The first clue of credibility is whether or not a reputable wireless carrier is distributing the business app.
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Does the business App vendor boast any real testimonials or case studies?
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Later we realized the mobile experience for businesses was equally important and so last fall we launched the first business music app, called Rockbot for Business.
The Draw Something debacle is basically posing the question of whether Zynga management is capable of running a mobile app business.
Raising the alarm about poorly-performing apps would be in the business interests of app solutions providers, and Compuware is no exception there.
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After failing to make a profit on most of its titles, some of which sold fewer than 100 copies, co-founder Peter Collingridge quit the app business.
He said it was dream come true for him in 2009 when Apple added his business card sharing app, CardShare, which he developed at age 13, to the App Store.
Fisher-Price, which I remember as the maker of all things magically miniature but wonderfully life-like (that brightly-colored farmhouse, the chunky airplane, and the car parking lot with elevator were my favorites), is fully in the app business.
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Mr. Perry, who had been in charge of business operations, realized he needed to learn code himself in order to launch the business, an app called GVING that sought to help merchants better track and reward their customers.
For example, a company with multiple business lines might use an ERP app to synthesize customer and business information from the different businesses in order to spot cross-selling opportunities or identify potential cost savings.
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People will not have to actively whip out their phones and scroll the app to find the place they want to check-in, but could passively find a business, through the app knowing that you checked-in there before, for example.
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But for many startups considering a business opportunity, the app provides a quick, free starting point for a little competitive research.
His business partner, an app developer who was working part-time on their San Francisco startup, had to devote more time to his other, full-time job.
No, the final winner may well be Microsoft, whose Live Messenger already has a solid reputation in China as a must-have app for business, overreliance on creaky submarine cables notwithstanding.
The business, called VMWare Horizon App Manager, enables users to access email, document, spreadsheet and other programs remotely, onto all kinds of devices.
But for the app makers and business owners in this new world there will emerge a realization that more and faster is not always better.
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When I was informed about a new app from a business leader I follow and connect with often, Don Tapscott, I was definitely intrigued.
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With services like App Press or AppBreeder, you can even make your an app for your business without knowing how to write a single line of code.
Does a custom app for your business sound intimidating?
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For app developers, the business model that underpins many free apps relies on data collected from users.
The trick is to turn a business solution into an immersive mobile app that leverages the intuitive and engaging experiences you find in consumer apps.
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While not nearly as visible a part of the business as the consumer-facing app, the API is a hit with developers, some 40, 000 of whom use it for location and venue data.
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For the on-the-go entrepreneur looking to develop the next big app company or small business with a cult Pinterest following, waiting on forming an incorporation or LLC for their dream start-up seems practically pointless.
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While many media companies have rushed to build apps for iPads and Android tablets, they say their current inability to sell standard subscriptions through iTunes, a shortage of data about app buyers and tough business terms are keeping them from investing more in the effort.
Whether products like the GameStick will cannibalize the traditional console business is an interesting question: with a developed TV-app ecosystem, this kind of plug-in smart stick might conversely challenge the Smart TV business, with a dedicated gamepad as a bonus.
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This is a big dirty old mining business, not a social networking cloud app.
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Yammer looks to me like a medium-sized business application that is also a Sharepoint app.
While consumer devices are flooding the business world, most business apps lag far behind the consumer app experience.
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Schmidt became a fan of CardMunch, a two-year-old iPhone app that turns photos of business cards into digital contacts.
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