Light, fast, and shiny, many Web apps have the futuristic feel of a bullet train. They also have numerous advantages over desktop apps: There’s nothing to install, they don’t take up any hard drive ...

The line between Web apps and desktop applications grows ever blurrier. Chrome OS, for example, puts the browser front and center and makes it the core of an entire operating system. Also, in recent ...

Pokki is a platform that re-invents the PC app experience by enabling developers to easily create and distribute desktop apps while helping consumers seamlessly discover and access their favorite apps ...

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SweetLabs today announced that it is bringing its Pokki app distribution platform to Android-enable devices. With Pokki, device makers will be able to recommend and filter apps that are optimized ...

Users want a real Start menu on Windows 8, and Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, is happy to oblige. It just announced that Lenovo PCs will come with the Pokki app, which includes a real Start ...

Pokki was launched in beta on June 28 and has seen strong interest from both developers and users. Pokkies for a wide range of services from Twitter to LivingSocial have demonstrated that providing ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Windows 8 users tend to be polarized on one particular issue – the lack of a Start Menu. Some don't mind its absence, but others have taken issue with the choice and sought alternatives. One such ...

We recommended Pokki — an interesting app launcher, widget, and productivity hybrid — back in December as one of the best programs to improve the Windows 7 experience. The app has just received a ...

SweetLabs, the creators of OpenCandy, an advertising network, and Pokki, a desktop app platform, has announced that they have raised a $13 million C Round of funding from Intel Capital. Existing ...

Pokki, the desktop app software developed by San Diego-based Sweetlabs, the startup headed by former DivX exec Darrius Thompson, is launching a big update to the software today, saying that it now has ...