Bit by bit, Marissa Mayer's Yahoo strategy gets clearer
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is sticking to her message that services are No. 1, and she's confident that the company can capitalize on the shift to mobile. FORTUNE -- It's hard to blame Marissa Mayer for...
View ArticleReport: Google captured 51% of app downloads in Q1. Apple took 74% of the...
Overall, quarterly downloads were up 11% and revenues up 9%. FORTUNE -- Canalys on Monday issued a report on app downloads at four major mobile stores: Google (GOOG) Play, Apple's (AAPL) App Store,...
View ArticleWhat great design can do for data
Companies are waking up to the power of design to make data meaningful for customers and create better relationships with them in the process. By Olof Schybergson FORTUNE -- Companies that have long...
View ArticleThe honest ticketing app
Applauze can get you into the show and lets you know exactly how much it will cost up front. By Varun Nayar, reporter FORTUNE -- Picture yourself trying to make plans for Friday night. You pore over...
View ArticleIBM's Watson woos developers
Big Blue gives third-party developers a crack at its cognitive crown jewel. FORTUNE -- It has been two years since IBM's latest supercomputer, Watson, beat lowly humans on a special episode of...
View ArticleRetailers’ Black Friday wish list: More mobile commerce
To lure customers and boost sales, stores are deploying cool smartphone apps. Will consumers buy into the latest shopping fad? FORTUNE — Scott Thompson, president and CEO of eBay’s PayPal unit EBAY ,...
View ArticleCEOs discuss the mobile web
Last Thursday night in San Francisco, we hosted more than 40 of Silicon Valleys top CEOs for our quarterly CEO dinner. The theme of the dinner was the mobile web, and our guest speakers were Tom...
View Article11 essential back-to-school apps
From organizing course lectures to finding places to meet new friends, these are must-have apps for students headed to college.
View ArticleCould the browser eventually kill apps?
Mobile Internet browsing is quickly overtaking traditional web surfing, particularly in emerging markets where few people own expensive PCs but many own smartphones. For many of the world’s technology...
View Article5 apps to track your every idea
Google isn't the only company trying to dominate note-taking.
View Article17 of Apple’s favorite apps
The maker of the iPhone and iPad doesn't play favorites - exactly. But these apps have gotten extra attention from Cupertino.
View Article25 most popular iPad apps of all time
Apple's iTunes Store is nearing 50 billion — billion! — downloads. Here are the most-downloaded tablet apps ever.
View ArticleEx-Angry Birds employees raise $3.6 million for gaming startup
“They’re a great success story for a Finnish game company,” says Boomlagoon CTO Ilkka Halila of Angry Birds-maker Rovio. FORTUNE — Can lighting strike twice? The folks at Boomlagoon certainly hope so....
View ArticleThis is the hottest mobile app in China right now
Keeping track of the hottest Chinese apps is nigh impossible. Apps, or what you hear more often in China is A-P-P, quickly come and quickly go. Right now the hottest is MYOTee, a cartoon avatar creator...
View ArticleMoney Mayweather’s $1 million tech punch
The man they call Money Mayweather tossed a Louis Vuitton gym bag full of cash athis friend and former employee. The friend refused. No no no, he said. That’s not how you invest in a tech startup. Yes,...
View ArticleThis app can help you read this article without getting distracted. Yes, really
Human beings waste an awful lot of time. Consider my process for writing this article: Begin writing, check email, make coffee, write some more, drink coffee, peruse Facebook, take a meaningless...
View ArticlePostSecret founder has a few things to say about new anonymous apps
Long before secret-sharing apps like Secret, Whisper, and Yik Yak were raking in millions in venture funding, Frank Warren was asking strangers to write their most closely-held confessions on a...
View ArticleHow Max Levchin’s Glow app got 25,000 women pregnant
One year after PayPal founder Max Levchin helped launch Glow, the fertility app has some impressive results: the service takes credit for 25,000 pregnancies. As notes stream in from excited users,...
View ArticleImprove urban infrastructure? There’s an app for that
Every weekday morning at approximately 6:30, Willem Heydendael, a 35-year-old medical consultant, hops on his bike and rides 15 miles along the Schuylkill River from his home in the Passyunk Square...
View ArticleCan’t secure a reservation to a hot restaurant? Try using an algorithm
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jason Hung, 27, creates software programs to help him solve everyday problems like getting the best seat on Southwest Airlines when boarding positions become available 24...
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