Developers are accusing Apple of intentionally slowing down web apps that run on iPhones and iPads in order to make apps from the Apple’s popular app store more appealing, according to a report from The Register.

Developers who create “apps” out of JavaScript and HTML that can run in a web browser of an iOS device accuse the company of neglecting the JavaScript engine so that their apps run slowly when added as an icon to the home screen and run from there, instead of as a bookmark in a browser.

The advantage to the user is that homepage web apps are more prominent and easier to access. The...

With widespread power outages and retail shortages, companies are pitching in to help Japanese residents in a variety of ways. In this photo, vehicles driving south out of Fukushima Prefecture, where a troubled nuclear power plant is located, make a traffic jam in Kitaibaraki, north of Tokyo on Tuesday. (Yuji Furuya/The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP)

After last week’s quake and tsunami struck Japan, destroying thousands of homes and leaving many without electricity, employees at Tokyo Apple stores brought out surge protectors, extension cords and power adapters for people to plug in gadgets and contact t...