TikTok sale: Popular video app’s US future comes down to the wire
Donald Trump seems confident he can pull off a deal to drive TikTok into American hands. The stakes are high for the popular Chinese video app's 170 million US users who are…
APP hails disqualification of Okorocha’s in-law as Imo AA governorship candidate
APP hails disqualification of Okorocha's in-law as Imo AA governorship candidate…
Palestinian app helps drivers avoid Israeli checkpoint bottlenecks
A new navigation app designed by Palestinians aims to help drivers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank weave past military checkpoints and avoid Jewish settlements. Launched in June, Doroob crowdsources road closures and…
App sells investors shares in cattle
A South African app is selling shares in individual cows and promising impressive returns.…
The beesharing app
Bees have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. Though no one really knows what causes the die-offs, there are fears it could have major consequences for the farmers who grow the food all…
Youtube kids site shunned by children
Loup Ventures Managing Partner, Doug Clinton and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw, discuss YouTube Kids, an app geared for children under the age of 13. According to several YouTube staffers, most children using the…
Japan anti-groper app becomes smash hit
A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains.…
Doctor consultation without a doctor’s visit: Here’s an app for that
Like most of us, when we fall ill, the only way we know how to see a doctor is by going to the hospital and wait on the line. Well, one application…
App helps Kenyan tribes find lush pastures
Global warming has made the environment unreliable for herdsmen and their animals. An new app helps direct them towards safer areas.…
China’s Netflix hopes to launch new short video app in 2020
iQiyi, China's top Netflix-style streaming service, is angling to launch a new short video app by the end of 2020 to compete for a piece of the latest fad in the world's…
Top mobile app trends for 2018
Danielle Levitas, senior vice president of research and analysis at App Annie Ltd., discusses the key trends for mobile apps with Bloomberg's Brad Stone on "Bloomberg Technology."…