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
Some of the games available on Xbox Game Pass as seen on Google Chrome on June 28th. (Microsoft screenshot) Microsoft announced on Monday that its Xbox Cloud gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded to the web browser world. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers with Windows 10 PCs or iOS … Read more
Apple releases major operating system updates for its devices on a now well-known annual schedule, and whether it’s new features or improved security, the best strategy is to get them installed as soon as possible. The reality, however, is that sometimes changes to certain third-party apps or devices can be devastating, sometimes organizational constraints keep … Read more
The era of cloud gaming did not come with the intensity that was imminent a few years ago when major tech platforms announced their games. In 2021, despite the established presence of almost all of the largest technology companies, the market is still as good as nonexistent. Microsoft has slowly managed to roll out its … Read more