2018 Cloud and DevOps survey findings from Quali
Monday, April 2, 2018 by Richard Harris
Quali has announced the results of its third annual Cloud and DevOps Survey examining current infrastructure trends, as well as some of the key barriers facing industry leaders. The findings, based on more than 1,300 responses from DevOps and IT professionals, showed the top barriers to DevOps adoption involve stagnant organizational cultures (according to 22 percent of...
The shifting power dynamics of news on the Web
Monday, December 11, 2017 by Andrew Betts
Over the last several years, control of news on the web has drastically shifted. Social networks and search are increasingly how we find content, and our old loyalties to our favorite publications are giving way to consumption of content from varied and ever changing sources. Large, respectable publishers are still vital to a healthy news industry and indeed a healthy d...
IBM Watson Analytics to improve the student retention rates at SCSU
Friday, July 21, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Low student retention rates continue to challenge many colleges and universities across the U.S. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported this summer that for all students who started college in the U.S. in the fall of 2015, only 61.1 percent returned to their original school for the fall semester of 2016. Studies show that college freshman who r...
Study finds Android outperforms iOS in user reaction time for push alerts
Monday, June 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
Accengage, a push notification technology company for Mobile Apps, Websites and Facebook Messenger, is has released the 2017 Edition of their annual Push Notification Benchmark. In addition to updating Push Notification opt-in and reaction rates for Mobile Apps on iOS & Android overall, by industry and country, the study reveals for the very first time: mobile app r...
Take the Scifi developer survey and win a $200 Amazon voucher
Friday, June 9, 2017 by Mark Wilcox
We are excited to present you with the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey, run by VisionMobile! This is their 13th developer survey, focusing on tools, training and career development. The survey has an annual reach of more than 40,000 developers around the world, so it is a chance for you to contribute to the global developer community. The survey includes r...
PacketZoom speeds up Photofy app by nearly 2x
Friday, June 9, 2017 by Richard Harris
Performance is a crucial contributor to a dependable mobile app user experience. While stunning visuals attract customers by making a great first impression, a long-lasting relationship depends on the quality of each encounter, which is heavily influenced by how an app performs. According to Compuware research, most consumers expect mobile apps to launch within two seco...
The evolution of Mario Kart
Saturday, June 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
Mario Kart is a progression of go-kart-style hustling computer games created and distributed by Nintendo as turn offs from its trademark Super Mario arrangement. The first in the arrangement, Super Mario Kart, was published in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to basic and business success. There have been five Mario Kart amusements discharged for home con...
Almost all users abandon apps with bugs and glitches
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 by Richard Harris
88% of app users abandon apps due to finding bugs and glitches. This, according to a recent survey conducted by QualiTest Group, the world's second largest pure play QA and independent software testing company. The survey also revealed that: - Nearly 8 in every 10 users notice glitches and bugs in the apps that they use.- Over 50% of users indicated that they would aban...
Route the Internet faster with Argo from Cloudflare
Monday, May 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
Cloudflare has announced Argo, a service that intelligently routes traffic across the Internet for a faster, more reliable, and more secure online experience.The Internet is inherently unreliable. Its massive collection of networks from different providers experiences delays and outages all the time. Internet users experience these problems as slowness reaching websites...
AirMap secures $26M to become the air traffic controller for drones
Saturday, February 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
AirMap announced a $26 million Series B funding round led by Microsoft Ventures, with additional participation from Airbus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures (the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated), Rakuten, Sony, Yuneec, and existing investors General Catalyst and Lux Capital. The new investment brings their total funding to more than $43 million. The Series B fund...
4 proven ways to reduce churn with a mobile app
Thursday, February 23, 2017 by Justin Dunham
Have you read all of the 23,000 articles out there about reducing churn?There are some really great ideas about how to improve your onboarding, how to communicate better, how to segment better. Even how to save customers right before they click the “cancel” button.The underlying problem that these tactics address is the same. Users churn because they don&rsq...
Strategies for mobile app reengagement
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
AppLift has released an all new infographic to help app developers understand how they can jump on the second wind of re-engagement of their former users. It also goes on to give information on techniques as to rope people back in and insights into keeping current customers in your app. Installs neither necessarily reflect the success of an app, nor do they guide user e...
