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What You Need to Know About Google’s Recent ‘Phantom’ Update

If you're up to date with the search giant's mobile requirements, you need to make sure you have quality content.

By Thomas Smale

Business News

Apps as Fortune Tellers? 5 Ways Predictive Apps Will Change Your World.

Need an Uber? Or the very latest music? Technology is gearing up to know you better than you know yourself.

By Tim Porter

Tech

Android Update Lets Users Unlock Phones With Just Their Voices

The Trusted Voice Smart Lock option is being rolled out as part of the Google Play Services 7.0 update

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

From Prison to Silicon Valley: How One Entrepreneur Spun a Jail Sentence Into a Y-Combinator Backed Startup

Frederick Hutson shares advice for entrepreneurs with untraditional backgrounds who are seeking VC funding.

By Laura Entis

Business News

3 Tips to Help You Stand Out From the App Pack

It's not enough to provide users with a one-size-fits-all mobile experience.

By Dan Preston

Building a Business

Google App Store Gets More Oversight

The tech company is tightening supervision of its freewheeling Play store, forming a special team to screen new apps for malware and sexually explicit material.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Yo App Goes From Seriously Dumb to Surprisingly Useful

Yo just reinvented itself as a killer content clearinghouse.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Facebook Begins Rolling Out Facebook at Work

The rumored intraoffice communication platform is now available as part of a pilot program.

By Nina Zipkin

Tech

4 Steps to Launching a Mobile App Even If You Don’t Know How to Build It

You don't have to know how to build an app to get a good idea for one. Just add hiring developers to your launch check list.

By Nathan Resnick

Business News

Rewriting the Smartphone Keyboard at Age 28

With his startup SwiftKey, Jon Reynolds is breathing new life into the act of typing on a keyboard.

By Jason Ankeny

Tech

YouTube’s Rumored New Music Service Gets a Name

Google's YouTube appears set to take on Spotify and Pandora.

By Nina Zipkin

Business News

Flappy Bird Creator Is Back With a New Game

It's called Swing Copters, and it looks just as frustratingly difficult to play as Flappy Bird.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Google Buys Digital Music Service Songza

Google expands into music streaming with purchase of context and curation-based Songza.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Need to Privately Instant Message Your Entire Team at a Conference? Try This Slick App

Serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber says you need this free, ultra-convenient mobile messaging app to seamlessly keep in touch with large groups at events.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business News

Tapping Into the Expanding Mobile Opportunities of Emerging Markets

Marketers wishing to profit from the gigantic new customer base of the developing world need to understand how these consumers use smartphones and apps.

By Pedro Ripper

Tech

How to Stop Google From Using Your Name and Face in Ads

Take these fast, easy steps to keep your mug out of Google ads.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Tech

Google to Accept PayPal Payments in the Play Store

The move gives Android users another option besides Google's own Wallet service to make mobile purchases.

By Benjamin Kabin

Tech

Google Offers Sneak Peek at Project Ara, Its Build-Your-Own Smartphone

The tech titan has released a video introducing the team behind Project Ara and offering a glimpse into the project's breaking developments.

By Geoff Weiss

Business Operations & Logistics

Google Faces Lawsuit Over Kids’ In-App Purchases

Google is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit brought by parents whose kids unknowingly paid a substantial amount of money for in-app purchases.

By Nina Zipkin

Tech

Pebble (Finally) Opens Its App Store to Android Users

The popular smartwatch also announces partnerships for new, useful Pebble apps.

By Jason Fell

Building a Business

Do You Text While Walking? This App Wants to Save Your Life.

This Android app has been designed to stop you from mindlessly strolling into oncoming traffic while walking like a zombie with a smartphone in your hand.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow