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Designing watch apps that won't drive you nuts

Apr 10, 2015
Apps on a smartwatch will provide less information

Popcorn Time

Apr 3, 2015
Quartz and Marketplace look at digital media and online piracy.

YouTube launches kids app

Feb 23, 2015
Kids watch differently: when, where and how they want.

Lending ones' eyes via smartphone

Feb 9, 2015
A new app helps the blind by connecting them to sighted volunteers.

Want to track a snowplow? There's an app for that.

Jan 19, 2015
Data delivered via smartphone can show skeptics that snowplow drivers are doing their jobs. Or not.

Apps help employees care for aging parents

Jan 7, 2015
Helping employees with care may help them stay focused at work

Move over, Snapchat. There's a new app in town.

Dec 23, 2014
New app called Confide makes emails vanish. Company's offering it to Sony for free.

For public good, not for profit.

A new high-tech shopping helper: Dressing room mirrors

Nov 25, 2014
Dressing room mirrors with touch screens that tell stores about your preferences and buying habits are part of a wider push to track online and offline shopping activity.

Parking valet on demand

Oct 24, 2014
In the "instant gratification" economy, even parking has an app.

How techies are reenvisioning restaurants

Sep 29, 2014
Hungry? There's an algorithm for that ...