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