App developers are vital to the continuing evolution of the multibillion-dollar app industry. According to data from a GigaOM Research survey, the majority of these individuals and companies (41 percent) have… Read more »
Given that the mobile-app market as we think of it today is only five years old, the level of tenure is quite long. According to GigaOM Research’s survey results, nearly 23… Read more »
Developers tend to work either independently or in midsize firms. Twenty-seven percent of developers surveyed for GigaOM Research work at a firm that includes 2 to 3 people. The domination of… Read more »
According to the survey results, the majority of respondents focus on 1 or 2 projects at a time, though one group of developers that represents less than one-quarter of the community… Read more »
When developers choose to develop for a device, that choice has an impact on their platform preferences, the type of apps they develop, and the monetization and profitability of those apps… Read more »
The app-development market is consolidating around the top operating systems as developers move away from operating systems with less market share. According to survey respondents, while the top four operating systems… Read more »
Paid apps are more prevalent among mobile-phone-app developers than among tablet-app developers. Several studies have showed that the download rate of paid apps on tablets is higher than it is on… Read more »