Posts Tagged ‘mobile applications’

Google Apps won’t work with IE 7, Firefox 3.5 and Opera

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
google apps and browsers

google apps and browsers

Google Apps need to use the full capabilities of the modern browsers. “For example, desktop notifications for Gmail and drag-and-drop file upload in Google Docs require advanced browsers that support HTML5. Older browsers just don’t have the chops to provide you with the same high-quality experience. For this reason, soon Google Apps will only support modern browsers. Beginning August 1st, we’ll support the current and prior major release of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version is released, we’ll begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version,” - reported Venkat Panchapakesan, Google’s Vice President of Engineering on June 1.
Starting from August 1st Google will discontinue support for the following browsers and their predecessors: Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and Safari 3. In these older browsers you may have trouble using certain features in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites, and eventually these apps may stop working entirely. Also Google is not going to support any version of Opera. (more…)

500 thousand apps and more interesting stats from AppStore

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

App Store stats

App Store stats

According to a report by Chomp, 148apps.com и Chillingo, the leading mobile app trader has got more that 500 thousand apps for iOS (iPad, iPhone and iPod). 4 month ago the figure was just 350 thousand. As you can guess, such quantities allow App Store to remain the leader of mobile apps market.

The average price of an app equals $3,64 (in 2008 it was about $4-6). Free apps make 36% ot the total amount. If you decuded to purchase all the apps from App Store, that would cost you $891,982.24 + expenses for 7 terabytes of memory.

According to the report, App Store has sold apps for total of $2 billion. 30% of them went to Apple, and the rest was shared by 85 569 developers. (more…)

Apps to start with for successful mobile commerce

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

mobile visits

mobile visits

Today’s situation with mobile purchases can be compared to internet purchses of the late 90’s. It is not huge yet, but the upgoing trend gives us some hints that it will be. Does it make sense to consider the new channel of sales? Yes, indeed. The next big question is which sub-channels of this channel to use first?

Native mobile apps VS web apps

Mobile websites are easier to create and maintain, but they generate only half of all visits from mobile devices and are less user-friendly than native apps due to technological constraints. Besides, native apps in some cases are more convertible (iPhone – 30% more, Android nearly the same, BlackBerry – less convertible, than average mobile website according to Kony Solutions). (more…)

Google Android Outsells Apple iPhone in the US

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Sales of Google Android devices are outpacing those of Apple’s iPhone in the United States.

According to the latest report from The Nielsen Company, Google Android handsets accounted for 27% of all smartphone sales in the US, outpacing the 23% market share enjoyed by Apple’s iPhone.

Google Android outsells iPhone in the US

However, the Nielsen data does not include the sales figures for one of Apple’s biggest selling products, iPhone 4, which was launched in the United States in June, 2010.

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Top 10 Strategic Technologies in 2010

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

In one of the latest reports Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory company, revealed its list of top 10 strategic technologies for 2010. The company defined a strategic technology as one which has the potential for significant impact on a business entity in the next 3 years. Factors responsible for such impact include the need for a substantial investment, high potential for disruption to IT, or the risk of late adoption.

These technologies are viewed as strategic because of having enough maturity for entering broad market and providing strategic advantage if adopted early. They also influence the organization’s long-term plans and initiatives.

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