Mobile Applications

Step by step, the world is moving closer to the day when the mobile device is the device. It already has moved in that direction with the advent of touchscreens for laptops and tablets. Now, Alphabet Inc.'s Google is taking another step in that direction by making its Android apps, which were developed for mobile devices, available to laptops and desktops.

A small change in Facebook’s advertising formula had a devastating effect on ad-supported app maker Cheetah Mobile.

Google’s Android and Chrome OS operating systems soon will run the same apps.

Cheetah Mobile issued second-quarter guidance well below expectations as the Chinese mobile utility and security app company said its first-quarter earnings fell 65%.

Google is kicking off its artificial-intelligence-powered vision for the future with a pair of apps that will arrive for both Android and iOS later this summer.

How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

Facebook Inc. wants to give you an outlet to share the dozens of super-wide photos lying ignored in your phone’s camera roll.

Gboard, a useful new iOS keyboard from Google, has features not yet available on Android.

A new reality-show industry is flourishing in China, where regular people use smartphones to live stream whatever suits their whims, writes Li Yuan.

Instagram, the popular image-sharing social network owned by Facebook, got rid of its vintage camera logo and redesigned its mobile apps with a simpler, whiter user interface.

A music-streaming service backed by Chinese Internet giant Tencent is planning an IPO in the U.S. that comes as competition heats up to win the ears of Chinese consumers.

WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook, released apps for Apple’s OS X for Mac computers, and Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows 10 for PCs.

As Facebook defends itself against claims that workers excluded politically conservative news stories from the Trending Topics sections of its apps and website, here’s what you need to know about the controversy.

SAP's partnership with Apple reflects a wider desire shared across many enterprises to transform complex business processes into simple (or at least simpler) mobile applications. The ongoing effort started way back with the appearance of Apple’s iPhone and today, increasingly, that same device maker is helping underpin the transition via a popular programming language.

Jumio Inc., an identity verification company, won court approval to sell its assets to an affiliate of Centana Growth Partners Friday, settling a court-supervised sale process rife with controversy.