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There's An App For That! But Where?

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are easily the fastest-growing sector of the electronics marketplace today. Bloomberg magazine tells us that smartphones in use alone passed one billion worldwide in 2012, and that number is expected to double by 2015. Marching hand-in-hand with the expanding mobile device marketplace is the industry of mobile applications, or apps. These clever and compact programs entertain, direct, inform and organize our lives with a simple tap of the screen....

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Rocking Your iPhone App Idea

“I'm just an app, yes, I'm only an app, and I'm looking for a market to tap...” Remember the classic ABC Saturday morning series Schoolhouse Rock? If you're of a certain age, these little cartoons came on just after your favorite cartoon and just before your second-favorite cartoon, somewhere around your third or fourth bowl of cereal. One of the Schoolhouse Rock episodes had a lonely little anthropomorphic bill awaiting his turn in Congress, so he could become a law. Sure enough, by the...

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Most Popular Apps (and the winner is…)

People love a winner. Whether it's the Oscars, an election or a top ten list, folks like to know who or what is the best in a given category. At Appvisors, we're asked on occasion what the most popular Mobile Phone Applications at Appvisors are, which are similar to the more popular mobile applications out there. Please bear with us as we explain why our eyes kinda glaze over and we get a faraway look when we're asked that question. When it comes to categories like tallest building, longest...

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Most Popular iOS and Android Utility Apps

At Appvisors, we strive to keep on the cutting edge of the app development field. Keeping our finger on the pulse of the app space includes knowing how apps are stacking up with consumers. Utility applications for mobile devices are pretty self-defining; they're apps designed to make some aspect of our lives easier. We recently asked ourselves: What's the most popular utility app out there? It turned out to be a harder question to answer than we'd imagined. Answering an objective question...

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Mobile Phone Apps for Every Business & Fortune 500

When it comes to success in business, the gold standard is defined by the Fortune 500 listings. These companies draw the road maps for up-and-coming businesses to follow. They combine cutting-edge technology, expertise and innovation to make it to the top. So it goes without saying that in the expanding field of mobile application technology, these guys are right on top of things. Right? You might be surprised. This article from Experience.com finds that only half of the companies listed on...

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