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 apps on Android devices alone. […]

Industrial cybersecurity startup Nozomi Networks secures $100M in pre-IPO funding

Nozomi Networks, an industry cybersecurity startup that aims to shield critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, has raised $100 million in pre-IPO funding.  The Series D funding round was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also includes investment from a number of equipment, security, service provider and go-to-market companies including Honeywell Ventures, Keysight Technologies and Porsche Digital.  […]

カナダの五輪レポーター、日本のコンビニの虜になる

カナダのCBC記者が開会式以降のツイートでセブンイレブンのことばかりツイートしていたことから話題になっているようだ。Devin Heroux氏がその人で、具体的なツイート等に関してはTogetterのまとめを見てもらったほうが早いだろう。Devin Heroux氏はカナダCBCで日本のコンビニの話題を現地のニュース記事としてもまとめている（Togetterのまとめ、CBC）。

その記事によれば同氏は来日前、今回の2020年東京オリンピックでは、ホテルの宿泊施設を離れることができない、隔離期間の2…

Score a free month of Extra Crunch with your TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 pass

Whether you’re just starting to build your SaaS empire or you’re further along in your journey, you don’t want to miss TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 on October 27. This day-long virtual event, dedicated to the increasingly sophisticated world of software-as-a-service, features some of the sector’s biggest names, plenty of actionable advice and ample opportunity to […]