Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Web companies such as Lyft and Twitter have now deployed the technology that seeks to make web apps as good, and network-independent, as native mobile apps Native mobile apps have generally had the ...

Web apps have been part of the internet landscape for quite a few years now, allowing developers to essentially make their websites behave more like apps. We’ve also seen a new generation of web apps ...

Microsoft is reportedly going to rebrand its online Windows Store to Microsoft Store. It is also embracing the Web of Apps idea. Like Google, Microsoft now supports Progressive Web Apps. This can make ...

Progressive Web Apps might be a huge deal in the future, but right now, many of the sites and services we want to use in this way simply aren’t available. Recently, though, Google Drive made its debut ...

The need for businesses to target customers on mobile devices is well-established at this point. The question is no longer if they should do it but how. A business that wants to appeal to mobile-based ...

Progressive web apps are more complex to develop than traditional web applications, but they pack a lot of punch in return. Progressive web apps are an innovation of modern web development, pairing ...

Slack is a web app. Trello is a web app. Google Docs. Gmail. Even Twitter. The web started out as a collection of hyperlinked documents. The “Web 2.0” hype in the mid-2000s was about how the web was ...

With Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, or even mobile, these standout PWAs will help you get more done without any of the usual baggage. Say the phrase “progressive web app” to most people — including ...

A technology called progressive web apps is making websites less pokey on your phone. It's proving its worth with Twitter and Lancome. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...