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Keeping Up With Consumer Trends Through Mobile Apps

03/30/201404/13/2014 Media24

Just a few short years ago, “there’s an app for that” was a confident slogan designed to get people to join the ranks of smartphone owners. Now it’s become a nearly universal truth about the world we live in. Millions of people are equipped with smartphones now, each augmented by a personalized selection of mobile apps designed to handle and streamline as many daily tasks as possible for on-the-go completion. Since the app has become almost as crucial as a website for businesses, how do you develop an app that…

Mobile app market shows popularity in surprising areas

01/16/201401/13/2014 Jesse Collins

Although mobile app development may be for specific regions they can still rank highly where they are not served. The mobile app market can be a confusing place, and this trend has taken a new step up as applications have started showing up as having high ranks even in areas that they do not serve. This situation has been observed in on-demand ridesharing, black car, and taxi services. These applications, from companies such as Uber and Lyft, have been seeing extremely rapid growth in countries and cities around the world.…

Mobile app development is rarely financially successful

01/15/201401/13/2014 Jennifer Goula

Recent research from Gartner has shown that less than 001 percent of applications succeed in earnings. According to some of the latest mobile app development data from Gartner, less than 0.01 percent of consumer applications that are created and made available to smartphone and tablet users will actually be considered to be a financial success from now through the end of 2018. This is not promising information for application developers, but it does show the importance of best practices. Gartner also pointed out that approximately 90 percent of mobile app…

Mobile app trends are changing lifestyles and routines

12/27/201312/22/2013 Julie Campbell

Almost 40 percent of smartphone users apply their devices to far more functions than only leisure. According to the results of a study that have been published in a report, mobile app trends are having a considerable impact on the way that people live, bank, and shop, which reveals that these devices are playing an ever growing role in the most common routines of our lives. The many applications that are now available are altering the average American lifestyle. The report showed that almost 40 percent of people who own…

Virtual Piggy releases new iOS m-commerce apps and plans for NFC

02/14/201202/14/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

Safe online purchasing for youth firm, Virtual Piggy, Inc., has introduced its new mobile Apple iOS app, which is designed to allow kids and their parents to manage their Virtual Piggy accounts using their iPhones and iPads. The e-commerce and m-commerce solutions from Virtual Piggy are secure and COPPA compliant, to make it possible for youths under the age of 18 to be able to shop online. Though there is a spending power of $50 billion every year among children from ages 8 through 18 years, but the internet has…