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Mobile games are losing to video in the battle for users’...
gamesindustry.biz reports: "Games remains the single most lucrative mobile app category, according to new data from App Annie, comprising 74% of consumer spending in...
Fortnite maker Epic Games buys video chat app Houseparty
The Verge reports: "The group video chat app Houseparty has been acquired by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite. Houseparty had recently begun moving into gaming with features like...
Apple’s quiet CryptoKit launch could bolster blockchain on iPhones
VentureBeat reports: "Historically, Apple’s WWDC keynotes have had a predictable cadence — spotlight a handful of new OS features, flash a word cloud with...
Facebook is stopping Huawei from pre-installing its apps
The Verge reports: "Facebook won’t allow Huawei to pre-install its apps on smartphones anymore, Reuters is reporting. It’s the latest example of Western tech companies cutting...
Troubled messaging app Kik sued by SEC over initial coin offering
The Verge reports: "The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing messaging app Kik over its 2017 initial coin offering that raised $100...
Spotify launches its lightweight listening app Stations in the US
TechCrunch reports: "Spotify Stations, the streaming service’s lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, has arrived in the U.S. The app has been...
Apple CEO Denies the Tech Giant Is a Monopoly but Says...
Variety reports: "With U.S. regulators and lawmakers stepping up their focus and rhetoric on curbing the power of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted “we...
Snap Sells Placed, Its Location-Based Ad Measurement Unit, to Foursquare
Variety reports: "Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is selling Placed — a provider of user-location data it bought two years ago — to Foursquare, which...
Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to...
TechCrunch reports: "An international coalition of civic society organizations, security and policy experts and tech companies — including Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp — has penned a...
Why YouTube Is Changing the Way It Reports Subscriber Counts
Variety reports: "Within the next three months, YouTube will change the way it publicly displays channel subscriber counts: It will provide only rounded figures...
