Subscriptions are booming on the app stores, and particularly subscription video apps thanks to the growing number of cord cutters who are choosing to stream their TV shows and movies, instead of paying for cable or satellite. In the U.S., the top 10 subscription video apps by revenue pulled in $1.27 billion in 2018 across […]
View More Top 10 U.S. subscription video apps pulled in $1.3B last year, a 62% increase from 2017Category: mobile apps
Roblox makes first acquisition with purchase of app performance startup PacketZoom
Fresh off a $150 million round of funding, kids’ gaming platform Roblox is making its first acquisition. The company says it’s acquiring the small startup PacketZoom, bringing its team and technology in-house to help it improve mobile application performance as its platform expands further into worldwide markets. Founded in 2013, and based in San Mateo, California, […]
View More Roblox makes first acquisition with purchase of app performance startup PacketZoomAmazon Rapids, the chat fiction for kids, is now free
Amazon Rapids, the chat fiction that encourages kids to read by presenting stories in the form of text message conversations, is now going free. Previously, Amazon had been charging $2.99 per month for a subscription that allows unlimited access to its story collection, which now numbers in the hundreds. First launched in November 2016, Amazon […]
View More Amazon Rapids, the chat fiction for kids, is now freeOutvote hopes to flip elections by getting Democrats to text their friends
Outvote, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to make grassroots-style campaigning easier and more personal, with the launch of an app that allows people to text their friends with reminders to vote. The idea is to take advantage of people’s willingness to use social sharing to communicate about political issues, while also leveraging the simplicity […]
View More Outvote hopes to flip elections by getting Democrats to text their friendsApple’s App Store revenue nearly double that of Google Play in first half of 2018
Apple’s App Store continues to outpace Google Play on revenue. In the first half of the year, the App Store generated nearly double the revenue of Google Play on half the downloads, according to a new report from Sensor Tower out today. In terms of dollars and cents, that’s $22.6 billion in worldwide gross app […]
View More Apple’s App Store revenue nearly double that of Google Play in first half of 2018With Lockbox and Notes, Mozilla launches its first set of mobile Test Pilot experiments
Mozilla’s Test Pilot program for Firefox has long been the organization’s way to trial some of its more experimental ideas for new browser features. Now it’s expanding this program to include mobile apps, too, with the launch Firefox Lockbox, of a password manager for iOS, and Notes by Firefox, a note-taking app for Android. Both […]
View More With Lockbox and Notes, Mozilla launches its first set of mobile Test Pilot experimentsVenmo is discontinuing web support for payments and more
PayPal-owned, peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is ending web support for its service, the company announced in an email to users. The changes, which are beginning to roll out now, will see the Venmo.com website phasing out support for making payments and charging users. In time, users will see even less functionality on the website, the […]
View More Venmo is discontinuing web support for payments and moreHulu’s mobile and web apps get the new live TV guide, better recommendations and more
Hulu’s mobile and web apps are getting an upgrade. The company is introducing a series of new features to make the apps more personalized, as well as better support Hulu’s newer Live TV experience, among other things. It’s also adding HDMI support for iOS and improving the Chromecast option, so it’s easier to watch on […]
View More Hulu’s mobile and web apps get the new live TV guide, better recommendations and moreHalide’s iOS camera app now lets you strip the location data from your photos
Halide, the premium iOS camera app from ex-Apple designer Sebastiaan de With and Twitter engineer Ben Sandofsky is today launching one of its biggest upgrades since its arrival last year. The updated app includes a Self-Timer, redesigned photo reviewer, accessibility improvements, and more. But perhaps its best feature is the ability to take better control over your […]
View More Halide’s iOS camera app now lets you strip the location data from your photosCybersecurity conference exposed attendee info via a garbage app because of course it did
Look, we get it. Cybersecurity is hard. But maybe, just maybe, a conference dedicated to computer security and encryption should know better than to leave attendee information exposed via its conference mobile app.
And yet.
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Podcasting app Anchor can now find you a cohost
Fresh off its relaunch as an app offering a suite of tools for podcasters, Anchor today is rolling a new feature that will make it easier for people to find someone to podcast with: Cohosts. As the name implies, the app will now connect you – sometimes immediately, if people are available – with another […]
View More Podcasting app Anchor can now find you a cohostTinder begins testing its first video feature, Tinder Loops
Tinder is getting into video. On Wednesday, the popular dating app will begin testing its first video-based feature, Tinder Loops, with iOS users in Canada and Sweden. The company says it will evaluate how users respond to Loops before making a decision to roll it out to other markets. As you may have guessed by […]
View More Tinder begins testing its first video feature, Tinder Loops