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Unemployed or underemployed? There's an app for that
Kai Ryssdal Sep 27, 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
Sarah Gardner Sep 4, 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?
L.V. Anderson Sep 4, 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
Adriene Hill Aug 28, 2012
How the jury's decision in the patent infringement case could change things for app developers.
Facebook faces next stock hurdle
Queena Kim Aug 16, 2012
Today, over 1.6 billion shares could hit the market in several waves. A huge shareholder sell-off could open the door to talent poaching by competitors.
Walmart, Target join the mobile payments race
Stacey Vanek Smith Aug 16, 2012
Big retailers join the race to develop payment systems for mobile phones. But will consumers pay with smartphones instead of credit cards?
Facebook stock restrictions set to expire
Queena Kim Aug 15, 2012
The latest test of Facebook stock comes tomorrow with the removal of lockups on employee and insider shares.
The surprising economics of spam
John Moe Aug 13, 2012
A look at the screwy economic model of that pesky inbox filler.
Buying coffee, and giving up some privacy
John Moe 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.
Romney's spike in followers makes us ask: What is a person?
John Moe Aug 8, 2012
A large number "people" on Twitter are just bits of code intent on spamming.
