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Back to news homeFTC sues data broker Kochava for sale of people’s sensitive location data, including visits to reproductive health clinics
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday announced it has filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc. for selling geolocation data from “hundreds of millions of mobile devices,” […]
Spotify is developing ‘Community,’ a new place to see your friends’ activity in the mobile app
Spotify is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming in real-time as well as what playlists […]
Google TV app to add casting as Android TV ecosystem grows to 110M monthly active devices
Following last year’s makeover of the Google TV app, which added features like movie and TV recommendations, critics’ scores and more, the company today announced at its Google I/O developer […]
MEPs vote to expand scope of common charger rules
European Union lawmakers have taken a step closer to agreeing rules to standardize how a range of mobile gadgetry is charged. Today MEPs in the European Parliament’s internal market and […]
Google Photos update adds a handy import option alongside other organizational changes
Google today announced a number of changes ahead for its popular Google Photos app for mobile devices. With the update, the company plans to make it easier to organize, import […]
This Week in Apps: Facebook Reels goes global, Trump’s own social app arrives, all eyes on TikTok
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 […]
Accessibility awareness is on the rise, but is it turning into action?
Joe Apprendi Contributor More posts by this contributor The new school Retail role play For almost two years, people everywhere made massive adjustments to how they interact with the world. […]
Berlin’s Everphone raises $200M in debt and Series C equity
Berlin-based smartphone-as-a-service provider, Everphone, has topped up with $65 million in a Series C equity raise in addition to taking $135M in debt financing — for a total raise of […]
This Week in Apps: Twitter launches livestream shopping, Netflix snags new games, Tile gets acquired
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 […]