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Half of UK population owns a smartphone

facebookdevelopment — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:27:17 +0000

Just under half of the UK population now owns a smartphone, and Google’s mobile operating system Android is powering half of those being sold – followed by RIM’s BlackBerry models with 22.5% and Apple’s iPhone at 18.5%.

The pace of smartphone sales is accelerating rapidly. The findings mark a key shift in the availability of mobile phones and internet connectivity in the UK, as millions more people become connected through handheld devices with access to data services on the move.

And due to such increase in demand ultimately there is increase in supply. While there is increase in supply we need Mobile Application developers to develop new applications for different mobile platforms. Mobile application development is emerging as well as relatively lucrative field with many organizations and independent developers plunging in great numbers to make hay while it lasts. And it is expected to last as long as man is in love with the hand-held devices that make life so easy and accessible. Today mobile is obviously not seen just as an instrument to make calls. Mobile app development has led to the creation of innumerable innovative and unique applications such as web browsing, email, Internet faxing, games, wireless information services etc.

Things to Consider Before Starting a Mobile App Development

1. Platform: The applications are different for different platforms and one application cannot be made to run on all the platforms. Each of the mobile platforms is quite different and therefore can run certain applications that are developed for a specific technology. For instance, an iPhone application cannot function on Android, Blackberry or Windows Mobile platforms. Hence, it becomes important to select an ideal mobile platform for apps development.

2. Customer base: Whenever deciding to outsource the requirements of mobile software to a company in UK it is important to determine the kind of audience you are targeting at. The target audience determines to an extent whether it will be a business mobile application or an application that will be used by individual customers. This would help in figuring out the design and technology solutions for the mobile software.

In developing any kind of Mobile application, Mobile application developers plays a significant role because developer is the one who understand the entire development process. So you should be very careful while hiring Mobile application developer.

Inkatechnology is a leading custom application development and IT consulting company based in London, UK, provides mobile application development services for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Android Owners Love Mobile Apps More Than Web

facebookdevelopment — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:47:00 +0000

Mobile apps are really, really popular with Android handset owners. But few apps outside of the top 50 garner much attention. In fact, most apps go unused, according to a new study published by Nielsen.

Nielsen analyzed the data from on-device meters installed on thousands of Apple iOS and Android smartphones. The owners had consented to sending in anonymous usage info. Nielsen’s smartphone analytics team discovered some interesting behavior patterns. (The data pertaining to iOS devices has not yet been published by Nielsen.)

The average Android owner spends 56 minutes (or roughly 6% of their waking time) interacting with mobile applications and mobile websites every day. In that span of 56 minutes, about two-thirds of the time is spent on mobile applications, and one-third browsing the mobile Web.

Breaking the statistics down further reveals some shocking problems for makers of mobile apps. Nielsen says that the top 10 Android applications–just 10 apps–are responsible for 43% of all the time spent by Android consumers on mobile apps. The top 50 apps account for 61% of all time spent.

“With 250,000+ Android apps available at the time of this writing, that means the remaining 249,950+ apps have to compete for the remaining 39% of the pie,” said Nielsen. That’s troubling to say the least.

A quick look at the Android Market today shows that the top 10 free apps are (in no special order): YouTube, Google Maps, Amazon Kindle, Facebook, Pandora, Angry Birds, Dragon Fly, Words with Friends, Advanced Task Killer, and Angry Birds Rio. The top 10 paid apps are (in no special order): Cut the Rope, Beautiful Widgets, Fruit Ninja, PowerAMP Full, SwiftKey X, Robo Defense, ROM Manager, Doodle Jump, SoundHound, and ADW Launcher.

Nielsen didn’t say which 10 apps it counts as the overall top 10, nor the top 50. Looking that the top 10 free and paid apps listed above, about 40% of them are games. The rest are a mix of utilities and other media/social networking apps. (What, you were expecting to see DocsToGo Premium?)

Whatever the particulars are concerning the apps themselves, the data clearly shows that applications are the preferred medium through which Android owners use their devices.

Inkatechnology is Android app development company. If you are looking for any kind of mobile application development that you want to monetize or create a cross connectivity then Android application development is the option to consider.

Inkatechnology facilitating on-line purchase and selling of mobile

facebookdevelopment — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:03:27 +0000

Inkatechnology has now taken steps to facilitate its customers “Sell My Mobile.com” in making an effective medium for buying and selling of the mobile phones through Facebook Application usage. Facebook being the social medium used by masses include a large population who wants to buy/ sell phone online. So developing application, on this platform has been a challenge for Inkatechnology.
According to the Chief Application Developer of Inkatechnology, “The growing needs to buy and sell mobile, made “Sell My Mobile.com” realize the fact that there is a huge market not yet properly tapped on Facebook. It coordinated with us to develop a Facebook Application, which will facilitate both buyers and sellers alike in transaction of mobiles. So now the ubiquity of net combined with the reach of Facebook has been launched to do wonders. As now buyer and sellers both gets the opportunity to reach masses, in limited time because of justifiable download time feature that we have kept in mind. An individual will neither have to navigate through multiple sites to get the mobile one desire, nor it has to go on company site. Now by connecting directly to Facebook multiple company sites are available at single domain. The sellers will be able to connect to top buyers of mobile, so through comparison they get the most cashed transaction. The “easy to navigate” feature will help them in the transaction. They can also get monetary benefit for themselves or the organization where they want to give charity. This becomes possible when their friends, who were invited on this form by them, sell mobile on this site. The buyers, on the other hand, get the advantage of having a purchase experience, where they get the mobile best suited to their needs. As they have skim out through a world of mobile sellers to get the mobile solution they have. So enjoy the transaction experience.”

