The differences between web apps and native apps
Thursday, October 18, 2018 by Richard Harris
Even in 2018, years past the origional question, the debate rages on across the land, in office spaces and conference rooms every day - should we build a full-blown native mobile app, or is distributing over the web good enough?
By now everyone knows the “mobile-first” mentality because statistics like 50% of web searches being done from a mobile dev...
Why your app is getting uninstalled and how to prevent it
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 by Simon Spaull
App developers have a tough job managing the marketing life cycle. Before an app is released, app developers must have plans for user acquisition and they must be agile enough to adapt in those first hectic weeks. But as you gain traction and grow comfortable with how your app is doing, there is a huge worry that looms over you: what if users stop using your app and uni...
Low code does not mean simple or isolated
Monday, September 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
As automation and rapid development are increasingly becoming the order of the day, a clear pattern has begun to form between two key enterprise practices. That it is to say that low code development platforms are now often offering services for Enterprise Information Management. The new partnership between the two technologies being motivated by companies' constant dri...
Kendo UI Builder v2 is now compatable with Electron Shell framework
Monday, August 7, 2017 by Richard Harris
Progress has announced the latest version of Progress Kendo UI Builder, a responsive web UI toolkit for rapidly delivering beautiful and intuitive web experiences. The new release introduces browser compatibility with Electron Shell, an extended library of built-in templates, the ability to customize screens with Blank View and enhanced data connectivity.“Today, the ult...
Why Texas Humor selected the Shopgate mobile commerce platform
Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard Harris
Shopgate has announced Texas Humor, a clothing brand that emphasizes Texas pride, selected their mobile commerce platform solution to develop an enhanced mobile shopping application for its customer base. The mobile app allows Texas Humor to further connect with customers through advanced features including push notifications, abandoned cart reminders and exclusive mobi...
10 years after the iPhone launch here is how people feel now
Thursday, June 29, 2017 by Richard Harris
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the launch of iPhone, Axway has published results from a survey that examines the role that smartphones play in enhancing consumer lives with improved services and experiences, and how consumers would like to see the smartphone evolve in future. The survey of 1,200 U.S. consumers found that consumers value data security and priva...
The mobile ad fraud pandemic and what developers should know
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 by Galia Reichenstein
Mobile ad fraud is a big concern in the mobile space. Unfortunately, we have seen this before in ad tech - players looking to make a quick buck by following revenue via monetizing it in an illegal way. Mobile ad fraud has created a dark ripple in the space, resulting in a lot of mistrust. The challenge is that fraud is widespread, and fraudsters are getting more and mor...
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...
Jeremy Strauser joins Lucktastic as VP of Product
Monday, May 8, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Jeremy Strauser has joined Lucktastic, a free app lottery rewards app, as VP of Product. Jeremy brings extensive game and app development experience from leading companies that include Electronic Arts, Zynga, and Topps, where he was responsible for products such as Madden NFL Football, Zynga Poker, Topps Bunt, and Star Wars Card Trader. The announcement was made by Tony...
BroadSoft's bMobile gets AI and Apple Callkit
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
BroadSoft, Inc. has announced two significant enhancements to its bMobile advanced mobility solution: Artificial intelligence capabilities and Apple CallKit support for BroadSoft Business UC-One mobile apps that provide business users with a superior mobile user experience over any device, network or location and unlocks new revenue opportunities for Mobile Operators.A ...
Discussing Android OS in the Enterprise With Zebra Technologies
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently spoke with Bruce Willins, engineering fellow at Zebra Technologies, to discuss the versatility and power of the Android OS and how it’s used at an enterprise level in retail, manufacturing, supply chain and more.
ADM: Who is Zebra Technologies and what does the company do?
Willins: At Zebra, we make businesses as smart and connected...
Mobile App Greatness: It Matters
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 by Joe Schulz
Mobile user expectations are an interesting thing. We all hear that they are through the roof, and that users expect app behaviors and responses to occur in near-nanoseconds. What most of us don’t hear is that the features and functions that matter to users do not necessarily align with what developers are giving them - or what developers think they want.As a result, ev...
Cross Channel Strategies for Mobile App Publishers
Saturday, April 11, 2015 by Tim Koschella
Customers connect and engage with advertisers across many channels, including email, the web, physical locations, social media networks and increasingly, in mobile apps. These channels aren't silos, and users are not channel-specific. People don't only use Facebook, or play Angry Birds, or only read online papers; they increasingly interact with brands across numerous p...
