Digital Product Insights

As the world of technology continues to expand, businesses of all kinds are finding new and unique ways to take advantage of the tools at their disposal. It is no secret that the PC revolutionized the business world, followed shortly after by the internet and all of the necessary advantages that it provides today. In 2016, the most recent and useful technology making its appearance in the business world are enterprise mobile apps, which are leaving a big footprint all across the globe.

Titanium was developed by Appcelerator as an open source tool to help develop apps on mobile devices. The aim of the company was to make a development kit that was flexible enough to create for both Android and iOS. This is accomplished by using javascript API and allowing the code to be compiled using whatever device you are using's language, objective-c or Java. It is sort of a black box method that lets you code one program for several devices, as opposed to the old method of creating separate apps for each smartphone.

Software as a Service has become one of the more popular business models in the entire IT landscape. With growth coming in at nearly 60% annually, the market for SaaS is replacing the more traditional app landscape and has will become the dominate model in the next few years. Here are 10 reasons why you should consider making the change in your business today.

If you aren’t familiar with the Internet of Things (IoT), then it is time to learn. Essentially, IoT is the culmination of using tracking and data transmitting to gain huge amounts of data points for analysis. A simple example would be tracking social media check ins to monitor dining experiences. In reality, investment in IoT is blooming, and the potential for returns is staggering. Here are 10 blossoming fields that are innovating ways to make IoT work.

Not every project or idea you want to develop can be built in-house. Your team gets excited about extending your product to emerging platforms and building entirely new products, but it's hard for them to innovate when they're focused on operating and growing your existing business. An outsourcing partner helps you accelerate the design and development of your new software product by focusing on the needs of your customers and the desires of your stakeholders.

A disruptive technology is a new breakthrough with the potential to change the world on a global scale. Disruptive innovations like the internet made it possible for you to increase the quality and quantity of your work product while collaborating with customers, colleagues and partners across the world. Because of disruptive technologies like the internet, every business is a global business.

Without a doubt, AngularJS has gained major traction in the world of web development in the past few years. Many enterprises are now starting to embrace AngularJS as a viable choice for new projects that are outside of the realm of greenfield development. Since so many enterprises are looking to replace their inefficient internal processes, AngularJS is becoming widely adopted as a replacement for enterprise applications. If you're interested in AngularJS for your own purposes, here is why enterprises are embracing it for responsive web application development.

We live in a society where mobile phones and desktop computers are not just luxuries. They are a necessities to maintaining a connection to friends, families and companies that provide us with the products we use every day. Without Facebook and other social applications to keep us communicating, product pages to tell us what we need and time management software to plan our days, we wouldn't be able to function.

Many companies believe that creating an app is very simple. Whether it is iOS or Android, apps are extremely complex, especially if they are designed in a customized way to truly meet the demands of a company.

Beauty over usability is kind of like the #FirstWorldProblems of the app design world. That's because it's a luxury to have the kind of problem where your good ideas and intentions are drowned out by the innocuous scourge of...beauty?

More and more people are learning how to make smartphone apps these days. It's generally well-understood these days that app development is one of the most promising new careers. People all over the world are using smartphones, and smartphones have a tremendous capacity for new apps. Many smartphone enthusiasts can't get enough, which means the market for smartphone apps is enormous. There's room for even the most pedestrian phone apps today.

Without a doubt, the process of building a startup from the ground up can be a very exciting process. However, at the same time, this process can be very stressful and difficult. This is especially true if this is your first time creating a startup. One way you can head start your journey towards success is by planning the product roadmap for your startup. A product roadmap refers to a plan that will help you identify and link your short-term and long-term goals for your startup. Here are a few tips that will help you plan and update your startup's product roadmap.

A lot of people still don't know what the Internet of Things (IoT) even is. However, the casual user probably remembers the practical examples in just how connected everything could be. An alarm clock goes off and it sets off your coffee maker, so you have the perfect cup waiting for you after your shower and before you hit the road. The technology was never meant to replace your routine, just make it a little bit easier by streamlining it all. It's all great in theory, but practice gets slightly more complicated. The IoT though is just getting started, and that can mean challenges throughout the process. Here are the top 5 to keep in mind, so you have a realistic view of IoT before you start forming your opinions about the capabilities.

Businesses in today’s day and age need to be connected to the ‘Internet of Things.’ This will allow for them to be totally connected. It doesn’t matter what industry you are in. It is strategic for you to be as connected as possible and understanding this will help you to achieve all of the different advantages.

When it comes to designing your mobile app, planning is no small feat. The creation of your mobile app requires a significant amount of thought, organization and iteration to transform your initial napkin sketches and requirements into a full-blown product.