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Unemployed or underemployed? There's an app for that

Sep 14, 2012
In a digital twist on the age-old practice of paying people to do odd jobs for you, new smartphone apps like TaskRabbit and Postmates allow you to hire your own personal assistants -- to say, clean your home, buy your groceries or run errands.

Apps collect data on users even when not in use

Sep 3, 2012
Even when certain apps aren't being used, they collect a lot of information about users.

As apps rise in popularity, will cookbooks fall out of favor?

Sep 3, 2012
With so many ways to find recipes and cooking tips these days, many food enthusiasts wonder if cookbooks will go the way of the dodo.

What the Apple-Samsung verdict means for your apps

Aug 28, 2012
How the jury's decision in the patent infringement case could change things for app developers.

Buying coffee, and giving up some privacy

Aug 9, 2012
The new deal between Starbucks and Square signals a new era of baristas knowing who you are before you enter the store.

FTC proposes an update to ancient online law, COPPA

Aug 2, 2012
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act may get its first update since Mark Zuckerberg was a 15-year-old.

An app too far?

May 18, 2012
Apple's new Apple Store self-checkout app has Wired.com columnist Lore Sjoberg worried.

For public good, not for profit.

The robots are having a block party

Apr 11, 2012
National Robotics Week is in full swing. Plus, a new app says it can let you control your dreams.

An app to teach you to love instead of 'like'

Mar 26, 2012
"Fish: A Tap Essay" uses new technology for an old-fashioned essay.