Mobile Applications

One of the most-hyped changes to the U.S. labor market has been "the rise of Uber and its ilk." But the change appears to be mostly Uber.

Maybe it’s the rising mercury, or the increased competition taking its toll, but Indian startup founders are getting testy on social media.

With a strategic planning background and corporate finance acumen, Barbara Landes, CFO of the Public Broadcasting Service, is used to keeping a critical eye on both long- and short-term horizons. That’s one reason she uses a risk assessment process to begin her budgeting and planning efforts, which she says helps guide corporate strategy as well as asset allocation. In addition, Ms. Landes discusses how she measures growth at the not-for-profit media enterprise and develops talent, among other issues with Allan Cook, director, Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Jewish Ad Network targets online ads using a database of information about a million Synagogue members.

General Motors has received “three dozen or so” external reports of potential information-security vulnerabilities in its vehicles as part of a new cyberdisclosure program.

Measurement firm comScore agreed to let Viacom to use its data to power targeted advertising products, which the media company has been touting amid sagging ratings.

Smartphone data will allow former NFL players and members of the public to participate in a clinical study on the long-term health effects of playing pro football.

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With its first smartphone app releasing Thursday in Japan, Nintendo Co. begins competing with the likes of Facebook and Snapchat -- for consumers’ free time, at least.

Baidu will soon start testing autonomous cars in the U.S., the company’s chief scientist said. The move is part of the Chinese tech giant’s effort to introduce a commercially viable model by 2018.

Employers use mobile games to recruit potential employees.

Desktop or laptop or mobile: The choices get more confusing.