According to Reuters, Apple has been fined $ 12 million by the Russian Antitrust Agency (FAS) for allegedly abusing its dominance in the App Store. The investigation arose out of a 2019 complaint from Kaspersky Lab alleging that Apple forced the company to limit the functionality of its Safe Kids app shortly after Apple introduced … Read more
Gett, the ride-hail startup that has nicheeted itself in a crowded and competitive on-demand transportation market by focusing on corporate accounts and connecting people with rides in around 1,500 cities serving a range of fleets from Use third-party providers. adds another partner today as the business model continues to double as business travel slowly recovers. … Read more
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 … Read more
Do you have a stack of Magic: The Gathering cards in storage somewhere? With the game’s “modern” format, you’re likely to be sitting on at least a few that might be worth selling. One of the most popular places to buy and sell trading cards online is on eBay. What keeps most people from parting … Read more
Chinese users of the Signal instant messenger knew the good times wouldn’t last long. The app, which is used for encrypted calls, will not be available in mainland China from the morning of March 16, a test by TechCrunch shows. The app’s website has been banned in mainland China since March 15, according to censorship … Read more
Limit is a social media app for people between the ages of 18 and 25. You start the app at the age of 26. (Limit App Images) Scott Avy is not an ageist. He’s just trying to limit the age range for people who can use his new social media product, which is aptly called … Read more
A new digital marketplace called West Tenth, now backed with $ 1.5 million in seed funding, aims to provide women with a platform to start and grow their businesses at home. Using the mobile app, women can promote their business to others in the local community, then answer queries and inquiries via the app’s integrated … Read more
Facebook introduces another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your daily crisis for February 26, 2021. The big story: Facebook launches rap app The new BARS app was created by the NPE team (Facebook’s internal R&D group), which allows rappers to choose from professionally created beats, … Read more
The next time you discover a lip color you like, AI can help you quickly find a matching shade in Chanel’s lipstick range. The company today announced its new lip scanner app, which allows you to use your phone’s camera to identify a shade – whether it’s on someone else’s lips or just the color … Read more
If you own a Sony Xperia 1 ii, now is the time for your phone to shine. In an update discovered by Android Police, YouTube now supports 4K HDR playback on Android devices and brings the app in line with its iOS counterpart. Igor Bonifacic / Engadget There aren’t many Android phones with 4K displays … Read more