Google Escalates the Competition in Map Services
SAN FRANCISCO — Cartographers, beware: the map wars have begun. First Apple built maps, and now Facebook wants its own mapping service. In the tech industry, maps have become essential, ... Read more
Tag Archives: Mobile Applications
ABC to Live-Stream Its Shows via App
This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live-stream all the programming from ... Read more
Facebook Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy Waze
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is in serious discussions to buy a leading mobile navigation service, Waze, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. If the sale is concluded, it ... Read more
State of the Art: 3 Ways Feedly Outdoes the Vanishing Google Reader
Well, if we didn’t get it before, we get it now: Google giveth, and Google taketh away. On July 1, it will take away Google Reader. To the dismay of millions, that service will go the way of ... Read more
Tool Kit: Outsmarting Smartphone Thieves
SAN FRANCISCO — In the month since two men violently shoved him to the ground and stole his iPhone 5, Dalton Huckaby has almost completely stopped calling his mother. It usually takes him a full day to ... Read more
Mobile Ads Help Propel Earnings at Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO — This time last year, just before Facebook made its public debut, the social network did not show a single advertisement on its mobile applications. And over time, the cries from investors ... Read more
Mobile Efforts Help Propel Facebook Earnings
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook was once a darling of investors, then a turnoff. Now, a year after going public, the social network seems to have settled into a more stable relationship with Wall Street. ... Read more
Noted: On a Phone App Called Tinder, Looks Are Everything
The quickest hookups in New York these days aren’t happening behind the velvet ropes of No. 8, on the bar stools of Dorrian’s or in the coed bathroom of the Electric Room. Rather, the ... Read more
After Disappointing Reports, Zynga Bets on Draw Something 2
Zynga just cannot win. The company continues to lose money, employees and gamers, who no longer want to play its games. Analysts soberly warn that Zynga desperately needs a series of new mobile ... Read more
State of the Art: Galaxy S4 Crams in More Software, Some of It Good
“We’re No. 2,” went the old Avis slogan. “We try harder.” There’s a world of wisdom there. When Apple designed its original iPhone, it had zero market share; ... Read more