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This Week in Apps: Conservative apps surge, Instagram redesigned, TikTok gets ghosted
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now spending three hours…
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Older Android phones won’t support many secure websites by September 2021
You might have to upgrade your Android phone before long if you want to visit large portions of the secure web. According to Android Police, Certificate Authority Let’s Encrypt is warning that phones running Android versions before 7.1.1 Nougat won’t… Source
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‘Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’ will hit iOS and Android next month
A couple of weeks after it emerged Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was bound for mobile devices, NetEase Games and ArtPlay have revealed it'll be available sometime in December. Pre-registration for the $10 game is now open in North America, Europe… Source
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Gaming rules the entertainment industry, so why aren’t investors showing up?
As gaming’s popularity reaches epic heights, venture investors’ activity in the industry doesn’t seem to equate with the overall size of the games market. Spurred by an unreal year where traditional entertainment has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers find unity in virtual worlds like Animal Crossing and…
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Google Assistant’s driving mode for Android is nearly ready, one year later
Google promised an Assistant driving mode for phones would arrive in mid-2019, but that clearly didn’t happen — over a year passed without any sign of it. It appears to be ready, though. XDA-Developers has discovered (via Android Police) that Google… Source
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New Android feature alerts you to smoke alarms and other ‘critical’ sounds
Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. Sound Notifications is rolling out to Android (and Wear OS) devices and it’ll use… Source
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