Now you can search Facebook for how much Trump has spent on ads in the past year, which Pages’ ads reference immigration, or what a Page’s previous names were. It’s all part of Facebook’s new Ad Library launching today that makes good on its promise to increase transparency after the social network’s ads were used […]
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Twitter’s introduces a battery-saving ‘Lights Out’ dark mode option
As promised back in January by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the company today is rolling out an even darker version of the app’s existing dark mode. Before, Twitter’s dark theme was more of a blue-ish shade instead of a true black, which not everyone seemed to like. Now, there’s an optional setting that makes the […]
View More Twitter’s introduces a battery-saving ‘Lights Out’ dark mode optionConsumer spending in apps to reach $156B across iOS and Google Play by 2023
Consumer spending in mobile apps across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play will grow by 120 percent to reach $156 billion worldwide by 2023, according to a new report out today from app store intelligence firm, Sensor Tower. The forecast estimates that both stores will more than double their revenues during the next five […]
View More Consumer spending in apps to reach $156B across iOS and Google Play by 2023Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Rela (热拉), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela disappeared from app stores in May 2017 after it was reportedly shut down by Chinese regulators, though the government never confirmed it took action. But the […]
View More Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profilesDigging into Apple’s media transformation
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Panzarino, offered his analysis on the major announcements that came out of Apple’s keynote event this past Monday. Behind a series of new subscription and media products, Apple […]
View More Digging into Apple’s media transformationProxy raises $13.6M to unlock anything with Bluetooth identity
You know how kings used to have trumpeters heralding their arrival wherever they went? Proxy wants to do that with Bluetooth. The startup lets you instantly unlock office doors and reserve meeting rooms using Bluetooth Low Energy signal. You never even have to pull out your phone or open an app. But Proxy is gearing […]
View More Proxy raises $13.6M to unlock anything with Bluetooth identityGoodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repayment
There are better employee perks than a ping-pong table. 70 percent of Americans graduate college with student loan debt. That’s 45 million people who owe $1.6 trillion. So when employers use Goodly to offer $100 per month in student loan payback for a $6 fee, talent sticks around. The startup found 86 percent of employees said […]
View More Goodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repaymentReport: Grindr’s Chinese owner Kunlun is selling the dating app after CFIUS raised personal data concerns
Grindr, the popular dating app for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, looks like it might be changing hands again, a year after it was acquired at a valuation of $245 million. According to a report in Reuters, Grindr’s owner Kunlun is looking for a buyer of the company after the Committee on Foreign Investment […]
View More Report: Grindr’s Chinese owner Kunlun is selling the dating app after CFIUS raised personal data concernsContacts app Cardhop comes to iOS
Productivity nerds, rejoice! Flexibits, the company behind Fantastical, is releasing Cardhop on the iPhone and iPad today. Cardhop was originally released on macOS, and it lets you text or call your contacts as well as add information more quickly. If you have an iPhone, chances are you’re using the default Contacts app. It’s a pretty […]
View More Contacts app Cardhop comes to iOSThe danger of “I already pay for Apple News+”
Apple doesn’t care about news, it cares about recurring revenue. That’s why publishers are crazy to jump into bed with Apple News+. They’re rendering their own subscription options unnecessary in exchange for a sliver of what Apple pays out from the mere $10 per month it charges for unlimited reading. The unfathomable platform risk here […]
View More The danger of “I already pay for Apple News+”Mozilla’s free password manager, Firefox Lockbox, launches on Android
Mozilla’s free password manager designed for users of the Firefox web browser is today officially arriving on Android. The standalone app, called Firefox Lockbox, offers a simple if a bit basic way for users to access their logins already stored in their Firefox browser from their mobile device. The app is nowhere near as developed […]
View More Mozilla’s free password manager, Firefox Lockbox, launches on AndroidFlipkart ranked highly for ‘fairness’ of working conditions in India gig platform study
The Oxford Internet Institute has published what it bills as the world’s first rating system for working conditions on gig economy platforms. The Fairwork academic research project is a collaboration with the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, the University of Cape Town, the University of Manchester, and the University of the Western Cape. As […]
View More Flipkart ranked highly for ‘fairness’ of working conditions in India gig platform study