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Thursday, June 02, 2022

An Evolution of Apps

 Doe not cover the related technology well enough, but makes us think about it related ideas

The App-olution: How apps have evolved over the years and where we see them going

Ayesha Borker -May 8, 2022   in CustomerThink

A lot has happened since the last time people were excited to do simple math on calculators on their phones. We now keep track of our health via wearables. Apps have surely progressed a long way in terms of their functionality, ergonomics, aesthetics, accessibility and platform dependence/independence. One should wonder exactly where these apps are heading and what role they can play for a business. The first apps were simple like a clock or a calculator pre-embedded within our mobile phones. In that era mobile phones were brand new concepts and alarm clocks and calculators were seen as exciting features of the devices. These were obviously restricted to each manufacturer and individual OS. However, “add-on” features (or apps) that helped one address basic needs through mobile devices were a hit from Day 1 and now they have seeped into our lives and sealed their places. In fact, several e-commerce engines have shut down their desktop web sites and serve customers only via apps today. In the future we might see an emergence of banks whose only branch is probably going to be the app you find on your phone. Despite this rage, people don’t want to install too many apps on their phones. Those already installed have become redundant entities in our mobile repositories. Certain businesses know customers don’t regularly need to visit their apps and hence the utilization of the same is meagre. In such a scenario, how do we maximize the use of apps and change the losing sheen of the brigade to a business advantage?  ... ' 

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