Consumers will have downloaded 130 billion apps in 2020 across iOS and Google Play, up 10% year-over-year, according to mobile data and analytics firm App Annie’s year-end forecast. Consumer spending ...

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. This week, Apple and Google announced their ...

Mobile app analytics firm App Annie has released its annual report on mobile trends for the year. 2020’s report is all the more interesting considering how the coronavirus pandemic and resulting ...

Despite President Trump’s numerous attempts to ban the short-form video platform, or perhaps because of them, TikTok has become the most downloaded social media app of 2020, with over 82 million ...

Year after year, the same old social media apps have gotten the top spots on Apple's annual list of most downloaded apps. But not this year, my friends! Drumroll ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Amazon, Walmart and Wish were the top three most downloaded shopping apps in the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report by Apptopia. Amazon saw 41 million downloads, Walmart 34 million and Wish 30 ...

Almost exactly a year ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic first drove workers to their homes, fears persisted as to the productivity of a remote workforce outside of normal office procedures, but usage data ...

Health and fitness apps are winning the Covid-19 era, thanks to closed gyms. But a certain kind of health and fitness app is winning mobile, according to a new report from Apptopia. Fitness apps are ...

TikTok became the most popular social app in the world in 2020, overtaking Facebook and WhatsApp, shows an App Annie analysis… This backs a separate Sensor Tower study that last month stated that ...

Sony’s recent updates to the PS4, web-based PlayStation Store, and existing PlayStation apps have all been in preparation of a new more unified experience for your PSN profile. The new PlayStation App ...

Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. The 2020 global pandemic might seem like an ideal time for new ...