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 continues to grow, 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 … Read more
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories in your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to the Daily Crunch on Friday June 18th. Congratulations! You made it to the end of the week without Alexander, who will return on Monday with sparkling eyes. TechCrunch has a … Read more
Elizabeth Nieto at Amazon’s Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Summit in January 2020 (Amazon Photo) Elizabeth Nieto, head of Amazon’s global diversity, justice and inclusion team, is leaving the Seattle tech giant after less than two years to get a new job at Spotify, and points out a desire to be closer to her family … Read more