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Mobile Has a Major Presence This Holiday Shopping Season Of the many trends this holiday season, when it comes to doing the actual gift shopping, consumers are really embracing one: mobile devices. Mobile is more popular than ever, for people filling up virtual shopping carts from their homes as well as for the die-hards hunting down presents in stores. |
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A Consolidated Payment Card Sounds Convenient—But Is It Secure? Coin is supposed to be a replacement for all the plastic in your wallet. It can store programmed information for eight credit, debit, or store loyalty cards. Sounds pretty convenient, right? However, experts warn the card might not keep your information secure, and it still has issues to work out. |
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How Many Apps Is Too Many in an App Portfolio? It is becoming increasingly important to make educated decisions about which applications to install, to monitor usage patterns, and to periodically revisit the list to clean up older applications and make way for newer ones. Rajini Padmanaban looks at how to manage app portfolios. |
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Tech Summer Camps Aim to Interest Kids in Computer Science Technology camps that teach children computer skills—programming, software design, and how to build apps, websites, and video games—are gaining in popularity in the US, which is great news for the computer science industry. Campers get a leg up in learning valuable abilities for in-demand jobs. |
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Instagram Changes Brand Guidelines to Discourage App Copycats Instagram updated its brand guidelines this week to forbid other apps that connect to the service not only from featuring its logo or any design that “copies the look and feel” of the brand, but also from using either “Insta” or “Gram” in their names. Smart business move or petty jab at developers? |
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Is a Mobile Site Enough for Your Business or Should You Have an App? It’s worth the time and cost to design a mobile site for your customers' convenience. But is it worth it to go one step further—to create an app? Apps require more investment and new marketing channels, but they could bring in new customers or help you manage the ones you have. Let's consider. |
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The Key to Finding Success in Mobile App Stores App stores can be a make-or-break situation for mobile app developers. It’s not an easy war to win, but understanding the challenges gives developers a better shot at app store success. |
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App Economy Predicted to Double to $151 Billion by 2017 A new report predicts that the combined value of paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services, and in-app advertising will double in the US by 2017, with the current market worth of $72 billion increasing to $151 billion. App economy jobs are also exploding, making it a hot industry. |
