Mobile

Although currently mobile channel (phones and tablets) sales are not making a huge impact on e-commerce, predictions tell a different tale.  In a report released by e-marketer, “by 2016, 85% of digital shoppers will be mobile shoppers as well”.[1]  Forrester’s released a study that predicts that mobile transactions will be the majority of e-commerce by […]

The latest version of Adobe Cordova was released today (v. 3.5) and perusing through the release notes, I saw that they had dropped support for iOS 5, leaving only one major previous release (iOS 6) and the current release. In the past, Android developers have been plagued by the slow release of new versions of […]

In a conversation the other day, the focus was around the integration of the Agile methodology with Lean Startup and the cycle of build > measure > learn and how concepts from Lean Startup can complement an Agile software development process. One of the intriguing ideas that carry over into enterprise mobile development is a […]

Consumer shopping behaviors and expectations are rapidly resulting in a redefinition of the shopping experience.  Consumers are given more choices in the ways they engage with brands and enabling them to shop in a variety of different ways at every stage of their shopping journey.  In response, retailers need to personalize the consumer experience with […]

The CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1 (or Flexbox) is a box model specification in which the children of a flex container can be laid out in any direction, and can “flex” their sizes, either growing to fill unused space or shrinking to avoid overflowing the parent.  In other words, it’s a neat way for […]

I recently attended a webinar from Gartner on Mobile Marketing and Data-Driven Marketing. Do look up the interesting statistics shared in the webinar. What stood out in the webinar is that, highest priority is given to Analytics, besides building the application itself. From my experience, lot of the Marketing / Advertising programs are outsourced to […]

At Texas HIMSS today I was able to view a use case for Enterprise Mobile. That’s the term I use to describe the use of mobile devices internal to a healthcare organization. In this case, Rockdale enabled a single point of workflow across disparate data sources and care locations to enable physicians via a mobile […]

“Going mobile,” “working in the cloud,” “being virtual,” are all phrases that are beginning to sound passé. Today, most of us would agree that being able to work and live without walls and wires is a given, pretty much mandatory. While the personal benefits of mobile apps are easy to relate to, the business benefits […]

Our Consumer Products and Retail Director, Peter Brandt,  was featured in Consumer Goods Technology’s “2014 Review and Outlook Report” last month and was asked to look into his crystal ball and tell readers: “What one initiative must consumer goods companies pursue now in order to compete and grow in the year 2020?” Similar to the retail […]

Over on our Portals blog, Michael Porter shared an announcement from Liferay. They have extended the value of their open source portal with  e-commerce functionality for built-in transaction  and payments processing. Liferay Marketplace is the worldwide distribution channel for Liferay-compatible apps designed to provide greater access to enterprise applications for Liferay users. Now with e-commerce features, […]

This just in, Liferay has a new SDK for custom mobile apps.  They will release it to the public on April 2nd.  Here’s the press release. Liferay Releases SDK to Speed Up Custom Mobile App Development New developer toolkit helps Liferay’s customers develop and manage sophisticated mobile apps LOS ANGELES – (April 1, 2014) – Liferay, […]

Nowadays, compatibility testing is in great demand as it gives us the confidence to say whether the application is usable across multiple platforms. One of the most used platforms available in today’s world is Mobile. So the question here is whether the application is usable across different Mobile platforms? There are n number of Mobile […]