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New Delhi: Global consumer spending on premium apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions across Apple's App Store and Google Play will reach $270

If you thought you have had enough of Instagram's 'Reels' features, Facebook has one more similar concept for you, but with a twist. The social media giant, Facebook, has launched a new app called BARS that is being dubbed as a 'TikTok look-alike' but with a more concentrated audience and slight change. Also read| Can we do without big tech companies?

This Week in Apps: Twitter targets creators, Clubhouse security, Spotify’s plans for paid 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. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. A new forecast this week expects consumer spend to grow to $270 billion by 2025. Consumers last year also spent 3...

Chinese mobile games are gaining ground in the US Over the past year, the coronavirus crisis has spurred app usage in the United States as people stay indoors to limit contact with others. Mobile games particularly have enjoyed a boom, and among them, games from Chinese studios are gaining popularity. Games released on the U.S. App Store and Google Play Store raked in a total of $5.8 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter, jumping 34.3% from a year before and accounting for over a quarter...

Photomath, the popular mobile app that helps you solve equations, has raised a $23 million Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures. The app is a massive consumer success, and chances are you might already know about it if you have a teenager in your household. The app lets you point your phone’s camera […]

A new analytical report shows that consumer spending in mobile apps reached new heights in 2020, as did revenue generated from in-app subscriptions. The App Store was once again the leader...

Posted on January 28, 2021. How alt-tech social media networks become popular Over the last few days, Parler, a social media platform created in its own words as an alternative to the heavily censored Twitter, has been in the limelight. Parler was shut down due to its popularity among those supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol. However, Parler is not unique. There are other alt-tech social media networks and messenger apps such as Gab, Rumble and MeWe, which claim to be different ...

TikTok is being used by vape sellers marketing to teens Sellers are offering flavored disposable vapes, parent-proof discreet packaging, no ID checks TikTok has a vaping problem. Although a 2019 U.S. law made it illegal to sell or market e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 21, TikTok videos featuring top brands of disposable e-cigarettes and vapes for sale have been relatively easy to find on the app. These videos, set to popular and upbeat music, clearly target a teenage customer base with...

What you need to know Installations of news apps on iOS rose by 170% in the run-up to the Presidential Inauguration. A new report says that installations of news apps in the run-up to the Presidential election surged by some 170%. Mobile users in the United States turned to their phones and tablets to follow a mostly virtual Inauguration Day, propelling apps from news outlets and aggregators up the Apple App Store charts, Sensor Tower App Intelligence data reveals. Among all free iPhone apps on...

Why did The CW skyrocket to the top of the App Store? All American, Batwoman, Riverdale, and Netflix may have contributed Share this story Image: The CW Some people may have been surprised to see The CW’s app sitting atop the list of free apps available on iOS devices, passing YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more. The CW noted in a statement that this is the third year in the row it reached the top of the charts during a premiere week, despite earlier data from SensorTower claiming it was the...