Do you really need to download an app to own it? I’m not being philosophical here (do we truly own anything?) but when you consider how quickly and easily you can download and install something like a ...

Enough. The end of apps is not near, the app stores are not dying, the rise of instant apps does not mean the demise of native apps, and chatbots are far from creating better user experiences. If you ...

Did you know it's possible to use Android apps on your smartphone without actually installing them? Google calls them instant apps, a neat innovation originally introduced at Google I/O in 2016. Now ...

The biggest announcement from the Google I/O keynote address Wednesday wasn’t its Amazon Echo competitor, Google Home; its new messaging app, Allo; or its new VR headset and remote control design. It ...

Apps used to be the measure of a mobile platform’s worth, with Apple and Google dueling over who could list the most items in their respective stores. Today, the numbers don’t matter as much—there are ...

Much has been made of the fight between mobile apps and the mobile web. But the line between the two is no longer as clear-cut as it used to be with the introduction of Progressive Web Apps and ...