Technology
Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption | TechCrunch
[ad_1] In 2025, consumers spent more money on non-game mobile apps than they did on games for the first time, according to the findings…
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Technology
App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B | TechCrunch
[ad_1] The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to app…
Lifestyle
8 innovative gifts you didn’t know you needed
[ad_1] There are gifts, and then there are gifts, the ones inventive enough to surprise and delight the recipient. Some are fun; others, practical.…
Technology
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive | TechCrunch
[ad_1] As generative AI content starts to fill our social apps, a project to bring back Vine’s six-second looping videos is launching with Twitter…
Technology
Epic Games and Google say they’re settling 5-year legal fight over Android app store
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Video game maker Epic Games has reached a “comprehensive settlement” with Google that could end its 5-year-old legal crusade targeting…
Technology
Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over ‘strategic’ role in mobile platforms
[ad_1] LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday targeted Google and Apple for their “strategic” roles in mobile ecosystems, opening the…
Finance
Google’s Play Store shake-up looms after court refuses to delay overhaul of monopoly
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store…
Technology
Google’s Play Store shake-up looms after Supreme Court refuses to delay overhaul of the monopoly
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store…
Technology
Apple takes down app that allows people to track and anonymously report sightings of ICE agents
[ad_1] Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by U.S. authorities.…
Technology
Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition…
Technology
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case
[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to break up Google after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an…
Technology
Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition…
Politics
Can tech help solve the Los Angeles homeless crisis? Finding shelter may someday be a click away
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent on efforts to get homeless people off the streets in California, but outdated…
Technology
Can tech help solve the Los Angeles homeless crisis? Finding shelter may someday be a click away
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent on efforts to get homeless people off the streets in…
Breaking News
Can tech help solve the Los Angeles homeless crisis?
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent on efforts to get homeless people off the streets in…
Finance
Technology’s grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark…
Technology
One Tech Tip: Too many passwords to remember? Try using a password manager
[ad_1] LONDON — Everyone has too many passwords. The credentials we need to remember to navigate online life keep multiplying, not just for frequently…
Finance
Key new features coming to Apple’s iOS18 this fall
[ad_1] Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday’s developers conference event, many of which are designed to enhance the…
Finance
Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments
[ad_1] OAKLAND, Calif. — Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Wednesday acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app…
Technology
Companies are trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa. But there are risks
[ad_1] ACCRA, Ghana — Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana’s capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant orders lit…