Why breaking up is hard to do ... for social apps like Facebook, Foursquare, and LinkedIn

Volume Up is a regular column on consumer technology and digital ecosystems by Reticle Research principal analyst Ross Rubin. With sophisticated mobile operating systems came the promise of "desktop-quality” apps. But recently, there's been evidence that the piling on of features in such apps as Photoshop, iTunes, and Microsoft Office may not hold true in the […]