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Stimulating the money-making part of your brain, the South African Protea Hotels try to give you a taste of what it's like being in their shoes. So watch out Railroad Tycoon, Protea Hospitality Group just launched its own business simulation app. This is to see if we've got what it takes to successfully manage a hotel.This iOS app runs like a game and is meant to be "simple and entertaining" while teaching you financial skills. This is done by ...
Err. So. Facebook's big mobile app-slash-operating system bet doesn't seem to be paying off as yet. It's been a month since Facebook Home was released, but only around 0.1% of the social network's 1.11-billion monthly active users have installed the app -- and the hype seems to be fading fast.Home, the free Android launcher which is designed to bring your friend's updates to your lockscreen and let Facebook messenger chatheads follow you around your phone, hit half a million ...
One of the things I find myself talking to clients about more and more is app development. Until fairly recently, to have an app you needed to be one of the big players like AFGA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) but today you can be a small country-specific business such as NoMU or as global retailer such as ZARA. The point is, anyone can really have an app these days, but the question is should they?The way I explain it ...
Doubting the growing global popularity of mobile messaging app WeChat? There are some new figures to change your mind. Speaking on the final day of the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, Tencent’s deputy general manager Hou Xiaonan has revealed that the company’s social messaging app now has 190-million monthly active users. That’s from a total registered user-base of over 300-million – indeed, it’s anticipated to exceed 400-million later this month.With 190-million monthly active users on WeChat, that means the ...
Crowdfunding charities has never been this fun. By using transparency and social elements, Google’s new One Today app tries to create a novel way to stimulate the charitable urges of its Android users.The app was launched this week with the idea of people donating US$1 each at the same time keeping track of how and where the donations are being spent. This transparency feature is one of the advantages the app tries to bring compared to other donor sites ...
Launched today is Robinhood, the part Silicon Valley, part Wall Street app for investors who are also interested in social networking.The main idea behind this new venture is making information free and transparent to allow as much investment as possible. User profiles are made as transparent as possible and the app keeps scorecards of your predictions.As mentioned by Fast Company “users prognosticate stock prices and the most successful users float to the top.”For obvious reasons ...
The great thing about technology is that it caters for everybody -- even the fashion-conscious. If you work in the style industry or are just a serial fashion lover, having an app that informs you of current trends and runway developments can only be beneficial. Fashion apps can help you find inspiration, discover key products, purchase gifts on the go, share your outfits and treasures with others, as well a become a learning tool for the less fashionably informed. ...
Absa has officially launched its smartphone banking app, making it the last of South Africa's major banks with such an offering.The app, which is available on Android and iOS, includes a number of traditional online banking features, as well as a GPS-based ATM locator and branch locator and the ability to send airtime or cash to people using the phone's contacts. One feature that it didn't really go into much depth on was the image library. We can't find ...
This is interesting. We've just received a media invite to the launch of Investec's smartphone banking app.The fact that the South African-founded banking group, which also operates in the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland isn't as interesting however as the date.The app is set to have its official launch on 5 April, five days before banking giant Absa makes its foray into the world of smartphone banking apps.ABSA is the last of the “big four” consumer banks ...
Social reader app Flipboard has already gathered a substantial base of more than 50-million happy flipping users, who can subscribe to read beautiful magazines constructed from social media updates and RSS feeds. But it's not finished with the community just yet: its app experience has now become even more personalised with the addition of new features which allow its users to make their own custom magazines.Yep. If you're bored with the seemingly endless Flipboard-curated categories covering everything from DIY to ...
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