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
Endwalker, the fourth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XIV Online, will be released on November 23rd. Square Enix announced its release date at the 2021 Digital Fan Festival, where director Naoki Yoshida also announced that the expansion is now available for pre-order. The gaming giant first announced that Endwalker is coming out this fall during … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: A drive-through vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last week.Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times Hoping to hasten California’s emergence from the coronavirus pandemic, the state will begin channeling 40 percent of new vaccine doses to low-income communities hit hardest by the coronavirus, officials in Gov. … Read more