As you may have noticed, we do most of our computing through web browsers now. Websites and web apps can take care of everything from watching movies to building spreadsheets to checking emails. If ...

Apple's mobile software has supported so-called "web apps" for years now. But what is a web app, and how do they differ from typical apps used on iPhone and iPad? Here's your short explainer. When ...

An application in which all or some parts of the software are downloaded from the Web every time it runs. There are essentially three types of Web applications. Progressive Web apps are browser based, ...

Progressive Web Apps, or PWAs, can turn app-like websites into website-like apps. Browsers are beefing up support for these useful hybrid apps, and we show you how to install and use them. I've been ...

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 ...