Amazon sued by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission over defective products

Amazon sued by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission over defective products

(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

Google Play slashes commissions, Apple sued over scammy apps, YouTube launches a TikTok clone in the US – TechCrunch

Google Play slashes commissions, Apple sued over scammy apps, YouTube launches a TikTok clone in the US – TechCrunch

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 devices … Read more