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This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
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 to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using…
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WhatsApp uses Stories to try and assuage users’ privacy fears
WhatsApp really, really wants to keep you from jumping to a rival chat service over its controversial new privacy policy, and it’s using some of its built-in features to get the message across. The Verge has learned that WhatsApp is now using Status… Source
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Facebook will start paying UK publishers for news stories
Facebook’s dedicated News tab, first seen in the US, will launch in the UK with a promise to pay UK news sites to license articles, the social media giant announced. It’ll arrive in January 2021 with partner sites including The Guardian, The Economis… Source
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Spotify taps big-name musicians to help test Instagram-like stories
If you’re in the festive spirit and you’re already listening to seasonal music, you might have noticed Spotify's Christmas Hits playlist is looking a little different. The company updated its mammoth mix of holiday songs early Friday. If you open it… Source
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Some Facebook users are about to start seeing Instagram Stories
The line between Facebook and Instagram continues to blur. The company is testing a new feature that allows users to view Instagram Stories from the main Facebook app.The new feature, which was spotted by Twitter user @ec_wife and confirmed by Facebo… Source
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Twitter says disappearing ‘Fleets’ are reported less often than tweets
Twitter says one of its boldest experiments is showing some promise at reducing harassment. No, it’s not the company’s recent move to allow some users to limit replies on tweets, but its move into disappearing content.The company gave one of its firs… Source
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