BROWSING: mobile applications

Rachel Van Gorp, co-founder and creator of a new mobile app that lets you buy drinks for loved ones from anywhere in the world, shares her experience being a female tech founder and her perspective on our changing social behaviors.

The Trump administration will bar downloads of the popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat beginning on Sunday, calling the apps a threat to national security. The Commerce Department, which is the agency that will implement the ban, said in a statement that each of the...

  Business, educational and communications application usage is up, while shopping apps are seeing a decline in usage across Europe as people adjust their mobile app usage to their needs during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Those conclusions come from network benchmarking and analysis company umlaut, which...

Among the lessons we can learn about where the wireless industry will head come from an understanding the past success.  At its roots, the wireless industry has grown due to technological progress in the design and manufacture of semiconductor-based equipment and mobile devices.  That...

  Over one billion people now use the iOS interface. It is often the user interface that most young people first come to know. They know it is a screen made up of colorful icons with the name of the app underneath it. There are...

New Verizon Enterprise offering is aimed at better mobile device integration, multimedia customer care Verizon Enterprise has launched a new offering that integrates a mobile device-based multimedia experience into customer care interactions, so that customers and agents can not only speak but relay information that utilizes the...

Mobile app testing sees more investment As more enterprises look to mobile apps and the cloud for increased efficiency, the testing and monitoring of those applications is expected to grow rapidly, according to a recent report from Future Market Insights. The firm forecasts that interactive testing...

The mobile web continues to grow as the main point of connection for consumers, but it’s easy to mess up a good thing The mobile web is going through an exciting growth phase as consumers and businesses shift their interests toward the “second screen.” Even...

Kony lays out the 5 most common mobile security vulnerabilities and ways mobile application developers can surmount those issues With the increasing adoption of mobile application development among both small and large organizations, security is a top concern – but are businesses focusing on the...

Applications are key to user experience of smart home and consumer-facing "Internet of Things" products – but those apps are dogged by slow performance and in many cases, traditional home security companies are lagging when it comes to how well their smart home apps are pleasing...

DMI looks at the interaction of mobile apps and IoT in the manufacturing space Once the stuff of science fiction, the “Internet of Things” is now an established reality – and one with tremendous business possibilities. McKinsey & Company estimates the IoT space has a...

Of 10 travel apps reviewed, Bluebox Security found security is a ‘second-class factor’ WASHINGTON – A new report published by mobile security and application management firm Bluebox Security raises questions as to whether app companies are investing enough in security. In a report published Sept....

Now that we’re well into the 21st century, any business that wants to be taken seriously needs to start leveraging every digital tool available to it. If you don’t, rest assured one of your competitors will. They could easily leave you in the dust...

Hulu has exclusive rights to "Seinfeld": What’s the deal with carriers aggressively moving into media and content delivery? In the continued convergence of telecom and media, carrier AT&T announced a deal that will allow subscribers to access the Hulu streaming-video service through AT&T’s websites and mobile...

Enterprise mobile apps will be managed by IBM WASHINGTON – American hardware and software company IBM announced a deal with China Telecom to manage the state-owned Chinese firm’s enterprise-grade mobile apps. Under the terms of the deal, China Telecom will host IBM’s MobileFirst service program, which...

How to optimize UX development and increase return on mobile app investment In an increasingly interconnected world, it’s not difficult to see why the user experience – all facets of an end-user’s interactions with a particular product or service – can enhance or diminish a...

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Key issues of today's mobile app development Today over 90% of Americans own a smartphone, and close to half own a...

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...