(GeekWire file photo) The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) sued Amazon Wednesday for forcing the retailer to take legal responsibility for the recall of faulty products sold on its third-party marketplace. The complaint alleges that Amazon sold children’s sleepwear, carbon monoxide detectors, and hairdryers that put consumers at risk of serious injury or death. … 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 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
Shares of Square are up more than 6% today after the American fintech company reported revenue of a staggering $ 5.06 billion in its earnings report for the first quarter of 2021, well ahead of an expected figure of $ 3.36 billion . Publishing the huge increase in sales, Square grew 266% compared to the … Read more
Almost exactly a month ago, John Foley, CEO of Peloton, wrote an open letter on the company’s treadmill. “I am turning to you today because I recently learned of a tragic accident involving a child and the Tread + that resulted in an inconceivable death,” he begins. “While we have known only a small handful … Read more