More Than Just Angry Birds, Apps Can Have A Humanitarian Side Too
There's a trend in the startup world toward combining business and smartphone apps with altruistic goals. From human trafficking to helping farmers in Uganda, experts say, there's a market for doing...
View ArticleSpeak Up! Advertisers Want You To Talk With New Apps
Advertisers want to hear what you have to say, and many are about to roll out new kinds of ads you can actually have a conversation with. Marketers are hoping to leverage the power of voice and the...
View ArticlePatients Lead The Way As Medicine Grapples With Apps
Smartphone apps can help count calories or detect a heart attack. People are embracing them to manage many aspects of their health. But medical apps are largely unregulated now, so there's no easy way...
View ArticleOnline Marketers Take Note Of Brains Wired For Rewards
Are you addicted to technology? Do you check email obsessively, tweet without restraint or post on Facebook during Thanksgiving dinner? Many techies and marketers are tapping into powerful reward...
View ArticleMobile Match Apps Are 'Dating On Steroids'
Matchmaking apps like Tinder can help people find potential dates quickly. But that efficiency can have drawbacks for people trying to find true love.
View ArticleParenting In The Age Of Apps: Is That iPad Help Or Harm?
With tablet technology still relatively new, pediatricians are trying to understand how interactive media affects children.
View ArticleStorm Shelter App Helps Pinpoint People Amid Tornado's Rubble
After a tornado hits, emergency crews looking for survivors in storm shelters face a problem: Streets and landmarks are suddenly unrecognizable. One Moore, Okla., firefighter developed an app to help.
View ArticlePhone App Might Predict Manic Episodes In Bipolar Disorder
Speech patterns change when people enter the manic phase of bipolar disorder, doctors say. A smartphone app might be able to detect those shifts and improve treatment.
View ArticleWill This Tech Tool Help Manage Older People's Health? Ask Dad
There's a growing market in technology to address health problems in older people. But young techies don't always know what their clients really need and want. Enter the focus group of Dad.
View ArticleMinecraft's Business Model: A Video Game That Leaves You Alone
Microsoft is buying the company that created the video game Minecraft, which has a loyal following in part because of the freedom it allows players — including freedom from pressure to buy add-ons.
View ArticleLook Here: Phone App Checks Photos For Eye Disease
Bryan Shaw showed it was possible to detect early signs of eye cancer from a family photo album. Now, he and his research team have made an iPhone app.
View ArticleBritish Runner Leaps Feet-First Into Marriage
Ben Chudley used a GPS app and a very indirect jog to spell out a message to his girlfriend: Will You Marry Me? Luckily, she didn't run the other way.
View ArticleApp Links Sex Assault Survivors To Help, But Who Downloads It?
The D.C.-based smartphone tool connects people with a ride to the hospital and a team of medical professionals trained in dealing with sexual assault. But students aren't rushing to download the app.
View ArticleWant To Do A Little Astrophysics? This App Detects Cosmic Rays
Two physicists keen to detect a a very rare, high energy particle think you and I can help. The researchers are working on an app that would allow any smartphone to detect rare particles from space.
View ArticleThe App That Aims To Gamify Biology Has Amateurs Discovering New Species
Not everyone outside staring into their phones is searching for Pokémon — some people are looking for actual wildlife. The app iNaturalist is bringing together urban biologists and curious citizens.
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