Software Engineering Insights

When an app is launched, it reaches the mass at different geo-locations, on variety of devices, and for diverse purposes. Therefore, it’s quite obvious to receive a fluctuating response. Some users will like the design, some will love the experience, while some would expect improvements. It’s surely a hard task to understand the variety of users, their interests, and app’s behaviour on different devices. Now you might wonder how to understand the behaviour of your users while they are using your mobile app.

Smartphones are here to stay and we can predict that they are going nowhere in the next two decades at least. Following this, we can claim that there would be high dependency on mobile apps for managing day-to-day tasks, entertainment, businesses, health monitoring etc. This is one of the reasons why custom mobile app development is a lucrative career options these days.

Technology is smartly revamping the model of healthcare industry. Thoughtful ideas are introduced to develop mobile apps, wearables, and other health monitoring devices. This has eventually brought an impressive change in how people maintain fitness, stay informed about their wellness, diagnose health issues, and connect with medical resources at distance.

Apple hosted its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2017. CEO, Tim Cook along with his key executives took the stage and announced their new addons to MacBook, Apple TV, and iPhone.  While the highlights from keynote session unfolded Apple’s roadmap for the year, what managed to hold the interest was the launch of iOS 11.

Healthcare is one of the world’s largest industries. Collectively, the size of the healthcare market is estimated to be between five trillion to six trillion dollars. As one of the examples for how large the healthcare industry is at global level, consider this: All spending on products and services concerning the heart (pharmaceuticals such as beta-blockers, cardiovascular surgery procedures etc) is greater than the entire automotive industry. Therefore, there is nothing to be surprised with the fact that both entrepreneurs and investors have traditionally looked at healthcare as a lucrative industry to invest in.

When you ask someone to review a mobile app, they will certainly start the feedback with its design and user experience. UI, features accessibility, and engagement are the prime factors that connects the users with an app.

As an old saying goes, “People Don't Want to Work or Think More Than They Have To”. Hence, the app should have a human connect that attracts and engages user with the least amount of effort possible on their end.  There should be natural and flawless course when it comes to navigation between various elements in your application. Here is how you can merge human psychology with UI/UX design and sprinkle a sense of occult in your app design.   

Mobile apps are a dominating division of the digitized world. From entertainment to IT, businesses are perceiving their importance and making them a part of their success endeavours. However, the intent behind having a mobile app for business may vary and range from service usage to revenue generation, or simply getting user engagement. 

You’re a sailing ship, propelling from Colombia to Panama. The suns and stars, the winds and currents dictate your position. There is a trained crew that can handle unexpected events throughout the voyage. The flow of journey can’t be predicted at its outset but you can dynamically respond to the situations. You move with a strategy, a tactical ideology, no operational plan but still there is high success rate. That’s how Agile methodology for mobile app development works.

Google’s annual developer conference finally kicked off with a two hour keynote session and it smartly gave a sneak peak at what Google has in store for the Android developers.  Addressed by CEO Sundar Pichai and executives, the I/O unfolded upcoming plans about Android, virtual reality, voice based digital assistant, image based recognition, and much more.

In the dawn of a technological era, mobile apps for medical and health care is no out-of-the-blue concept. From physicians to patients to clinics, these apps are embraced for diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and delivery of care. Considering the upsurge of smartphones and consumer interest in improving their health, there is a consequential opportunity to present mHealth solutions in more innovative ways. While development has got huge dependency upon the technologies available, half the job is done when framing the medical app development idea.