Spending on apps hits record high
Apple Store customers accounted for 65% of all app spending in the first half of 2023, with Android users on Google Play making up the rest of the spending, compared with the same period a year ago, according to app tracking researcher data.ai. Credit: Getty Images / Manusapon Kasosod
Apple Store customers accounted for 65% of all app spending, with Android users on Google Play making up the rest of the spending. Productivity, business and news apps posted the largest growth, data.ai said.
TikTok was the most downloaded app, bringing in $2.1 billion in the first half, making it the first app to earn more than $2 billion in a six-month period.
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Canada pulls ads from Facebook, Instagram
The Canadian federal government is suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to parent company Meta’s plan to end news availability on its platforms in the country. Credit: The Canadian Press via AP / Tara Walton
The Canadian federal government is suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to parent company Meta’s plan to end news availability on its platforms in the country. It's the latest in the quarrel over a new Canadian law requiring digital platforms to negotiate commercial deals with local publishers for featuring news content. The ad boycott has been joined by several local governments, including Quebec and British Columbia. — BLOOMBERG NEWS
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
