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About one-third of smartphone owners aren't using the mobile applications on their devices, instead sticking to using the basic features, according to the Pew Research Center. Why aren't more people using apps?

There's nothing newspaper and magazine publishers crave more right now than a straightforward way to sell subscriptions via Apple's App Store. But Apple's plan to let them do just that may not do much to help the beleaguered industry.

To the shame of many short-sighted iPhone app developers, many budget travel apps have an enormous flaw. This fatal issue could turn a 99-cent app intended to save you cash into a nightmarish drain on your cell phone bill. The problem: Many travel apps require a data connection to work. When I'm...

With the prospects for economic recovery iffy at best and consumer spending still sluggish, retailers are closing their weakest stores in order to protect profits.

If you've had an iPhone or iPad long enough, odds are you have accidentally purchased an app. A click, click here or a tap, tap there and you've just spent $10 you hadn't planned on. Unlike the Google Android Marketplace, which has a 24-hour return period, Apple doesn't have an official policy on...

The battle to be the "mayor" of a local store or restaurant on the popular location-sharing service Foursquare is heating up as Pizza Hut begins to offer Mayors a free order of bread sticks, starting August 10th, joining the collection of retailers offering their most frequent customers a reward....

For people who like to shop locally, whether to support the local economy or avoid waiting, Milo.com offers the best way to find out which local stores have the items you want. Up until today though, if the item wasn't in stock you had to keep checking, but Milo.com just launched the in-stock...

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Tuesday (last updated 8:18 a.m. ET). Coach Earnings Rise: Coach (COH) ended its fiscal year with a bang reporting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose almost 40% to 64 cents a share, beating analyst estimates of 56...

These days shopping without a loyalty card for anything from groceries to consumer electronics will result in a higher bill or missed rewards. But to take advantage of every loyalty offer you need a key chain that weighs as much as a shotput. That is until you digitize your loyalty cards with an...

Conde Nast was ruthless with its print magazine titles in 2009, shuttering many niche favorites like Domino. Fans were thrilled this week when content from Domino began reappearing under the Brides magazine masthead on the company's Brides.com website.