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iPhone vs Android: The Ultimate Smack Down

iPhone vs Android: The Ultimate Smack Down

You want your business to go mobile. You want to create an app that will be found on smartphones across the planet (or at least in the pockets of all your clients). To keep up with the speed of business these days, it’s not really a question of if you should release a mobile app…

5 Ways to Generate Revenue from your Mobile App

5 Ways to Generate Revenue from your Mobile App

When I first entered the world of mobile applications, my biggest question was how these companies can make money from a free app. Where does the revenue come from? I’ve learned a lot since then and decided to help others who were like me at the beginning and couldn’t answer this question. So without further…

Mobile App QA – Should you automate?

Mobile App QA – Should you automate?

Mobile apps have completely changed the way we live our lives. With the touch of a button, I can find a restaurant, get hotel reviews, get directions, or order a cab. Long gone are the days when I printed out my MapQuest directions and studied them whenever I needed to go somewhere new. While I…

How to Successfully Outsource Mobile App Development

How to Successfully Outsource Mobile App Development

In my previous blog, I talked about the pros and cons of in-house app development vs outsourcing. So, say you’ve opted to outsource. You like that it’s cheaper and doesn’t require you to give up your best developers for the job. Now, the only question is how to outsource the development successfully so that you…

Mobile App Development – Outsource or In-House?Mobile App Development – Outsource or In-House?

Mobile App Development – Outsource or In-House?

Mobile technology has advanced leaps and bounds since its inception. I got my first mobile phone at the age of 16 and its app abilities were limited to an alarm clock and the ever-popular snake game. I spent hours playing that game! Now app stores are overflowing with applications to boost productivity, keep you socially…

How Much Does it Cost to Develop a Mobile App?

How Much Does it Cost to Develop a Mobile App?

I love this question. It’s somewhat akin to walking into a realtor’s office and asking, ‘how much does it cost to buy a house?’ or visiting a car dealership and inquiring about the cost of a car. Where do you want to buy a house? How many bedrooms? Do you want the luxury SUV or…

Mobile Applications: The Future of EnterpriseMobile Applications: The Future of Enterprise

Mobile Applications: The Future of Enterprise

Did you know that one in every five phones sold is a smartphone? Sales of smartphones, tablets, and e-readers are rising all the time and have actually passed that of laptops, notebooks, and desktop computers. The world has gone mobile and enterprises are following suit. It has been reported that 60 billion mobile apps were…

5 Tips for Developing a Mobile App5 Tips for Developing a Mobile App

5 Tips for Developing a Mobile App

Mobile devices are everywhere. As I look around the room right now I see 2 iPads, an iPhone, a Microsoft HTC and a Samsung…and that’s just for 2 people! We’re addicted to our mobile devices and the apps on every device have, for many, become a primary means of consuming information, playing games, and increasing…

Native vs. HTML5 – looked at objectively, the debate is over

Native vs. HTML5 – looked at objectively, the debate is over

Posted by Jonathan Rende on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 @ 04:45 PM Almost a year ago I wrote a white paper about Native versus HTML5 mobile app development, asking ‘Which option is best?’ Even then, the answer was pretty obvious: look at the question objectively, using a set of clear comparisons, and HTML5 is crushed by native development,…