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5 trends that will shape the future of mobile apps

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5 trends that will shape the future of mobile apps


  • Thursday, January 14, 2021
  • By Jon Hudson

App marketers looking to acquire new users are facing a dangerous enemy: friction. In this guest op-ed, Jon Hudson, Vice President of Customer Success at Digital Turbine, discusses how mental and physical friction can negatively impact UA campaigns, ...


User experience predictions for 2021

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User experience predictions for 2021


  • Wednesday, January 13, 2021
  • By Freeman Lightner

AppDynamics CTO Ty Amell discusses seamless user experience predictions for 2021, the new emphasis on observability, and how technologists can impact business-critical outcomes in 2021 more than ever....


Report reveals one third users delete apps after getting locked out

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Report reveals one third users delete apps after getting locked out


  • Friday, November 20, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

ForgeRock released volume two of its global report, “The New Normal – Living Life Online.” The study polled 5,000 consumers to understand consumer preferences when it comes to online experiences, including how they log in and what app features they v...


Introducing Density Open Area

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Introducing Density Open Area


  • Tuesday, October 27, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

Density launches Density Open Area to solve the thorny problem of counting people in unbounded space and making it affordable to scale to tens of thousands of businesses and hundreds of millions of square feet....


Trump and Biden app vulnerabilities raise concern

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Trump and Biden app vulnerabilities raise concern


  • Thursday, October 22, 2020
  • By Doug Dooley

A deeper analysis of the Trump and Biden app vulnerabilities reveal Official Trump 2020 App is nearly 3x as secure as the Vote Joe App on Android but on iOS they both scored bad....


Apple watch app from Trainerize brings the coach to your wrist

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Apple watch app from Trainerize brings the coach to your wrist


  • Friday, September 11, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

Fitness businesses and personal trainers can now deliver coaching straight to their clients’ wrists, transforming the way wearables are utilized in personal health and wellness routines, with the Apple Watch app from Trainerize....


TikTok ban effects

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TikTok ban effects


  • Tuesday, August 25, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

An executive order has banned TikTok in the U.S by mid-September, it is causing panic in the TikTok community, and the top 100 U.S creators are forecasted to lose $112,968,000 per year....


Mobile Development and the race to cross-platform

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Mobile Development and the race to cross-platform


  • Monday, August 24, 2020
  • By Alin Turcu

Mobile app development has increased dramatically year over year. In Q1 of 2020, the Apple App Store had approximately 1.8 million applications while Google Play Store had approx. 2.5 million. More important, every indication says this trend will con...


Fitness app installs up 67% since COVID-19

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Fitness app installs up 67% since COVID-19


  • Thursday, August 20, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

New data from Adjust shows that in addition to the New Year’s Resolution trend of increased installs in early January, COVID-19 lockdowns drew users to health and fitness apps even more, upending the traditional fading of new years’ resolutions....


Escape the app launches live-gaming experience

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Escape the app launches live-gaming experience


  • Wednesday, July 22, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

A virtual reality-powered live video experience, Escape the App, which allows gamers to participate in real escape rooms from anywhere in the world, will go live with its Kickstarter campaign today as part of a campaign to help the experience industr...


Why you should pace yourself with application modernization

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Why you should pace yourself with application modernization


  • Wednesday, June 17, 2020
  • By Snjezana Cvoro-Begovic

Snjezana Cvoro-Begovic, an EVP of Partnership Strategy at Cognizant Softvision, talks about the five similarities between application modernization and marathon training, giving insight on how to pace yourself....


Truck driver training app helps prevent food supply shortage

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Truck driver training app helps prevent food supply shortage


  • Tuesday, April 28, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The supply chain problems caused by COVID-19 are apparent in American grocery stores. A contributing factor is a shortage of truck drivers, and to help overcome this issue, Advanced Training Systems is offering a new training app at no charge to the ...


Keep kids busy with SugarCoded by SmartGurlz

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Keep kids busy with SugarCoded by SmartGurlz


  • Friday, April 3, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

SmartGurlz founder Sharmi Albrechtsenher beat out 40,000 other entrepreneurs on ABC's Shark Tank and closed a deal with Daymond John on her line of groundbreaking toys that use an award-winning robotics platform to teach basic coding skills to girls ...


Free COVID-19 application launches from Sygic

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Free COVID-19 application launches from Sygic


  • Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • By Richard Harris

The volunteers from global navigation vendor Sygic and other technology companies have developed a mobile application, which aims to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus. The new application uses GPS and Bluetooth sensors to determine if the...


Dabel video streaming app launches from Doki Doki and Agora

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Dabel video streaming app launches from Doki Doki and Agora


  • Thursday, March 5, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Agora and Doki Doki recently announced a partnership to work with South African National Council for the Blind, to bring Dabel, a video streaming app, to blind users in underserved regions of Africa....


MyPrivacy app has officially launched

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MyPrivacy app has officially launched


  • Tuesday, March 3, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

MyPrivacy is an app offering a VPN, App Lock, Password Manager, Private Browser, Photo Vault, and Social Permissions Manager sharing a simple, user-friendly platform....


Brainly appoints new Chief Product Officer

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Brainly appoints new Chief Product Officer


  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Brainly, a homework help app, has appointed Rajesh Bysani as CPO. Bysani has professional experience of over 15 years, working with both established and emerging companies across diverse profiles....


Over one million unique component downloads from OutSystems Forge

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Over one million unique component downloads from OutSystems Forge


  • Friday, January 17, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

OutSystems announced that the OutSystems Forge has surpassed more than one million unique component downloads, fueled by increasing demand for agility as part of the app development process....


True Foodie announces crowdfunding campaign

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True Foodie announces crowdfunding campaign


  • Friday, January 10, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

For True Foodies Only, Inc. announced its crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest. A platform for fine food lovers, True Foodies combines masterclass culinary educational videos, recipes, and restaurant recommendations from top chefs in an intuitive app....


Panion social app fights loneliness in Sweden

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Panion social app fights loneliness in Sweden


  • Tuesday, December 17, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

On the surface, Melanie Aronson's brainchild Panion may seem like just another social app, but there is actually a big difference, and the successful creator behind this new social tool also has an interesting personal story to go with it....


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