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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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Apple’s App Store appeals process is now open for developers
As promised back at WWDC, Apple is now allowing developers to challenge App Store rules. Apps that are already on the App Store will no longer need to resolve guideline violations before Apple approves bug fixes — unless those violations are related… Source
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Facebook sues man who sold fake Instagram likes
Facebook is once again taking the issue of fake Instagram likes to court. The company is suing a man who sold fake Instagram likes and comments as part of a “fake engagement service,” Facebook said in a statement. The service, called Nakrutka, “used… Source
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Microsoft backs Epic’s request to keep using Apple developer tools
Epic Games has an ally in its bid to prevent Apple revoking access to developer tools. Microsoft has filed a statement (via The Verge) supporting Epic’s request to maintain developer kit access while its lawsuit against Apple continues. Gaming Develo… Source
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Twitter’s new API for third-party apps is now live
After a security breach caused a delay, Twitter has launched its new API meant to improve third-party apps. Twitter’s API “has long taken a one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a post on the Twitter Developer Blog, but Twitter developers said th… Source
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Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies
Google has taken one step closer to banishing third-party cookies from Chrome. The internet giant has started testing its trust tokens with developers, with promises that more would move to live tests “soon.” As before, the company hoped to phase out… Source
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