For more information on different applications and application development, visit www.inkatechnology.co.uk

Top 4 iPhone Applications for Lawyers by Socialfactory

facebookdevelopment — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:57:47 +0000

This article will exclusively focus on lawyers, because I being a lawyer always had difficulty managing papers, getting right information when needed. Yet the timely knowledge availability and overall time management are critical to the success of the organization. So I research through multiple sources to identify iPhone Applications, which work best for us, lawyers. I came across the following iPhone Applications that I have used along with my peers, and have worked best for us. This is because of their user-friendliness and easy navigation feature that made them best in all the rest. They are:
Legal Terms Pro
The iPhone Application “Legal Term Pro” can best manage all the information well in a database, whether it is the contracts, motions, cases, judgments, plea or general law terms you are talking about, you can have it all in your iPhone by downloading this application. And the best part of this application is that it does not require internet connection. So you don’t need to carry papers everywhere and even your office files are with you all the time. So buying this iPhone Application made my life hassle-free.
Law Stack
This iPhone Application is a must for lawyers as it is a mini library in your pocket. In it, you can get information regarding any-topic. So you don’t need to find a book or search it through search engine, as the treasure of knowledge is in your pocket. Now your case hearing or appeal will make others wonder, how come you have so much knowledge and your reputation of being a BRAINY lawyer will be build. I hope, the people who call me brainy will not disclose my secret.
Black’s Law Dictionary
Yes the famous Thomson Reuters’ Black Law dictionary can be in your pocket. This iPhone Application have all the rules and case, hyperlinked to westlaw.com. So you can easily rely on it. Although it is a bit expensive but every lawyer knows that sometimes the Blacks is the only one helper, a lawyer needs. So why not make this dictionary your every time friend, and make it easy, to cope with sometimes forgotten knowledge in our daily routine.
iPunch Clock
In previous iPhone Applications, we talked all about information gathering, but now we will talk about an application that works best as an efficient time management tool. Through it you can plan the day, from timing and days of hearing to the time to meet your wife. So the time management an integral part of a lawyer is facilitated by this e-clock iPhone Application.

About the Author

My best friend and colleague John Robbins being an iPhone Application freak, always want something new for himself. So when we discussed about the fact that, who can develop easy and innovative iPhone Application, he referred me to Socialfactory. They have developed a few customize iPhone Applications to satisfy my law related problems and I trust them as an iPhone Application Development company, much more than any other company. The great experience I had is making me refer you to http://www.socialfactory.net

Donate Through Facebook Applications by Inkatechnology

facebookdevelopment — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:59:28 +0000

Donation is something that is required for the social and individual benefits. It is a win-win situation, where a society gets the benefit of providing support to victims of calamities or poor people, while the individual gets the benefit of marketing itself and/or the organization where it works. Although, the marketing is not the sole purpose of donation, but it is an important aspect considered by many. Some people give donation because they are scared of the fact that what if the same calamity or financial crisis happens to them. This make them work for the betterment of society and even the global betterment. They believe that in the Mother Earth everyone have the right to be treated equally. It’s the environment or the place where we are living that causes inequality. And environmental changes are something which happens without warning. We might live in Japan, happily enjoying our status as a third largest donor of official development assistance and yet here we are in fighting for life in earthquake of magnitude 9.0. Or we might be a successful business person, yet we faced loss in a project that leads to financial de-stability. So what to say about such happenings? The step taken on Facebook to develop applications that enable easy donation possible, these Facebook Applications are something that should be highly appreciated. There are a number of them, which have been exclusively developed to facilitate donation. The name few of the innovative Facebook Applications for donation are: Competition for a Cause It is basically a Facebook Application exclusively for Twin Cities. But the concept is unique, which can be considered in mind while developing your own application. Here you don’t decide randomly where to donate money, rather there is a competition, where you vote from the team you want to support, so at the end if your team wins, it will decide along with top ten participants, where to give the charity amount. Good Samaritan This Facebook Application is a combination of online purchasing and doing charity. Here this Facebook Application user can purchase products at lower price than market and even free services in trial version. Yet the 25% of the proceeds earned from overall user interaction is donated. The online forms are also available for different surveys, where filling of forms by Facebook Application user, lead to donation of specific amount. The transparency of donation to different organization is another feature that is a source of inspiration to many. GiveStream It is a Facebook Application which deals in 14 different charities where you can donate your money. A portion of proceeds from there Amazon store can also be donated. Although GiveStream needs a bit of design improvement aside from the enhancement brand awareness. But it can be included in good Facebook Application concepts. SocialVibe SocialVibe is a Facebook Application, working on donation through sponsored marketing. Here the Facebook Application users choose a brand of their choice and endorse/share it on their profile. So each time anyone in their social network interacts with the brand, a nominal donation is given to the charity organization of member’s choice. Automatic updates of the charity with the information about the amount collected and the fulfillment of goal extent is shown. They members can also interact with other member supporters. You can also develop a Facebook Application, that best work for the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activity and make your brand visible to potential customers or enhance your brand image to the existing ones. Facebook application that defines you individual good heart, to inspires others aside from the satisfaction you feel for your own self.

