Can home automation challenges lead to divorce?
It’s no longer a newfangled fad to automate things around the house using devices that do the heavy lifting for you. Like many of you, in my home I’m using gadgets such as Nest smart thermostats, Nest...
View ArticleTaking the lead in mobile application development
Mobile is changing the way we live and work. Leading companies today are adopting a mobile-first approach to business, with mobile application development at its heart. On July 23rd, IBM was named a...
View ArticleI caught my flight; they missed their opportunity
The travel necessitated by my job at IBM makes me an ideal airline customer. I travel three to four times a month and usually buy full-priced tickets. All I ask in return is convenience, comfort and...
View ArticleSowing the seeds for tomorrow’s mobile development in Africa
I recently had the privilege and good fortune to go on a very unique assignment. I travelled to Cairo, Egypt, to teach our curriculum on mobile application development with IBM MobileFirst Platform...
View ArticleThree simple criteria for building native or hybrid mobile applications
This post was coauthored by David Jaramillo, an IBM senior technical staff member and manager of mobile innovations, and Charisse Lu, a senior software engineer and certified IT architect creating...
View ArticleThree reasons for and against open source mobile development
I’ve experienced open source in the past, and personally I love the idea of freeware. There are some superb examples out there of open source software that is great, well maintained and free! For me,...
View ArticleBuilding mobile apps with MQTT to deepen engagement
The mobile app landscape is competitive. In fact, it is downright crowded. So, what can you do to make your app stand out? In this blog post, I will show you why I believe MQTT, Message Queue Telemetry...
View ArticleInfrastructure and mobile application development
According to TechNavio’s analysts, the global mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP) market would reach 1.6 billion in 2014. This growing market share presents a clear challenge for...
View ArticleHackathons: Innovation’s new hotness!
The credit crunch, the downturn, the double/triple dip recession: whichever phrase you are most familiar with, they all mean a lot to us nowadays. The financial hard times in recent years have shown us...
View ArticleAn “Agile with Discipline” approach for mobile app development
Every organization wants to build a delivery model for its mobile application development projects that will enable it to continuously and rapidly roll out high-quality solutions. This is particularly...
View ArticleTablet first design: Should we skip the phone?
The trend for mobile development at the moment is mobile first. We at IBM are doing it, our clients are doing it, our competitors are doing it and individual developers are doing it. Usually when we...
View ArticleHow to keep users from uninstalling your app
By Greg Ackerman, Peter Eggen, and Rizkiana Novitasari Mobile applications are becoming essential to the daily lives of their users. You can find a mobile application for almost everything you want to...
View ArticleShould mobile app development be part of enterprise development?
Years ago, the primary brand image of a retailer was the brick-and-mortar store. In the 1990s, the primary brand image was composed of the store’s website in addition to the brick-and-mortar store....
View ArticleFive sayings mobile developers dread hearing from lines of business
By: Jennifer Foley, Michael Wuerdemann and Johannes Swanepoel “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” is a saying that often accurately describes the relationship between mobile developers...
View ArticleHave you had your Java beans today?
If you’re like me, you wake up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee and hope that coffee gives you enough energy to make it through the day. The java beans in the coffee are what give you that extra...
View ArticleFive essential types of mobile app testing to help you woo the user
After months of effort in defining requirements, designing and developing our lovely mobile application, we are now prepared to test it. Here are five essential types of testing that are recommended...
View ArticleA new era of mobile application functional testing
Have you ever wondered what a regular day is like in the life of a mobile application developer working on a big project? Usually everything starts with a request to add a new functionality to a mobile...
View ArticleFour development team practices for mobile enterprise applications
It’s time to get back to our series on better managing your mobile application projects. So far we have covered mobile application requirements and application design, so in this post I’d like to...
View ArticleMobile push notifications: Deliver the right message at the right time
In every facet of life, we recognize that engaging with people in a way that enhances their experience brings great rewards, and mobile push notifications are a tool that can enable us to better engage...
View ArticleFaster Mobile Innovation with Open Source
If you’re anything like me, you can’t imagine going anywhere without your mobile phone; today’s devices are more than our telephones, they are our cameras, our wallets, our libraries and even our...
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