Mobile adoption is still growing. A good example is Facebook with 1 Billion+ users and around 56% of its user-base being mobile-only users as of July 2016 (see source). Mobile adoption has matured — apps are not dying. Instead when you have the…
Check out Chetan’s latest report, US Mobile Market Update – Q3 2015. Some highlights below. More details are available at: http://chetansharma.com/connectedconsumer15.htm. Handsets – As expected, (a) Smartphones continue to rule, with penetration in the US now at 78%! (b) On the opposite end,…
With the goal of enforcing best practices for secure network connections, iOS 9 introduces new security requirements and behavior with its new App Transport Security (ATS) feature. If you are not planning to recompile your apps with Apple’s iOS 9 SDK (or Xcode…
Every year I like to take a snapshot of Android platforms adoption for historical purposes. Below is the Android platform comparison 2015 vs. 2014. (Search my blog for previous ones). Keeping track of platform adoption is important as it directly impacts what developers…
(Image Source: Mario Tomás Serrafero) I find this interesting: the recent move by MSFT to get into and “steal” the Android space. Today, thanks to new leadership at MSFT (Nadella), it seems the company is entering a new phase — with new vision…
Disclaimer: The French Hospital Medical Center app is powered by Phunware’s Vertical Solutions platform, one of the products that I manage at Phunware. As the mobile lifestyle, advanced smartphones and advanced networks continue its path to convergence powering the pervasive, actionable Mobile Context,…
NIST Special Publication 800-163 Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications Steve Quirolgico Jeffrey Voas Tom Karygiannis Christoph Michael Karen Scarfone This publication is available free of charge from: http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-163. Also attached: NIST.SP.800-163 /ceo
We currently are at the third generation of native Mobile apps (2014), with each generation building upon the previous one. The first generation was introduced to the “masses” circa 2000. This generation of mobile apps were Operator-centric and built for the first generation…
Has BlackBerry hit rock bottom? Look at the following chart for BlackBerry’s stock price and value. BlackBerry’s stock right now is around $6.06, which is up from $5.89 (all time low?). It is crazy. BlackBerry has millions of users, with a strong history…
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