Apps
4 Apps to Keep You On-Task and On-Time
BY Kim Lachance Shandrow
These tools can help you optimize your time and stay productive.
How Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton Is Bringing Storytelling into the Digital Age
BY Shira Lazar
The actor discusses his transition into entrepreneurship and offers some key tips for young treps.
Still Not Sure About Windows 8? A 10-Step Guide to Getting Started
BY Barb Dybwad
How you can get up to speed with the desktop version of Microsoft's new operating system.
10 Tech Startups That Can Improve Your Life
BY Megan Rose Dickey
From a tool that lets you remotely lock and unlock your door to a ride-sharing system, these new companies aim to make life better.
Overcoming the Groupon Effect: How to Sell Merchants on Your Start-Up Deal Site
BY Lauren Cannon
Faced with a glut of daily-deal sites, new entrants are having a tough time winning over merchants. Here's how to cut through the hype and build your client roster.
4 Apps for Increasing Customer Loyalty
BY John Patrick Pullen
Reward your tried-and-true customers with these smartphone-based loyalty programs.
Tracking Inventory Have You Stressed? Try These 5 Mobile Apps
BY Amy Gahran
Keep track of your products from the palm of your hand.
5 Little-Known iPhone and iPad Apps for Startups
BY Cynthia Boris
Mobile tools for all of your administrative tasks from invoicing to shipping.
How to Take Advantage of Online Training Tools
BY Nancy Mann Jackson
More small businesses are turning to online training. Here's how your team can take advantage of the growing amount of resources.
5 Tools for Building a Holiday Shopping App
BY Amy Gahran
A look at easy-to-use services, plus tips for what to do once your app has been created.
How to Build and Manage a Website With Your iPhone
BY Gwen Moran
Weebly introduces its free blogging platform as an iSO app.
5 Free Tools for More Powerful Pinterest Marketing
BY Brian Honigman
Make the most of your online marketing campaign without spending any money.
Stressed Out? Relax With These 5 Free Apps
BY Cynthia Boris
Find a sense of peace with one of these stress-busting apps.
How the Young Founder of Apprenda Landed $16 Million from Albany, N.Y.
BY Lyneka Little
Thirty-year-old Sinclair Schuller is hoping that his company's prowess in big data will continue to land big funding.
The Man Who's Turning Cities Into Trivia Games
BY Brian Patrick Eha
We interview the CEO of a mobile gaming startup that helps urbanites get to know their cities better.
Android Features That Blow iPhone Out of the Water
BY Dylan Love
Here are nine reasons Google wins over Apple.
9 Great Photo and Video Apps
BY Kevin Smith
These apps can help you snap better visuals, edit them and then post to the web.
4 Essential WordPress Plugins for Business Blogs
BY Cynthia Boris
Add these plugins to help boost your traffic, more effectively moderate comments, and more.
5 Ways Android's 'Jellybean' Can Make You More Efficient
BY Amy Gahran
The new update makes some functions easier, improves security and allows multiple user accounts.
3 App Options for Converting Facebook Fans Into Customers
BY Kim Lachance Shandrow
No time to convert leads over the world's largest social network? Consider investing in fan apps that can do it for you.
A Look at the Global-Apps Scene and Why You Should Care
BY Neil Parmar
If you think the U.S. app craze has hit overload, you're not the only one. Giant tech companies are now doubling down on student-app developers in the Middle East and Africa.
DoubleDutch Apps Help Remote Employees Stay Connected
BY Logan Kugler
San Francisco-based startup DoubleDutch created three apps that help keep everyone on the same page.
Why Giant VCs Are Putting Trust -- and $1 Million -- into Cory Levy's One
BY Lyneka Little
This social-discovery app co-founder may only be 20 years old, but he has the venture backing of someone twice his age. Here, we ask him to expand on his top entrepreneurial challenges and key drivers.Mobile Advertising Platform Delivers Real Leads
BY Jason Ankeny
AdLeads lets companies launch geo-tagged campaigns that sidestep the cost-per-click model, in favor of sign-ups.



