What’s wrong with Flipkart’s mobile site & how to improve it’s Usability

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on Nov 25 2012

Flipkart is India's most popular eCommerce site;  many people also refer to it as the Amazon of India. While the website is quite functional and gets the job done of making sales, the mobile site we found is surprisingly quite outdated, nor is close to being functional. On a lazy Friday afternoon...

Issues in Mobile Application Development

Contributed by admin on Nov 1 2012

One of the biggest issues in mobile application development is how to build mobile apps that works across all mobile devices. This demand from product development a company is rising with the advent of brings your own device (BYOD), a policy that many organizations favored. Challenge: Mobile devices have differing operating...

Product Development Vs Application Development

Contributed by admin on Oct 26 2012

While outsourcing product development may seem conceptually similar to the outsourcing of software applications development, there are significant differences.  These differences are primarily in the areas of skill-sets, standards and execution expertise required for product development. The major differentiating factors can be classified into following three categories:  

  • Technology related: An application...

Loss of data and compliance remain key concerns about business Apps

Contributed by admin on Oct 23 2012

More than three-quarters of enterprise IT decision makers plan to adopt mobile business apps in the next 12 months, but security, potential loss of data and compliance remain key concerns about business application implementation, according to a survey by IT security and information risk management solutions specialist which studied the...

Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm

Contributed by admin on Oct 7 2012

Ten year back web designers were well aware that most of their customers had slow connections and would not tolerate much of a wait. Even a simple black and white image could irritate a user, as it gradually appeared on the screen revealing it one painful line at a time. That...

One touch point your business can’t afford to miss!

Contributed by admin on Sep 15 2012

With rise in number of smart phones, users are increasingly shifting from laptop to smart phone, for most of their surfing. Internet user has become impatient and wants to access the information in real time. A mobile website puts your organization in a position to stand out among competitors....

Indian Application Development Market is Expected to Grow at 22.6 Percent

Contributed by admin on Aug 30 2012

The Indian application development maintenance (ADM) software market is expected to be more than $227 million in 2012, an increase of 22.6 per cent over 2011, according to research firm Gartner. Growth will be driven by new software delivery models, new development methodologies, emerging mobile application development and open source...

It is Apple Vs Android Now!

Contributed by admin on Aug 26 2012

Apple on Friday 24th August 2012 ,won a decisive victory in a lawsuit against Samsung, a verdict that will give it ammunition in a far-flung patent war with its global competitors in the smartphone business. The market share has come down to two-horse race between Android and Apple. Case against Samsung...

Mobile App Companies: Torn Between Two Methods?

Contributed by admin on Aug 23 2012

IT companies working in mobile application development are always sandwiched between two thought and approaches. The companies’ worry that employees and customers accustomed to slick native apps will snub browser-based versions, but native development complicates cross-platform code reuse. Mean while many of the companies building native applications say they...

12 Usability Guidelines for a Mobile Website

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on May 18 2012

1. Cut down the content: A mobile site can not and should not have each and every piece of information that’s there on the website. The biggest challenge is usually to identify which pieces of information are most  important and make sure they are present on the mobile site. 2. Content is King: While building...