games mobile version has made approximately $874 million worldwide! That figure comes from Sensor Tower, which also states that the game was the third highest-grossing mobile title between September 28th and February 28th; the title follows Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, which raked in $1.2 billion and 1.1 billion, respectively. Rounding out the top five are Pokemon Go at $651 million and Robl...

March 4, 2021 TOKYO (AFP) – Twenty-five years after Pokemon first began delighting children and adults alike, the phenomenon is still capturing hearts, with smartphone craze Pokemon Go enjoying record success in virus-hit 2020. The augmented-reality game raked in USD1 billion in just the first 10 months of last year – its most lucrative yet – according to market tracker Sensor Tower, and experts see no sign that interest is flagging as the world’s highest-grossing media franchise evolv...

Twitter has announced that it will begin expanding Twitter Spaces, its Clubhouse-style audio chat rooms feature, to Android users. The feature is still under testing and will be available only to select users. Twitter Spaces was first announced in December last year and was only available to beta testers on iOS till now.

Koo, the free expression social media app, is the Indian governments latest weapon in its standoff with Twitter insider@insider.com (Shubham Agarwal) Twitter has been in a standoff in India over censoring accounts amid huge anti-government protests. Narendra Modis Government has backed Koo, an app so similar to Twitter it even has a bird logo. The "free expression" app, which has been accused of hosting hate speech, doesnt moderate content. Indias farmers protests put Twitter in...

When we think of social media platforms, the likes of Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter immediately spring to mind. For others, LinkedIn or TikTok may be more relevant as the ability to share images, videos, opinions and generally connect with others through online platforms has become commonplace in our lives.  Now, a new entrant seems to have stolen the spotlight and has everyone clamoring to be a part of an exclusive club. With roughly 10 million downloads to date and some 2 million download...

Reuters Twitter has been in a standoff in India over censoring accounts amid huge anti-government protests. Narendra Modis Government has backed Koo, an app so similar to Twitter it even has a bird logo. The "free expression" app, which has been accused of hosting hate speech, doesnt moderate content. Indias farmers protests put Twitter in a censorship standoff with the Indian Government, which reacted by backing "Koo", the app mimics tweets and says it has no plan...