The great rush to win neighborhood stores – TechCrunch
After spending more than a decade disrupting the neighborhood stores in the U.S. and several other markets, Amazon and Walmart are employing an unusual strategy in India to face off...
Gawq wants to burst your ‘echo chamber’ with its smarter news app – TechCrunch
A new startup called Gawq wants to tackle the problem of fake news and the “echo chamber” problem created by social media, where our view of the world is shaped...
PhotoRoom launches background-removal app on Android – TechCrunch
French startup PhotoRoom is launching its app on Android today. The company has been working on a utility photography app that lets you remove the background from a photo, swaps...
Facebook highlights small businesses as it ramps up Apple criticism – TechCrunch
We already knew that Facebook isn’t happy about Apple’s upcoming restrictions on app tracking and ad targeting, but the publicity battle entered a new phase today. Over the summer, Apple...
2021 holds even more Samsung foldables – TechCrunch
The foldable category got off to a famously rocky start. Fifteen months after the release of the first Galaxy Fold, Samsung has time to work out some of the issues...
MTG acquires mobile racing game studio Hutch Games for up to $375 million – TechCrunch
Sweden’s MTG is making a significant acquisition in the mobile gaming industry. The company is acquiring Hutch Games, the London-based game studio behind popular mobile racing games such as Rebel...
Sunshine Contacts may have given out your home address, even if you’re not using the app – TechCrunch
A third-party contacts app you’re not using may be handing out your home address to its users. In November, former Yahoo CEO and Google veteran Marissa Mayer and co-founder Enrique...
Reliance’s Jio Platforms says it will roll out 5G in second half of 2021 – TechCrunch
Reliance’s Jio Platforms, the largest telecom operator in India, plans to roll out a 5G network in the country in the second half of 2021, top executive Mukesh Ambani announced...
Tinder makes it easier to report bad actors using ‘unmatch’ to hide from victims – TechCrunch
Last month, Bumble introduced a new feature that would prevent bad actors from using the dating app’s “unmatch” feature to hide from victims. Now Tinder has done something similar. The...
The year’s best apps, 2020’s biggest downloads, the App Store’s newest hire – TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever,...