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Mar 28

Best Practices In Mobile Publishing

Best Practices In Mobile Publishing – Our Workshop at Publishing Business Expo 2012, NYC

Mobile was a key topic among the sessions at the Publishing Business Expo 2012, NYC. Ron and I conducted a 3-hour-session on ‘Best Practices in Mobile Publishing’. Below are some of the key points from the session:

The first session focused on the market overview – including how the market of publishing applications evolved, market overview on the types of apps that the publishers are currently releasing, the benefits of a mobile publishing system, and the key considerations while implementing a mobile publishing system. Read more

Mar 19

Securing Financial Mobile & Enterprise Mobile Applications – 2

In our previous blog post, Securing Financial & Enterprise Mobile Applications – Part1 , we identified some of the security threats affecting mobile applications. In this blog, we will be talking about a few best practices to tackle those security issues.

According to Jeffrey Voas, the IEEE Fellow and computer scientist at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), there are harmful malwares in more than 2,000 free apps currently available, and Voas says that almost 1 in 100 free apps in 2012 will visibly contain malware — and there are possibilities for even more malware which will be beyond immediate detection.

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Mar 2

Innovation & Ideas in Media & Entertainment – Part1

This is the first of the series of articles on Innovation & Ideas for the Publishing industry. Publishing industry has been hit by declining revenues from their traditional advertising as well as falling subscriptions. They have not been able to monetize the internet effectively even though a bunch of media-focused startups have been able to generate huge revenues. Mobile has given this industry a new channel to gain back its rightful share of revenues, but media firms have to understand the fundamentals of building effective solutions on this channel. This blog series intends to educate the CIOs and IT decision makers in publishing industry about the trends, opportunities, issues, challenges and threats in mobility and how you can benefit from the same. Read more

Jan 18

Securing Financial & Enterprise Mobile Applications

Ever since Apple introduced the iPhone, we have seen dramatic changes in our personal and work lives. Mobile and tablets have today become indispensable aspect of our everyday lives. Mobile usage trends and consumer behaviour is changing dynamically, thanks to the rapid innovation in technology and mobile application development.

Financial companies & enterprises have started realizing the importance of mobilizing and empowering their customers & employees. While financial companies are using mobile as a tool to engage their customers and enhance their experience, enterprises are relying on tablets to increase employee productivity and operational efficiency. Read more

Jan 13

Mobile Health Technology Trends for 2012


Mobile Health Technology Trends for 2012: Part 1

Mobile Technology is poised to revolutionise health industry. In our new series, we will focus on trends, challenges, opportunities and best practices from the field that we believe will define and drive the future of mobile health sector.

What will drive Mobile Health in 2012?

By Sirish K

In 2011, mobile health sector mainly focused on rolling out new applications and encouraging physicians and patients to use them. In 2012, we will see a shift of focus from apps to integration, privacy, security and interoperability.  Below are a few key trends that will define and drive mobile health care technology in 2012. Read more

Jan 6

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Mobile application technology and trends 2012

It is once again that time of the year to make some predictions, even when we know that we could make only wild guesses considering the lightening pace at which technology is growing, evolving and transforming. From the rapid rise of tablet devices to day to day innovations in cloud computing, 2011 has been a transformative year for mobile technology. Mobile technology is not only changing how people live their lives, but also redefining business models, employee productivity and cutomer relationship.

Considering the rate at which technology is evolving and transforming, predicting what will happen in next twelve months, is a shot in the dark. A year is virtually a couple of centuries in the digital era. Yet it is worthwhile to look at the trends and guess what will change and how it will affect various industries and lives of consumers. Here are a few trends we see evolving.

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Dec 24

A Turning Point for webOS

2011 has been an exciting year for mobile app industry with many dramatic developments, latest being HP’s announcement to make webOS available as open-source software.

HP had acquired the software from ailing Palm at a whooping price of US$1.2 billion in 2010 which had raised hopes of giving webOS a fresh leash of life. But due to lack of vision and clear cut strategy, HP failed to gain market share for webOS and had to announce its decision to discontinue with webOS operations in last August, leaving the future of webOS uncertain.

