An app, short for "application," is a piece of software developed primarily for use on a phone, tablet, or other mobile, wireless device. If you use an iPhone or iPad, you are using an app every time ...

Nokia has joined Apple and other smartphone makers in launching a new marketplace for cell phone applications. But Nokia says its store is different from the rest. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET ...

Verizon Wireless is taking on Apple in the smartphone application store war with the introduction of its new Vcast application store for smartphones. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter ...

Microsoft is on a roll with updating its app store on Windows 10 and 11. Following the recent release of performance upgrades and improved algorithms, the company announced big changes in how the web ...

Holy UWP: It took four years of development, but WinGet has finally introduced what is likely one of its most useful features yet. The Windows-focused package manager is now compatible with Microsoft ...

Apple, with its one-stop App Store for the iPhone, made downloading programs like games and utilities for the device easy by using the phone itself. Google is doing the same thing with the new Android ...