Pharmaceutical companies looking for fresh sources of profit are increasingly investing in a range of health care innovations that aren’t drugs at all, from smartphone apps and educational websites to social media platforms and…
Google is considering a plan to expand its Android newsstand — and heat rivalry with Apple’s iTunes — by charging publishers a lower price to sell news to Android users than the 30% fee that Apple typically charges to sell ap…
With retailers moving out of crisis mode, they’re back to investing in new bells and whistles for their stores and websites. Such as: Apps that send coupons to your smartphone or digicams that let you post pictures of a dress y…
A telecommunications group including Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. (T) hired Michael J Abbot, a former executive with General Electric (GE), to run a venture that will let consumers pay for purchases using their smartphone.
Abbot, who was previ…
About one-third of smartphone owners aren’t using the mobile applications on their devices, instead sticking to using the basic features, according to the Pew Research Center. Why aren’t more people using apps?
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