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Dec 12

A billion HTML5 enabled phones by 2013 – Is the technology maturing?

The latest research from Strategy Analytics (published 7th Dec 2011) indicates that the sale of HTML5 compatible phone will cross 1 billion marks by 2013. Multi-device compatibility, support of interactive multi-media features without additional plug-ins, ease of app development and freedom from fragmentation has made HTML5 highly popular among mobile device manufacturers, app developers as well as consumers. It is today one of the fastest growing technologies and an increasing number of companies are shifting their focus to HTML5, the latest being Microsoft and Adobe. Read more

Nov 16

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Mobile Platform War: Who will win?

We have seen exciting developments in mobile platform space in the past few months. In September, Microsoft had launched the much flaunted “Mango” which was closely followed by the launch of Apple iOS 5, and the latest to create buzz is the much hyped launch of Google Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich platform. Each of these platforms not only comes with significant enhancements over their predecessors, but also competes with each other on innovation and usability. Here we take a sneak peek into these platforms, as well as how they fare against each other. Read more

Oct 26

The Future is M-commerce

Conference Kick Off

Our take-away from Mobile Shopping Fall 2011
“The future is M-commerce” is the single biggest take-away from the recently concluded Mobile Shopping Fall sponsored by RapidValue along with other leading names in the industry such as PayPal, Velti, Compuware, NetBiscuits to mention a few. Mobile payment was a hot topic and the security, usability and speed were some of the key concerns on several speakers’ mind.

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Sep 20

Windows 8 Launch: Will Microsoft slice into Apple’s share?

Windows 8 Launch: Will Microsoft slice into Apple’s share?

At its annual developer conference in California, Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 for the developers.According to the company, Windows 8 marks the transition “from the chipset to the experience.”

Windows 8 is seen as a giant step forward by Microsoft in smartphones and tablet mobile space, which are considered computing devices of the future. As of today, Apple rules tablet market with its iPad. We have seen a lot of others fail – recent example being HP webOS phones. So the big question everybody has in mind is whether Microsoft will be able to take on Apple iPad with Windows 8. Read more

Mar 28

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Native vs HTML5: Who will win?

This is an old debate and lot of people have expressed views about this. There are two schools of thought as always with a debate. Proponents of HTML5 see the ubiquity of HTML5 as the single reason for adoption and proponents of Native see the superiority of functionality that native apps offer at the moment. Read more

Feb 21

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Mobility in HealthCare – Perspectives from HIMSS 2011


It is a well-known fact that healthcare professionals have adopted tablets, specifically iPad, in large numbers. The adoption was visible at HIMSS 2011 (Healthcare Information and Management Information Society) – while sitting at a break area, 4 people were using their iPads to email and share material, while only one person had his laptop on. As early as last year, people using their laptops to check their emails during the breaks in a conference was very common.

The increased interest in mobility was clear in one of the opening events – HIT X.O – Beyond The Edge –“Keep Up – HealthCare goes Mobile” – The conference room was jam-packed, showing the interest in the topic. Read more

Oct 31

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iPad in Retail – Our Experience

As a firm, we have always believed that tablets like iPad will bring in significant business value in a few industries – Publishing, Retail & Pharma come to the top of the list in my mind.  This week, I wanted to share our own experience in implementing iPad based mobility solutions at a luxury retailer, as well as the value delivered for the retailer. Read more

Aug 4

Barnes & Noble up for sale – Another one in the series of disruptions brought in by mobile devices?

“Barnes & Noble (BKS.N), the number one U.S. book store chain, is putting itself up for sale as business suffers in the high-stakes battle for a leading role in the digital books market. – Reuters”

Its only been a year or two since we have been hearing about e-readers in a big way – We are already looking at a leading book-seller up for sale, impacted by the changing business models. According to a leading analyst, going private would allow Barnes & Noble to accelerate its investment in its digital book platform.

“How do you value an asset for the future when the entire market is being essentially turned upside down?” said Forrester analyst James McQuivey” Read more

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