Facebook and Google Own 8 of the 10 Most Popular Apps
The American appetite for apps has plateaued since last year, but mobile app developers should have no fear: 57% of our digital media usage is spent in apps. It goes without saying that mobile apps are now an integral part of our lives. But which ones are the most used? The answers are, well, less […]
Medium-Cost App Subscriptions May Be the Way to Go
One of the most nagging questions that faces mobile app developers is how much to charge for a subscription for an app. Set the subscription fees too low and you may go into the red; set them too high and you run the risk of scaring away potential users. Obviously mobile app developers have to […]
Amazon Sheds Profits to Fuel Its Incredible Expansion
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos got the opportunity to be the richest man in the world for a brief period of time this Thursday. As Amazon shares hit a record high of $1,083.31 yesterday, he pushed ahead of Bill Gates for a little while, before the shares took a 3.2% tumble in after hours […]
App Annie Predicts a Bright Future for the App Economy
Mobile app developers, if you thought you picked the right field now, just wait a few years. Apps are already so entrenched into our lifestyles that it’s easy to forget that there are still millions and millions of people around the world who have not made the smartphone leap. The already thriving app economy is […]
Facebook’s Original Streaming Content Is In the Works
The San Francisco mobile app development community has long known about Facebook’s interest in launching streaming content, but until now details were scant. Plans to showcase original content at the F8 developers conference in April and the Cannes Lions advertising festival earlier this month fell through, leaving the tech industry to wonder if the social […]
We Can Expect 8.3 Billion Mobile Broadband Users by 2022
Smartphones seem so ubiquitous at this point that it’s easy for mobile app developers to forget that not everyone in the world has one. The good news is that we seem to be heading in that direction. Last year marked the first time that smartphone subscriptions surpassed that of traditional cell phones. As it stands […]
CrowdJustice Brings Crowdfunding for Legal Costs to the U.S.
Democracy genuinely seems in peril right now in the tumultuous early days of the Trump era. Fortunately, millions of Americans are banding together to reassert the power of the people. It’s likely that many members of the mobile app development community have joined in the effort by signing petitions, calling lawmakers, donating money, or protesting […]
MIT’s New Camera Drone System Uses AI to Frame a Shot
Before drones, the stunning aerial shots in Hollywood movies were accomplished by a small crew in a helicopter. Even with the arrival of drones, crew members were still needed to plan the shots with painstaking precision and operate the drones. But researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have engineered a new […]
Leak Reveals Facebook’s Content Moderation Policies
Tasked with monitoring content generated from 2 billion users from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, Facebook’s moderators have a tough, maybe even impossible, job. These reviewers often have less than 10 seconds to decide whether or not content is appropriate, leaving them no time for nuance. The Guardian recently obtained more than 100 internal […]
5 Problems That Drive User Churn (and What to Do About Them)
Analytics firm Localytics recently released some numbers that chilled mobile app developers to the bone: 63% of mobile users will use an app 10 times or less before scrapping it. Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that 23% of users launch an app just once before deleting it. Users trust their gut when it […]