About the Author:
I have come across Inkatechnology, a company that have a good reputation in the market for its innovative and customized applications, especially in Facebook Application. Go to link http://www.inkatechnology.co.uk for development of donation Facebook Applications.

Facebook teenager pleads guilty

facebookdevelopment — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:27:09 +0000

A teenage boy has pleaded guilty in the Perth Children’s Court to four charges relating to the distribution of sexually explicit material on the internet.

The 16 year-old pressured two teenage girls into performing sex acts before uploading a video and images of them on Facebook.

The teenager is due to be sentenced on the 16th of May.

His bail was renewed with orders banning him from accessing social networking sites or contacting the two girls.

Inkatechnology to integrate business processes

facebookdevelopment — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:43:31 +0000

One of the most potent and experienced web development agencies in the world today has announced taking up of smarter processes and strategies in order to integrate business processes for the overall betterment of company processes.

The Manager Corporate Solutions at Inkatechnology said that, “It is time for smarter solutions and many people are striving to get better work processes and better management in order to enhance their overall company standings. Plus, it has been learnt that customers demand resourcefulness online. Therefore, Inkatechnology has come up with smarter processes through which customers can meet their objectives and provide augmented services.”

With web development being given huge importance and customers looking for more and more services to be available on the internet to add up to their convenience, it is the need of time to make your processes shorter and smarter.

Inkatechnology has proven their mettle in whatever they have promised so far and such a brave step of making smarter solutions available online can prove to be a major boost on the experienced campaigner’s part.

Top 5 Android Application Development Books

facebookdevelopment — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:52:18 +0000

Android Application Development industry is gaining traction, as Android gains market share in the mobile OS industry. Also Android has shown tremendous promise to be a strong market holder in five years from now. Many developers have supported Android when asked for the OS of the future.

Developers have reported to make huge profits through the Android apps business last quarter. The main advantage of having an App in the Android market is 80% of the app price goes to developer unlike 70% in the AppStore. So higher percentage profit for Android developers when compared to iPhone. Android Application Development doesn’t even demand developers to learn complex programming languages. Good knowledge in Java is all you need. How ever for making an Android application one has to know various technical nuances of major Android phones, various versions of Android and its features and also should have thorough understanding of Software development kit provided by Google. Below are few of the books which will help you kick start your career in Android App Development and make your first Android application.

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#1 – Hello, Android: Introducing Google’s Mobile Development Platform

Hello Android helps you take the baby steps and is a book made for newbies who are serious about developing apps for the Google mobile OS. The book gives real world advice on various versions of Android from Cupcake (Android 1.5) to FroYo (Android 2.2). The book teaches you to build apps with audio and video support, add graphics using 2D and 3D OpenGL, network with web pages and web services, and store data with SQLite.

#2 – Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours

If you are in a hurry in learning Android Development then this book will help you like a crash course. The books takes you through the most common Android development tasks in a detailed manner and has a set of Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter to know the concepts you have grasped.

#3 – Android Development for Dummies

The book is written by Android guru Donn Felker and is one of the top selling Android books. The book is written in digestible sections so that the concepts sink in to the learners head. Not just dummies but even professionals can make use of this book.

#4 – Android Application Development: Programming with Google SDK

The book has complete introduction of Android and its SDK kit so that newbies can learn and even the pros can brush up their concepts. Apart from the routine stuff the book covers more advanced topics like Delve into advanced topics such as security, custom views, performance analysis and internationalization. This book good for advanced Android developers.

#5 – The Busy Coder’s Guide to Advanced Android Development

When you are ready to take out the big guns and apply all your inherent skills on display then this book will be a guide you should have by your side. This book is made for developers with sound understanding of basics and are serious about making the best Android apps in the market.

Let me know any good books which you know in the comments.

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Best Facebook Application Development Company Socialfactory.net

facebookdevelopment — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:27:06 +0000

It has been more than 3 years socialfactory develops & design best facebook applications. http://www.socialfactory.net

Facebook denies plans to build its own phone

facebookdevelopment — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:18:19 +0000

(Inkatechnology) Privately held Facebook has more than 500 million users worldwide and the company already has applications on a number of mobile phones that tie into its social networking website.
But Jaime Schopflin, a spokesman for Facebook, said the privately held company “is not building a phone.” Facebook’s current projects include “deeper integrations with some manufacturers,” he said. “Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this,” Schopflin said in a statement.