This Week in Apps: EU rules Apple’s a monopoly, Spotify and Facebook team up, ATT arrives

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 is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers […]

Even Calibri’s Creator Is Glad That Microsoft Is Moving On

For almost 15 years, Calibri has reigned as the default and therefore dominant font choice for Microsoft systems. It has appeared countless times in unformatted Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets, a typographical reprieve for the decision-paralyzed. But now there’s a new sans serif […]

Warren Buffett’s Deputy Calls Bitcoin ‘Disgusting’ And Bad For Civilization Tech Companies

Topline Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger railed against bitcoin in Berkshire’s annual meeting Saturday, calling the cryptocurrency — which Munger and longtime partner Warren Buffett have excoriated for years — “disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization.”  Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and […]

How my phone became a lifeline after major surgery – and how it could do even better TalkTalk smart home protection

Phones are so useful, aren’t they? We all already know that as they help us stay in touch with friends and family, help us find places easily, allow us to search for information about mostly everything, and they’re fantastic for distracting us with streaming services […]