Mobile Apps

How Mobile Apps are Impacting the Manufacturing Industry

This is post #2 in a series about the impact of mobile technology on the enterprise. In my prior post about how mobile is changing the enterprise, I wrote about how mobile applications that help process-driven employees more effectively do their jobs are becoming more

How Mobile is Changing the Enterprise

How mobile technologies are changing the way we work (part 1 of 4) Mobile is all the rage these days. A plethora of articles are written everyday about how smartphone penetration continues to grow, the battle between Apple and Google, billion-dollar mobile app acquisitions, the

Mobile Device 3D Accelerometer-Based Gesture Recognition

Recently, we were tasked with upgrading the interface of a touch-based mobile application.  The users’ main complaint was that they had to wear heavy gloves and were not able to touch the screen to interact with it.  The client asked us to add motion gesture

Thorn Technologies Wins Android Development Contract for Indoor Location Technology Provider TRX Systems

Thorn Technologies to assist in Android app development for First Responder Tracking System Thorn Technologies is proud to announce that it has been awarded an Android development contract for TRX Systems‘ First Responder Tracking System program. The program, supported by the National Science Foundation, is

11 Steps to Optimizing Mobile Landing Pages

Mobile landing pages are a crucial part of every mobile marketing strategy, and the quality of the design of these pages can determine whether visitors stick around and buy, or leave immediately with a bad taste in their mouths. According to a Google Mobile Ad

Apple’s WWDC Announcements – Nice Improvements but Nothing Groundbreaking

Apple kicked off their 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, where the company unveiled new products and made some important announcements. Here are our thoughts on the big stories that emerged. iOS7 Update The most important announcement at WWDC was the update of iOS7,

Is Text Message Marketing Dead?

The adoption of smartphones in the U.S. continues to grow at a 36% clip. Mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, and Facebook Messenger that bypass the text messaging capabilities of mobile carriers continue to gain popularity. And more and more people are using their smartphones

The Rise of Mobile Social Commerce

The convergence of three technology trends – mobile, social, and commerce – is changing how we become aware of, learn about, and buy products. We wrote a blog post about how mobile commerce is changing the way we shop and highlighted how retailers engage consumers

White-Label Software and Mobile App Development – Things to Consider Before Jumping In

Lately we've been getting inquiries from marketing agencies and other software development firms about white-labeling our web and mobile applications or development services. It's an interesting business model that we're considering, so we figured it may be helpful to share our thoughts on the subject