It’s back to school time and children all over are starting preschool. Many parents are frantically searching the internet to find out if their little ones are “on track” and know everything they should. I wrote this article about what a four-year-old should know many years ago but it continues to…

The built-in Photos got its makeover last year as part of Apple's overall iOS 7 mobile redesign. This year iOS 8 is bringing Photos a much-needed functionality boost. In addition to new sharing and filter extensions, Photos is also getting a new sync solution courtesy of iCloud Photo Library, as…

In celebration of the App Store's 5th anniversary we're taking a look back at its history, including its initial launch, immediate success, and the passion and pain that came with it Apple introduced the App Store on July 10, 2008, five years ago this week. Over the course of the next few days we're…

Order iPhone 7: AT&T | Verizon | T-Mobile | Sprint | Apple App Store Year Zero: How unsweetened web apps and unsigned code drove the iPhone to an SDK Apple introduced the App Store on July 10, 2008. Over the course of the next week we're going to take a look back at the origins and development of…

Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where I ran. It’s where I cried. It’s where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I’m their son. Their passion can be…

Adobe's answer is twofold. There’s Ink, a stylish Bluetooth stylus; and Slide, a slim "ruler" that shoots out digital lines across an iPad when you set it down on the screen. To make them, Adobe partnered with design firm Ammunition, the team behind some of Beats' most stylish headphones. Both are…

Great @mashable review of @Adobe Ink and Slide hardware tools for Artists and Architects http://t.co/RyFr1I3OFS

This series of posts is about enabling sustainable businesses on the App Store. In Part 1 , I discuss why Paper and other productivity apps may not be doing as well as you might think. Part 2 explores why casual games, in contrast, are a sustainable business, but not a differentiator for platforms…

Salesforce.com Imbues Dreamforce With Artificial Intelligence, Mindfulness Marc Andreessen’s Sudden Silence on Twitter Stumps Silicon Valley How to Make Sure Your Uber Doesn’t Drive Past You With NXP Deal, Qualcomm Would Add New Businesses, Risks Cybersecurity Provider Carbon Black Makes…

I was on the phone with a good friend the other day. After covering important topics, like disparaging each other's mothers and retelling semi-factual tales from our college days, our conversation turned to the mundane. "So, how's work going?" he asked. For those of you who don't know, I make money…

Loading ... The Jordan Jumpman logo is one of if not the most recognizable logo when it comes to basketball sneakers, however how did this classic logo come about? Many don’t know but thanks to retrourfeet on NT we have some insight behind the Jumpman logo. The image below which is seen on the OG…

Associated Press Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company’s best days are still ahead. It’s not a particularly unusual message coming from a CEO. But Apple is facing pointed questions that the iPhone’s growth will slow and that the company’s innovative run is coming to an end. Cook sat down Thursday for…

Editor's Note 2/17/14 Happy Presidents' Day! To celebrate, we're revisiting some of our most popular stories of the year. Enjoy. We’ve already waxed poetically about Facebook’s new app Paper , which reskins the bloated Facebook experience to feel like a top-tier interactive media product. The…

Sharon Hwang and Mike Matas want you to think of Facebook, and the content and information portals that you and your friends follow, as a museum. This doesn't mean Grumpy Cat's troubled visage should hang alongside Mona Lisa's smile (or should it?), but that Internet denizens ought to remember to…

Rae, my 23-year-old daughter, is adopted from Korea. Sometimes I look at her and feel for the woman who gave her up, who never got the joy of knowing her, raising her, watching her. The 49ers' 25-year-old starting quarterback, Colin Kaepernick , is adopted, too. I wonder if he sometimes feels for…

He stands eyeball to eyeball with me now, growing so fast, his pants hem and this momma can’t keep up. He flexes muscles and is quick-witted, he is smart and wants to know more about this thing called the Stock Market. Last week he lost his last baby tooth and I lost another piece of my baby. When…

This post by John Maeda first appeared in WSJ , 12/14/13 I’m often asked, “What’s another successful design-led company besides Apple?” And I have to pause—not because companies like Ferrari and IKEA aren’t great examples of design-led organizations but because I find myself wondering why Apple…

If the child really is father to the man, then it's reasonable to ask: Why is that true? This is not a simple question. But research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development allowed me to link childhood environments with men's lives in old age. The project, commonly known as the Harvard Grant…

Should buttons look like buttons on touch screen mobiles or is text sufficient? http://t.co/ZtFtK47ubI

iOS 7 is a major redesign of Apple’s mobile operating system that, alongside a fresh new look, comes with dozens of new features like Control Center, new multitasking, new Notification Center,…