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Whether your business is big, small or even just starting up, mobile is the way to go. Companies from across the planet are becoming part of a global revolution of Mobile App development. If we talk in numbers then here are some statistics that will certainly make you ponder – Google & Apple both announced in June 2014 that they have a million apps in their respective stores. By the same month this year, the numbers had become 1.5 million.

One of the most beautiful parts of Magento lies in its usage. From the admin control you can basically oversee and spearhead any feature you wish to utilize. Though proper implementation and feasibility may seem difficult or impossible at times but even these intricate features can be utilized very adeptly.

Adding custom customer attributes in Magento's default One Page Checkout is often cumbersome for developers. Most often programmers get stuck while resolving problems encountered in Magento checkout configuration, which is the most important aspect of an eCommerce website.

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, was quoted while saying "If I were to start Drupal from scratch today, I'd build it for mobile experience first and desktop experience second".

Blogs are of paramount importance to a website and especially to a Magento Developed Online Store. Blogs bring forth traffic and are the prime source of SEO leads. In this tight race of Blogging Platforms, Wordpress has turned out to be the fastest horse in the derby.

Whenever we read or talk about Goal Setting, we think about Targets, Timelines, Pressure, Coordination etc. Goal setting was envisioned to create focus in the mind of the team so that the planning and execution can happen in a structured manner. Goal Setting, if implemented effectively, can provide very crisp and clear path to be followed for the teams. Sadly though, over last few years, Goal Setting has taken shape of ad-hoc planning without long term or short term vision. It has become more of a to-do activity rather than a well thought of activity.

The years 2014-15 have brought in a revolution in the news & media industry. Even though prior challenges remain persistent but with a barrage of opportunities rising in this era, a new found vigor is palpitating strongly in the veins of the industry.

Ever since Apple unveiled its 8th major release of the iOS mobile operating system - iOS 8 on September 17, 2014, mobile Application developers have started working out on major App redesign while introducing performance enhancements & user interface improvements in their newly launched iOS Apps. This is because the performance of your mobile App, be it good or bad, greatly impacts your ROI, affecting the bottom-line of your business.

With the introduction of Google's Material User Interface concept, developers have already started updating their mobile apps with advanced design components such as buttons, dialog, dropdown menu, icon buttons, inputs, switches, toolbars and more for a brand new look & improved UI. But no matter how thoroughly you read the specified design guidelines, most of us still wonder while taking the switch from Holo (the dead Android Theme Google first introduced with Android 3.0 Honeycomb) to Material Design concept.