Tag / mobile apps

For my latest Money magazine tech column, I explored podcasting apps. (I realize these apps are better described as podcatching apps or podcast managers since they grab and organize podcast feeds rather than create them, but this story was for a general audience, so we used the term ‘podcasting app’ in a general sense.)  As […]

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If your knowledge of investing apps begins and ends with Mint.com — a great service but also one that’s been around since 2006 — then check out the March issue of Money magazine. Money publishes an annual list of personal finance-related apps called the Money Mobile Guide. This year, I helped out by researching and […]

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You don’t have to attend CES, with its auto company CEO keynotes and tricked-out show cars, to realize car tech is a huge industry. I recently looked at the latest in affordable, aftermarket car tech for a Money magazine story. During road trips in Vancouver and Chicago, I tested multiple GPS systems, Bluetooth speakerphones and […]

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In my daily life, one of my most wished for mobile apps is a robust outdoors/indoors navigator. The app would guide me on the streets and keep working when I ducked into the subway (my primary mode of transportation). If I entered a shopping mall, the app would transition to an interior map of the […]

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