Mobile

Mobile in 2017: The Year of Immersion, Context, and Conversation

Key mobile trends to monitor include an increase in hybrid apps for the enterprise, more artificial intelligence, and an explosion of VR and AR apps.   2016 proved to be an interesting year for mobile. On one hand, smartphone users are downloading fewer and fewer

The 5 biggest announcements Apple made at WWDC 2016

Apple opens Siri and iMessage to developers, improves iOS, MacOS, and tvOS, and brings Apple Pay to the web Last month, Google held its I/O developer conference, which we summarized here. Now it’s time for rival Apple to show off its progress at its Worldwide

Mobile App Development: 13 Questions You Need to Ask to Hire the Right Developer

Ask these questions to ensure you find a mobile developer with the right fit, capabilities, and communication skills Mobile apps are a necessity in today’s smartphone-first world to engage customers, sell product, and grow your business. According to Comscore, 1.8 billion people across the world

How much does it cost to build a mobile app? 10 key questions to consider

The cost to build a mobile app depends on your choice of platforms, features, integrations, design, and more. “How much does it cost to build a mobile app?” is a question we’re asked frequently. Many people have ideas of apps they would like to have

Mobile app security: 5 Human Behaviors to Consider When Planning Your Mobile App’s Security

Be sure to understand users’ tendencies in order to implement proper security measures in your mobile app This is a guest post from Cassie Phillips, a writer for SecureThoughts.com, a blog that provides advice, guides, and support that help everyday people protect their digital communications,

Parsing JSON in Android Using the Volley Library

Using Volley to Feed JSON data into an Android Application When looking to parse JSON for use with Android, you may find there are different ways of doing so. Volley is a great choice as it runs network operations asynchronously by default, and can handle request

What cool mobile technology was launched at the Mobile World Congress?

Virtual reality, new phones, and selfie payments stole the show at Mobile World Congress With almost 100,000 attendees from 200 countries, Mobile World Congress is the largest and arguably the most influential mobile technology event in the world. Held in Barcelona, Mobile World Congress is

Mobile payments for retailers: 5 things to consider when selecting a mobile payments solution

Assess your business, determine your goals and objectives, understand your customers, decide on the best mobile payments solution for their needs, then educate your customers and employees As a retailer, you want to be able to provide your customers with not only great products, but

Enterprise mobile strategy: 22 questions to consider to develop a winning approach

An effective enterprise mobile strategy involves assessing your organization, understanding your target users, selecting platforms, and securing everything. Your employees are all mobile. So why haven’t you developed an enterprise mobile strategy to deliver valuable mobile apps to them yet? The opportunity to leverage mobile technologies