F5 Networks kicks off their new Global Campaign
Saturday, February 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
F5 Networks has launched a global brand campaign across an array of channels. The “We Make Apps Go: Faster. Smarter. Safer.” campaign takes a content-first approach to reach C-level technology decision makers globally. It represents a strategic shift for F5, which historically has marketed to technical audiences and specifically, network architects. The campaign’s conte...
Stopping mobile ad fraud
Sunday, February 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
ClicksMob just released a data report that gives key insights into the $8.2 billion ad fraud problem by analyzing data collected throughout 2016. In the report they address not only the surface problem of the billions of wasted cash but they go on to talk about how all of this fraud is actually tainting a lot of mobile marketing analytics with "dirty data." As...
Women are the most serious about mobile dating apps
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Liftoff has released an infographic (below) illuminating trends in mobile dating behavior. The data shows that North Americans are the most “swipe-happy” when it comes to mobile dating apps, with women in general being the most profitable users. The infographic also showcases trends around engagement and examines geographical differences between North America, Euro...
Why app developers are choosing to freelance
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by Richard Harris
Freelancing is increasingly becoming a career path that people are pursuing, and not only that, is one that could be leading to statistically higher work satisfaction than the traditional employment situation for many people globally. 50% of freelancers say there’s no amount of money you could pay them to take a traditional job, according to a study done by Freelancing ...
SMSpowered chatbots and the massive missed opportunity
Monday, January 30, 2017 by Richard Harris
There’s a lot of buzz around chatbots in the technology industry - what they are, why they’re valuable, how to build a better one, etc. Despite being popular on the tongue however, a new industry survey which polled over 1,500 mobile users in both the US and UK is acting as a wake-up call to enterprises as consumer preferences for new-age mobile communication channels, ...
Agile Methodology in Large Enterprises
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 by Hamesh Chawla
Agile methodology is the climbing framework for large-scale enterprises. How can you transition your large company into an agile framework? Below are simple and effective techniques for scaling agile methodology to your specific project, team and enterprise.Start with a MVPContinuous Delivery is a software development strategy that provides high-quality, accessible soft...
Apple was the most gifted smartphone this Christmas
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 by Richard Harris
Editors note: Data from Chris Klotzbach, Director at Flurry and Lali Kesiraju, Marketing and Analytics Manager at FlurryAs the holiday season finally comes to an end, smartphones were once again predominate on everyone’s wishlists. As Flurry does every year, they took a look at the most gifted smartphones and tablets this holiday season, examining phone and app activati...
The State of Digital Transformation Report 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
Ping Identity has announced the availability of “The State of Digital Transformation Report 2016,” which highlights that digital transformation is a top priority and source of anxiety for enterprises, but the majority of IT decision makers have not completed technology deployments to address the initiatives that are critical to making the shift. Security and identity ac...
Want to work as a freelancer, your not alone
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 by Richard Harris
In this day and age, to not need a secured biweekly salary of a 9-5 job is akin to winning the career lottery. Well, it may not be quite as rare, given that there are currently 53 million Americans who are currently freelancers, which represent just 34% of the total U.S. labor force, but one can say this is indeed the dream of most Americans in the labor force. The dema...
Understanding the Impact of Telecommuters on Employment Law
Friday, July 22, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Developers who work remotely are part of an increasingly growing trend in telecommuting in the US. Whether it is from their own home or a coffee shop, an increasing number of employees are choosing to work from outside of the office. A prevalent theory is that those who work from home generally put in more hours of work each day and employees can be more productiv...
Why You Should Be Using Push Notifications
Monday, June 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
Provided in the infographic provided here, the insights from the study provide mobile marketing benchmarks of the performance of push notification campaigns in terms of opt-in rates (% of users who accept to receive Push Notifications) and reaction rates (% of users who click on the notifications), in order to evaluate how to provide industry comparison. Added in this e...
How to Create an Effective App Startup Pitch Deck
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 by Richard Harris
ROKO Labs has created a new infographic, How to Create an Effective Pitch Deck for Startups, that provides an informal roadmap showing the path to app pitching success for entrepreneurs.The infographic is the result of the company’s participation in the App Idea Awards where company representatives helped review 600 pitch decks that were submitted. The company...
