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This Week in Apps: Sneak peek at TikTok shopping, new iOS and Android betas, kids’ app Prodigy hit with FTC complaint 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 the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average Americ...

Artie raises $10M for app-less mobile games Artie, a startup looking to rethink the distribution of mobile games, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding. There are some big names backing the company — its latest investors include Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures, Scooter Braun’s Raised In Space, Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Susquehanna International Group, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment + The Sixers Lab, Googler Manuel Bronstein and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. This actually re...

Artie Set To Disrupt $80B Mobile Gaming Industry By Eliminating The Need For Apps Chad Hurley, Mark Pincus, Scooter Braun, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman's Thirty Five Ventures Back Next-Gen Instant Gaming Platform Artie News provided by Share this article LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Artie, a platform for next-gen instant mobile games, today announced a $10M seed round that includes a diverse group of top investors from gaming, technology, sports, and entertainment. Artie's technology enables high-quality mobile games to be played directly inside social media, video, and messa...

Tepper's reported purchase comes as Wall Street firms and executives are flocking to Florida. Silicon Valley investors and executives are also making the move, sending home prices soaring. David Tepper is reportedly planning to buy a $73 million mansion in Palm Beach, the latest Wall Street billionaire to decamp to Florida.  According to The Wall Street Journal's Katherine Clarke, Tepper is in contract to buy a 12,000-square-foot waterfront home, which is located directly next door to Palm Beach Country Club. The home's previous owners were granted permission to build the Bermuda-style mansi...

Online consumer products firm Branded Group raises $150m from Tiger Global, others Pierre Poignant. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg Premium Branded Group, a digital consumer products platform founded by former Lazada co-founder and CEO Pierre Poignant, announced raising $150 million in a funding round led by co-founder Target Global. Continue reading this story with a subscription to DealStreetAsia. Contact us for corporate subscriptions at subs@dealstreetasia.com. Sign up for our newsletter - The Daily Brief Opt out of receiving The Daily Brief in your...