A number of top pundits are predicting that messaging apps will become ‘the new social media’ in 2015, and here’s some evidence to support that theory from Line, the chat app from Japan with over 500 million registered users and 170 million monthly actives. Instagram comes out top in terms of sheer likes — despite
Developers need to look beyond downloads to build their app businesses. On the outside this sounds like a great idea. A lot of successful app developers have been saying this for a really long time. So what do they really mean by this? How do you build a business without worrying about downloads? 95% of
Why Are Great Apps Shying Away From Push Messages? We’ve been trained to smell spam from a mile away. We’ve been subjected to it for so long that we’ve developed a sixth sense that can detect it long before it even arrives in our inbox. But email and push messages are fundamentally different. All it
We would like to talk about mobile apps in combination with business, and why you should consider building a mobile app for your own company. If you think that mobile apps are solely for big name brands, you are wrong. More and more small and midsize businesses are following the mobile trend, understanding that an
As more and more apps become multibillion-dollar businesses. it’s tempting to see them as replacing the web, or taking over from it. This helps explain the periodic outbreak of articles about how “the web is dying”. But the truth is that, as is often the case when someone says a certain kind of behavior is
Warren Buffett has a simple solution that could help people turn $40 into $10 million. Warren Buffett spoke about one of favorite companies, Coca-Cola, and how to be patient reinvestment, someone who bought just $40 worth of the company's stock when it went public in 1919 would now have more than $5 million. The power
Apple is making some cool apps for Apple Watch, like Passbook, Siri and Smart Reply. But, like the iPhone, the gadget's fate will be determined by the extent to which it's embraced by hot, third-party developers. In that regard, Apple Watch is off to a good start. Apple plan to release apps in time for
Food and beverage chains PastaMania and Pizza Hut tap growing mobile-savvy consumer base, launching apps that allow customers to make home delivery orders via their smartphones. Efforts will stretch customer reach and generate new revenue, say company execs. To better leverage and engage with the growing community of mobile-savvy consumers, food and beverage (F&B) companies