The Developer Skills That Are Most Wanted By US Region
Friday, April 22, 2016 by Richard Harris
According to a recent infographic published by Robert Half Technology, you might be surprised to learn that .Net development is the top desired skill in three out of nine regions of the US (West South Central, Mountain, and East South Central).Web development also is one of the most sought after skills in three regions as it is tops in the Pacific, East North Central, a...
A Third of APIs Are Designed Without Security Team Input
Friday, April 8, 2016 by Richard Harris
According to a recent Ovum survey of 100 IT and security professionals, 30 percent of APIs are designed without any input from the security team, and 27 percent of APIs proceed through the development stage without the security team getting involved. The survey also shows that there is disagreement among IT teams as to who should have ultimate responsibility for AP...
The Top Revenue Earning App Publishers for 2015
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
App Annie has identified the top companies as defined by the revenue when considering combined iOS and Google Play income from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. The “App Annie 52” is an annual report that reveals app rankings based on revenue earned from paid downloads and in-app purchases from the iOS App Store and Google Play Store and does not include revenu...
Twitter Launches Three New Beta Ad Options
Monday, July 13, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Twitter has announced three new beta products that will debut over the coming months. The announcement comes on the heels of the one year anniversary of Twitter’s mobile app promotion options including the acquisition of Tapcommerce and the introduction of Fabric, the company’s suite of tools for mobile developers.These new beta advertising products include:- Video App ...
A Review of the Most Popular Programming Languages on Github Since 2012
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 by Richard Harris
What are the most popular programming languages today? With the blazing popularity of Github for code hosting, one could expect that the platform would be a good indicator of the universal popularity of various programming languages. The folks at Loggly felt the platform deserved deep dive from a programming language impact standpoint and did a study based on the h...
Understanding the Purpose and Mobile Marketing Capabilities of GPS, Wi Fi and Beacons
Thursday, April 9, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Today’s Smartphone-enabled location data combined with location-based marketing initiatives offer a way of reaching and interacting with consumers unlike any time in history. Location based marketing opportunities and challenges are forcing companies to rethink how they communicate with customers (and how these customers communicate with them). For example, I was r...
What the Research Says About User Preferences and Perceptions for In App Advertising
Friday, March 27, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
There are infographics and there are knockout infographics. While the use of infographics has grown in the last couple of years as a way to visually provide a large amount of information in a small area, when viewed on a smartphone most infographics produce text so small that it’s just impossible to get anything constructive out of it.Not so with a new interactive infog...
How to Use Statistics on Mobile User Behavior to Develop a Better Marketing Strategy
Friday, March 20, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Danyl Bosomworth is part of the team at Smart Insights, which helps businesses get more out of their marketing efforts through the use of integrated digital marketing. He is co-hosting, with Smart Insights Dr Dave Chaffey, an ongoing article series that strives to define mobile marketing strategies by examining statistics pointing to how consumers behave when using diff...
The Storm8 Mobile Game Network is Now Storm8 Studios as it Announces 1 Billion Downloads at GDC
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
Mobile game network Storm8 has reached the 1 billion milestone with its GDC announcement that its games have now been downloaded more than 1 billion times. Storm8’s 1 billion downloads have led to more than 76 billion game sessions, with players logging 2 billion hours of gameplay in the Storm8 network. More details on the milestone can be found in Storm8’s 1 billi...
Pros and Cons of Responsive Websites vs. Native Apps
Thursday, February 19, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
One of the challenges associated with smartphones is how to provide meaningful content for that small screen. It is a challenge that you’ll have to become adept at because smart phones are now the top devices used for online content. With the significant cost of launching an app on multiple operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, etc), the allure of creating a re...
Study Shows IoT and Connectivity Are Driving the Third Industrial Revolution
Thursday, February 12, 2015 by Richard Harris
Flexera Software and the IDC have released a new survey report, The Third Industrial Revolution: Intelligent Devices, Software, and the Internet of Things. The report provides insights into how the third industrial revolution is being fueled by device manufacturers and is transforming products, business models and revenues streams with intelligent and Internet-connected...
