3 posts tagged ‘Mobile’
This Week in Apps: Apple’s iPhone app of the year finalists, plus 7 hidden gems
Is the App Store still a source for new technology innovations or has AI development become the hotter new tech to build for these days? We pondered this question this week when Apple unveiled its iPhone App of the Year finalists, which surprisingly included a trio of longtime favorites — hiking app AllTrails, language learning […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month
Was Quibi a failure or just before its time? This month, a short-video app and Quibi-like entertainment service called ReelShort found its way to the top of the App Store, which led to the app gaining 1.9 million downloads (so far) in the month of November alone. Last Saturday, the app also hit a daily […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta seeks legislation that would require parents to approve teens’ app downloads
Meta wants to shift the burden of monitoring social media usage among teens back to the app stores — and to parents. In a blog post published today, Meta’s Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, argues that parents should be responsible for approving their teen’s app downloads and staked Meta’s position in supporting federal legislation […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.