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Mobile Applications

What's a mobile app? A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly using your phone or tablet or generally any touch screen device. Typically a mobile app is purchased or downloaded through an app store or can be side loaded on various platforms.

Report: China Must Approve TikTok Sale Under Its New Rules On AI
Report: China Must Approve TikTok Sale Under Its New Rules On AI
August 30, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As TikTok, the short video-sharing app, faces a Sept. 15 deadline to sell its U.S. operations to an American company, its sale could be slowed...

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Apple Has Pulled Epic Games From App Store
Apple Has Pulled Epic Games From App Store
August 28, 2020  |  Apple

While a judge may not settle the dispute between Apple and Epic Games for months, the computer giant pulled the Fortnite maker’s games from the App...

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Coupon Apps Are Quite The Horse Race
Coupon Apps Are Quite The Horse Race
August 27, 2020  |  Retail

It’s anybody’s race to win, judging by the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps, as the savings apps that people love show healthy competition...

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Apple iPhones Won’t Get Fortnite Updates Amid Epic Court Battle
Apple iPhones Won’t Get Fortnite Updates Amid Epic Court Battle
August 26, 2020  |  Legal

With the ongoing strife between Apple and Epic Games, iPhones won’t have access to Fortnite updates, Reuters reported. The news comes as Epic criticized Apple...

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Chipotle Debuts Quiz Game With BOGO Rewards
Chipotle Debuts Quiz Game With BOGO Rewards
August 26, 2020  |  ResTech

Chipotle is rolling out its new trivia game, Chipotle IQ, which will allow high-scoring players to win bonus points, a press release says. The idea...

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Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
August 25, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Unemployment has always been a leading economic indicator, and by many accounts, the economy is in for a couple of years of recessionary behavior. Thank...

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Facebook Rolls Out In-App Marketplace In Facebook Shop
Facebook Rolls Out In-App Marketplace In Facebook Shop
August 25, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Facebook has introduced what it calls a new place to discover businesses and buy products on its app. On Tuesday (Aug. 25), Mark Zuckerberg’s social...

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Judge Tells Apple, Epic Not To Drag ‘Bystanders’ Into Legal Fight
Judge Tells Apple, Epic Not To Drag ‘Bystanders’ Into Legal Fight
August 25, 2020  |  Legal

For Apple and Epic’s court battle, with the first in-person round over and done with (okay, it was on Zoom, actually), next month will shape...

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Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
August 24, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Investment firms Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic, which are major investors in TikTok‘s parent ByteDance, are pushing the firm to sell TikTok’s U.S. arm to...

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