Mobile Industry Consumer spending on mobile apps and games to reach $133 billion by year's end App spending is up nearly 20 percent compared to last year By Shawn Knight, December 8, 2021, 3:46 PM
Mobile Apple These are the best apps and games of 2021, according to Apple This year's Trend is 'Connection' By Cohen Coberly, December 3, 2021, 7:35 AM 12 comments
Car Tech Software App outage leaves Tesla owners stranded, unable to start their vehicles Tesla software failure reminds customers not to rely solely on the mobile app By Jimmy Pezzone, November 20, 2021, 1:06 PM 41 comments
Mobile Security Google bans 151 Android apps linked to an SMS scam campaign from the Play Store If you have any of these apps on your phone, uninstall them immediately By Joao Silva, November 3, 2021, 1:59 PM 7 comments
Mobile Google Android 11's auto-reset app permissions feature is coming to older Android versions Improved user privacy rolling out all the way back to Android 6.0 Marshmallow By Humza Aamir, September 20, 2021, 9:10 AM
Microsoft Google Android app support might come to Xbox consoles (update: it's not) Soon, you might be able to play even more games on your Xbox By Joao Silva, September 6, 2021, 11:50 AM
Mobile Software South Korea passes law forcing Google and Apple to open their app stores to alternate payment systems The final vote went through, likely to be signed by South Korea's president By Daniel Sims, August 31, 2021, 11:19 AM 17 comments
Microsoft Software Check out the all-new Clock app in Windows 11, now with added features It does more than show the time By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2021, 8:45 AM 31 comments
Microsoft Software Check out the new look for Paint and Photos in Windows 11 An overdue visual update for Windows' stock apps By Rob Thubron, August 2, 2021, 9:15 AM 7 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Google is banning sugar daddy apps from the Play Store Google's going sugar-free By Rob Thubron, July 29, 2021, 7:16 AM 30 comments
Google Apple Google appears to be working on a 'Switch to Android' iOS app Switch to iOS has been around for years By Rob Thubron, July 28, 2021, 11:05 AM
Security Mobile Fake cryptomining apps, some found on the Play Store, scam $350,000 from users The mining apps weren't actually mining By Rob Thubron, July 8, 2021, 11:12 AM
Mobile Tech Culture Mobile app spending approached $65 billion in the first half of 2021, up more than 24 percent year over year Mobile app spending is up although year-over-year growth is down slightly By Shawn Knight, June 28, 2021, 4:38 PM
Mobile Security Apple says sideloading of iPhone apps would open users to serious security risks The company thinks the five newly-proposed antitrust bills would disrupt the iPhone By Adrian Potoroaca, June 23, 2021, 2:26 PM 18 comments
Software Mobile Tim Cook says Android has 47 times more malware than iOS because of sideloading Sideloading is "not in the best interests of the user," according to the Apple boss By Rob Thubron, June 17, 2021, 9:50 AM 80 comments
Security Mobile Facebook's top apps tie for having the least respect for privacy Facebook, Messager, and Instagram all collect the maximum amount of data allowable on iPhones By Cal Jeffrey, June 4, 2021, 1:16 PM 7 comments
Mobile WeChat's video platform bans underwear on head, eating socks, and hip shaking The list of prohibited content is as bizarre as it is extensive By Rob Thubron, June 4, 2021, 7:16 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture Nintendo Switch app turns the Joy-Con into an infrared tripwire Nintendo Labo-like functionality using the Joy-Con By Shawn Knight, May 25, 2021, 2:22 PM
Industry Mobile Facebook Messenger now boasts over 5 billion downloads, only the third non-Google app to pass the milestone The other two are also from Facebook By Rob Thubron, May 10, 2021, 10:21 AM
Software The Web Epic Games Store introduces new PC apps for its users Itch-io game store and Brave browser are just some of them By Joao Silva, April 23, 2021, 12:31 PM 13 comments
The Web Apple Apple reinstates 'free speech' Parler to the App Store It's unknown if Google will follow suit By David Matthews, April 19, 2021, 7:06 PM 18 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Mobile app usage is over 5 hours per day in some regions App usage grew in every market analyzed By Shawn Knight, April 9, 2021, 1:22 PM
Mobile Software Consumers spent a record $32 billion on apps in Q1 2021, the most ever People turned to their smartphones for entertainment during the pandemic By Shawn Knight, April 1, 2021, 2:23 PM
Mobile Apple iPhone user loses $600,000 after downloading scam Bitcoin app from Apple's store It would be worth around $1 million today By Rob Thubron, March 31, 2021, 5:16 AM 36 comments
Security Mobile Hundreds of fleeceware apps on Google and Apple stores have made over $400 million for developers Beware of high subscriptions By Rob Thubron, March 24, 2021, 10:45 AM