Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) bridges traditional application platforms and mobile applications, allowing developers to rapidly build new mobile apps and mobile-enable legacy enterprise applications. Read more »
Xiaomi has suddenly emerged as one of the world’s largest smartphone producers, but those phones generate razor-thin margins. The company’s ever-increasing footprint may give it a chance to build lucrative app… Read more »
Smartphones will play a major role in how consumers shop and engage with retailers this holiday season. Retailers should focus on a few crucial areas to fully capitalize on that trend. Read more »
Samsung announced a deal to enable Galaxy smartphone owners to download Nokia’s Here mapping app. While the move may signal Samsung’s eagerness to move away from Android, it may be the… Read more »
Making a living has never been more difficult for app developers targeting mainstream smartphone users in the U.S. Rather than trying to build the next hit game, developers should consider some… Read more »
Fresh data from ComScore indicates that while mobile app consumption continues to rise, most of us are content to use familiar apps rather than experiment regularly with new titles. Independent developers… Read more »
Nearly 2 out of 3 U.S. smartphone owners don’t download a single app in a given month. Isn’t this the age of the mobile app economy? It is, but most of… Read more »
There’s no shortage of reasons why mobile payments have largely flopped in North America. But the restaurant industry could be low-hanging fruit for such offerings, and OpenTable is well positioned to… Read more »
Xiaomi overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor in China during the second quarter. Duplicating that success in outside its homeland will be difficult, but Xiaomi’s success provides some important… Read more »