New IBM Tools Help Developers Create iOS and Android Apps for Users with Disabilities
Monday, March 9, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
In an effort to help app publishers make their apps more accessible for users with disabilities, IBM has released the AbilityLab Mobile Accessibility Checker which allows app developers and designers to automate, document and report on accessibility standards conformance directly within mobile hybrid and native iOS and Android application development environments.The to...
Netbiscuits Offers Cross Platform Mobile Web Analytics Reporting Tools
Thursday, October 9, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Netbiscuits has launched a series of smart dashboards and reporting tools in its mobile analytics software to help make it easy for developers to track web visitors from smartphone, tablet and PC through one dashboard. Netbiscuits has also developed a number of dashboards to track web visitors’ bounce and conversion KPIs against attributes, including screen size, O...
Optimizing your App Potential via Visual Mobile Analytics
Sunday, June 22, 2014 by Alon Even
The world of mobile apps you may think is old news, but in many ways it is just getting started. As you may already know, the app world is flooded with some great apps, a few mediocre ones and lots of bad ones. Traffic to ecommerce sites from mobile devices is rising steadily, recently with web traffic from mobile surpassing that originating from PCs for the first time....
Simplifying Mobile Application Development with Continuous Delivery
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 by Steven G. Harris
In recent years, mobile application usage has evolved and grown tremendously. Unlike core IT systems (ERP, HR, etc.) that are under the close scrutiny of corporate IT, mobile applications come with very different requirements. What’s valuable and efficient today might not be what’s valued tomorrow: these more dynamic applications have to evolve constantly and adapt to u...
Aternity Provides Insights Into Managing Mobile App Performance
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Managing for mobile application performance management (mAPM) is a cornerstone of a successful mobile strategy. Companies that successfully implement mAPM will experience faster applications while dramatically reducing business disruptions and increasing user productivity.Aternity’s mAPM products allow companies access to a user-centric vantage point which closes the “V...
Aternity Launches New Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) Platform for Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Aternity has released mAPM for Enterprise Apps, a new set of mobile application performance management products that provide enterprises with the capabilities that their app development, IT Ops, and line of business teams need to measure, manage, and improve workforce productivity.The mAPM capabilities allow enterprises to ensure a quality user experience for their...
IBM Expands Its App Development Platforms: Opens Cloud Marketplace
Monday, May 5, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
IBM has expanded its MobileFirst Application Development portfolio including the addition of new industry-specific IBM Ready Apps. It has also announced the opening of 18 new IBM MobileFirst studios around the world.The IBM MobileFirst Application Development portfolio offers tools for developers to create, deploy and manage mobile apps, on-premise or in the c...
Software AG Integrates metaquark Enterprise App Development Platform
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 by Richard Harris
Software AG has acquired Berlin-based metaquark and will integrate its mobile application capabilities within the Software AG’s Intelligent Business Operations (IBO) and webMethods Business Process Management platforms. metaquark’s solution enables the management of mobile users, devices, and security profiles in a single location to distributing new...
Top Mobile Predictions for 2015 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
If you had a crystal ball and looked at 2015 and 2016 to see what will be the driving factors for mobile what would you see? Garnter analyst Nick Jones provides his top 10 predictions in a recent report.And what where they? Drumroll please:1) Multiplatform/Multiarchitecture AD Tools2) HTML53) Advanced Mobile UX Design4) High-Precision Location Sensing5) Wearab...
Increase Your App Rating, One Mobile Test at a Time
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 by Josh Galde
There’s nothing worse than taking the time to develop your mobile app for release, only to discover that it is not loading, has bugs, or even worse - crashes. The result of these failures in a mobile-centric, get-it-now world can be catastrophic to an enterprise mobile business.
Developing mobile apps is extremely expensive and quality is often sidestepped due to the ...
Survey Reports Windows Web Developers Struggle with Mobile Conversion
Sunday, September 15, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Embarcadero Technologies has commissioned a global survey of 1,337 Windows developers who were asked a series of questions about the demands they face for mobile applications, their experience with delivering apps, and the challenges they face with mobile.
Highlights of the study include:
- 85 percent have a strategic imperative to deliver apps on mobile devices- 95 p...
Xamarin Test Cloud Brings Cross Platform Automated UI Testing to Mobile Developers Worldwide
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 by Richard Harris
AUSTIN, Texas, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- XAMARIN EVOLVE CONFERENCE — Xamarin, the company that empowers more than 300,000 developers to build fully native mobile apps for iOS and Android, today announced Xamarin Test Cloud, an automated user interface testing service that enables mobile developers to easily test their apps on hundreds of mobile ...
