Mobile messaging service Hike just launched Total, a new service that lets Android users in India make payments to businesses and transfer money, read news, book train tickets, and chat with their contacts on the platform – all without mobile data.
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2018/01/17/hikes-new-app-for-basic-android-phones-enables-payments-messaging-and-news-without-data/
Mobile traffic has already surpassed desktop traffic online. More than half of all traffic is from smartphones and tablets now.
Plus, 79 percent of global internet traffic will be mobile by the end of 2018.
And it’s no secret that Google places a big importance on mobile.
Mobile is critical in today’s world. But just having a mobile site doesn’t mean you are free from potential issues.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/site-ready-google-mobile-first-index/240927/
In its early days, Android was a slow and buggy mobile platform. Even the most powerful smartphones that were released each year would experience stuttering and stammering while performing the simplest of tasks, like scrolling or opening apps. And if your Android flagship phone was actually doing some heavy lifting like playing a resource-intensive game, it was a total mess.
http://bgr.com/2018/02/07/best-android-features-hidden-menu-increase-speed/
At Mopinion, we are proud to announce the release of a new mobile feedback SDK for companies collecting customer feedback in iOS and Android apps. This innovative solution will continue to provide marketers with an easy way of gathering powerful feedback within their native apps, only now with more customisation options, a wider range of targeting features based on in-app user behaviour and more advanced analysis capabilities.
Developed in response to an increasing demand from the market, this new SDK provides mobile developers and mobile product managers with a flexible and easy-to-install solution for in-app feedback.
https://mopinion.com/mopinion-releases-new-mobile-sdk-in-app-feedback/
Mobile first design is not a new concept.
It has been around for more than a decade and it’s used to refer to the strategy of designing and developing digital experiences for mobile devices at the very start of a project; rather than the traditional approach of first designing for desktop and consequently for mobile.
However, the term is possibly more relevant in the business world today than ever before.
https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/2018/feb/15/prioritising-mobile-first-design/
PWAs allow users to have the experience of an app without having to download one.
By now, you’ve probably heard that Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are the next big thing. Experts believe that they’ll push the mobile web forward, bring parity to web and native apps and provide mobile specific capabilities to web users.
So what are Progressive Web Apps, exactly?
https://www.itproportal.com/features/progressive-web-apps-why-theyre-revolutionising-the-user-experience/
Samsung’s foldable phone has become a mystery that will not be solved until next year. Samsung’s mobile president DJ Koh has recently given an interview to the world’s most popular tech news outlet Cnet and said that the company is making progress on the foldable phone, rumored as Galaxy X.
https://www.techjuice.pk/samsungs-foldable-phone-best-user-experience-president-dj-koh/
“Does Anyone’s Spotify Look Like This?” wrote a plaintive poster on Spotify’s Android support forums a couple of weeks ago, with screenshots showing what appears to be a stripped-down, spacier user interface for the streaming service’s mobile app.
http://musically.com/2018/02/15/spotify-on-demand-playlists-free/
The evidence for using digital technologies to improve outcomes in mental health care is growing at a rapid rate. Already, studies have highlighted how technology can be used to effectively provide well-established treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy.
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/telepsychiatry/user-experience-key-step-realizing-role-mental-health-apps/
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