When Apple launched the App Store in 2008, it was impossibly influential to the future of the internet. The all-powerful world wide web was sliced and diced into bite-sized apps oft-dubbed Web 2.0.

Most people use Google Maps to find their way. But India now has its own navigation app called Mappls. It is made especially for Indian roads and traffic. The app focuses on everyday problems that ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the longest-standing traditional scoring icon with 38,387 regular-season points. Michael Jordan remains one of the most efficient high-volume scorers with elite shooting splits.

For its third and largest edition, the self-proclaimed fastest-growing design week in the region set out to transform Cairo into an “open-air design playground.” Its ambition took physical form: ...