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The mobile application space is set to boom across Africa, as enterprises and developers lead the world in bringing to market unique mobile applications suited to a developing market. Potential though, doesn't guarantee success.There are several reasons for Africa's potential -- crucially, the cliché that Africa is a mobile continent still holds true. Mobile devices are becoming smarter, faster and more affordable, smartphone adoption is growing by around 15% year on year across the continent, and mobile bandwidth has ...
Al Jazeera Media Network today launched new Android tablet and BlackBerry 10 applications.The Qatar-based news organisation claims the new apps provide users with full-featured news from the most popular sections of the Al Jazeera English website -- along with free access to 24 hour live broadcasts and the latest current affairs programmes.The BlackBerry 10 apps meanwhile are apparently built in conjunction with BlackBerry. This, Al Jazeera says, allows it to leverage native features of the device such as tight integration ...
When it comes to building apps, there are two dominant lines of thought: go native -- that is build an app specifically for an OS -- or build a web app (most likely using HTML 5). The fight between the two hasn't always been easy. Facebook used HTML 5 for its mobile apps for a long time. When it went native, Mark Zuckerberg said he regretted not doing so sooner. “The biggest mistake we made as a company was ...
At the start of last week, all the 20+ iOS apps made by Chinese software company and search engine Qihoo vanished from Apple’s App Store -- and they still haven’t been restored. According to multiple sources in one Chinese media report, Qihoo is in big trouble with Apple for systematic abuses of its iOS ecosystem. This is not just about manipulating App Store rankings -- which Qihoo was allegedly caught doing last year -- but also, it is claimed, for ...
The world is getting appified. Apps are driving the mobile internet ecosystem forward and have emerged as one of the biggest forms of media, entertainment, and utility on mobile. As a result, it is important for developers to devise a successful monetisation strategy while they continue spurring the innovation cycle.Gartner forecasts that the mobile advertising industry will grow by US$19-billion worldwide by 2015. In regions like the Asian Pacific, mobile ad revenue is estimated to grow from US$1.6-billion in 2011 ...
We have become dependent on our smartphones and tablets, and even the holidays seem boring without them. There will be a time when you will miss, or need, your cannot-live-without device. When that happens, you need some apps that could satisfy, help or simply just improve your holiday. Here is a list of some the best (and importantly) FREE apps you can get to change the way you experience your holiday. With these apps you will be able to organise ...
Already the world’s biggest messaging app, WeChat seems to be accelerating its growth even further in the past few months. That’s because Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma said at a recent conference in southern China that the messaging app – known in Chinese as Weixin – is set to surpass 300-million users in January 2013.The last major milestone for WeChat – an app like Whatsapp, Line, or KakaoTalk – was back in September, when it sailed past 200 million registered users. Ma ...
China’s mobile app market has developed with remarkable speed over the past few years. That seemed only natural given the speed with which the mobile market was developing overseas, but it is also true that the app industry in China has been allowed to operate with virtually no government oversight or obstruction. Anyone could develop an app and put it up for sale. But all that could be about to change.MIIT is the regulatory body in charge of regulating China’s ...
There was a lot of happy noise about Instagram's decision to finally allow its users to have web-based profiles. But the decision to switch from an in-app profile page to one hosted on the larger web has brought with it yet another concern: privacy.Previously, the 'only' people who could see your Instagram photos (if your profile wasn't set to private) were the 100-million or so other Android and iOS users who used the explore function in the app to ...
The next time you're browsing through the property section of a newspaper, you could find yourself pointing your smartphone at it: international property group Pam Golding has announced the launch of an augmented reality property app.Pam Golding says that it decided to launch the app because it believes that print still has a role to play in the industry.“While it’s true that digital marketing has changed the face of real estate forever, we acknowledge the important role the ...
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