Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 20, 20210 A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans who say
Roku debuts new Streaming Stick 4K bundles, software update with voice and mobile features Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 20, 20210 Weeks after Amazon introduced an updated Fire TV lineup that included, for the first time, its own TVs, Roku today is announcing its own competitive products in a race to capture consumers’ attention before the holiday shopping season. Its updates include a new Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streaming
This Week in Apps: Apple’s iPhone event, App Annie hit with securities fraud, OpenSea goes mobile Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 18, 20210 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
Twitter Super Follows has generated only around $6K+ in its first two weeks Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 16, 20210 Twitter’s creator platform Super Follows is off to an inauspicious start, having contributed to somewhere around $6,000 in U.S. iOS revenue in the first two weeks the feature has been live, according to app intelligence data provided by Sensor Tower. And it’s made only around $600 or so in Canada.
App Annie and co-founder charged with securities fraud, will pay $10M+ settlement Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 15, 20210 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged App Annie, a leading mobile data and analytics firm, as well as its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt, with securities fraud. App Annie and Schmitt have agreed to pay over $10 million to settle the fraud charges which
Apple’s new MagSafe wallet can be located with the ‘Find My’ app if it goes missing Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 14, 20210 Alongside the introduction of the new iPhone 13, Apple introduced a few new accessories to complement its upgraded flagship devices. One of the more interesting additions in the accessories in the lineup is a new MagSafe wallet that works with Apple “Find My” service. That means if you accidentally lose
Amazon partners with AXS to install Amazon One palm readers at entertainment venues Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 14, 20210 Amazon’s biometric scanner for retail, the Amazon One palm reader, is expanding beyond the e-commerce giant’s own stores. The company announced today it has acquired its initial third-party customer with ticketing company AXS, which will implement the Amazon One system at Denver, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre as an option for
Instagram is building a ‘Favorites’ feature so you don’t miss important posts Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 14, 20210 Instagram confirmed it’s developing a new feature called “Favorites,” which would allow users to select certain accounts whose posts they would like to see higher in their feed. A similar feature already exists on Facebook where it gives users a bit more control over the News Feed algorithm. On Facebook,
Epic trial forces App Store changes, Android 12 launch nears, Twitter tries communities Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 12, 20210 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
Twitter introduces a new label that allows the ‘good bots’ to identify themselves Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sarah Perez - September 10, 20210 Twitter today is introducing a new feature that will allow accounts to self-identify as bots by adding a label to their profile. This feature is designed to help people better differentiate between automated accounts — like bots that retweet the news, public service announcements or other updates — from those