scholarly journals Innovations Around Mobile Applications: Scope for Indian Developers

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghna Rishi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Application Programming Interface ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Customer Delight ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Application Developers

This paper explores innovations around mobile applications, globally, and brings out the scope for monetization of these trends, by Indian Application Developers. The paper is based on qualitative research and utilizes Content Analysis Technique for tabulating and reporting the data. A thorough literature review has been conducted to understand the innovations around mobile applications globally and to identify the top 5 categories of mobile applications. These categories serve as variables for understanding the scope for Indian mobile application developers. Data on Indian Mobile application market has been sourced from mass media: Top 3 English newspapers (Indian) and 6 online sources. Recommendations for Indian developers have been generated on the basis on data which was reported under 5 identified categories of mobile applications. Scope for Indian Mobile application developers is in (but not limited to) the following areas; Developing cloud enabled applications, developing customised Indian applications, working on innovations based on global acceptability through multi-language apps., synchronising data with backend systems and addressing security threats, reducing costs through prudent locations and newer API’s (Application Programming Interface), beta testing applications and appropriate keyword tagging for marketing and making applications oriented towards customer delight so that in the process of diffusion of the innovation, the application becomes an integral part of the customer’s life. Methodical content analysis brings out the scope for Indian application developers and offers them valuable insights on monetization tactics. Since the findings are based on published data from Indian Mass Media, it makes the paper very contemporary and the recommendations very implementable for the industry. Academicians working in this area too, will also find an avenue for further exploration. This research work is distinctive because of the lack of scholarly studies in this area, especially in the Indian context. Data from mass media and use of content analysis – a widely used qualitative analytic method for a scholarly study, increases its value by making the work recent, contemporary and worthy of further scholarly explorations.

An understanding of Nigerian television mobile news applications and associate news locations

2021 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
John Ayodele Oyewole
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Digital Device ◽  
Ownership Type ◽  
News Content

Mobile applications are already part of the contemporary news experience, which increasingly includes the convergent mobile application news content of conventional media, such as television stations. Impressively, the experience of such convergences has spread to include developing nations, including Nigeria. However, despite the enormous digital device and media penetrations in the country, little research has been done in order to understand the nature of such television stations’ mobile application news. With regards to the foregoing, and the importance of associated news locations, this content analysis research has been conducted and has found serious correlation between ownership type and television application news content. While Africa is the dominant proximate news locations of the prominent Nigerian television mobile application news studied, the news spread categories are largely similar across all mobile application news content.

scholarly journals A INFLUÊNCIA DA ENGENHARIA SEMIÓTICA NA EXPERIÊNCIA DO USUÁRIO DE APLICATIVOS MOBILE: Uma reflexão sobre a relação entre semiose e o desenvolvimento de APPs / THE INFLUENCE OF SEMIOTIC ENGINEERING IN THE USER EXPERIENCE OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS: A reflection on the relationship between semiosis and the development of APPs

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Paulo Carneiro ARAMUNI ◽  
Luís Cláudio Gomes MAIA
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Mobile Development ◽  
Application Developers ◽  
The Relationship

RESUMO. Este artigo apresenta uma abordagem sobre a influência da engenharia semiótica na experiência do usuário de aplicativos mobile. Uma vez que a semiótica se define como o estudo dos signos, dos processos de significação e como os signos e os significados tomam parte na comunicação, os seus estudos estão atualmente voltados para os processos de comunicação mediada por computador entre designers e usuários de sistema, em seus tempos de interação conjunta. Através dos sistemas de interface, por muitos meios diretos e indiretos, designers dizem aos usuários como eles podem ou devem interagir com o sistema, a fim de adquirir um alcance particular de alvos antecipados pelo momento do designing. A mensagem interativa dos designers para os usuários inclui uma “linguagem de interação” que deverá ser utilizada na comunicação de usuários com o sistema. O objetivo deste estudo é ampliar a visão do leitor sobre esta linguagem de interação e a forma como ela é construída no caso de aplicativos móveis. Este estudo contribui com o preenchimento de uma lacuna teórica na compreensão da relação entre semiose e desenvolvimento mobile. Na perspectiva aplicada, a pesquisa oferece contribuições para à comunidade de desenvolvedores de aplicativos móveis quanto à compressão da influência da semiótica na experiência do usuário com a interface do produto desenvolvido. Palavras-chave: Engenharia Semiótica; Experiência do Usuário; Desenvolvimento Mobile.ABSTRACT. This paper presents an approach on the influence of semiotic engineering on the mobile application user experience. Since semiotics is defined as the study of signs, meaning processes, and how signs and meanings take part in communication, their studies are currently focused on the processes of computer-mediated communication between designers and system users, in their times of joint interaction. Through interface systems, by many direct and indirect means, designers tell users how they can or should interact with the system in order to acquire a particular range of anticipated targets by the time of designing. The designers' interactive message for users includes an "interaction language" that should be used in the communication of system users. The purpose of this study is to broaden the reader's view on this interaction language and how it is built in the case of mobile applications. This study contributes to filling a theoretical gap in understanding the relationship between semiosis and mobile development. In the applied perspective, the research offers contributions to the community of mobile application developers regarding the compression of the influence of semiotics on the user experience with the developed product interface. Keywords: Semiotic Engineering; User Experience; Mobile Development.

scholarly journals EVALUATION MODEL FOR LOW VISION USERS IN MOBILE APPLICATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-441
Author(s):  
Ahlam Mohamed Elmghirbia ◽  
Azham Hussain ◽  
Nur Hani Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Usability Problems ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Usability Requirements ◽  
Application Developers

This paper aims to discuss the usability evaluation model for mobile applications used by low vision users. Low vision users have difficulties using mobile applications due to limited view, bright sunshine, small text, and other reasons. This type of user uses mobile applications designed for users with normal vision, and they have many difficulties in reading, accessing, and understanding. Therefore, this paper provides a mobile application usability evaluation model for this type of user, and the proposed model includes usability measures that fulfill their usability requirements. This study employed a systematic review of previous research on good practices and requirements for low vision users to use mobile applications. Also, the new model was evaluated by the domain experts through a focus group session. This model aims to support the development of a mobile application that low vision users can use, which has not been supported in previous studies since it guides mobile application developers to develop mobile applications that fulfill low vision users' usability requirements. It also helps to identify usability problems in the current mobile applications for this type of user. This study will benefit low vision people in using mobile applications effectively, easily, and comfortably.

scholarly journals Quality and Use of Mobile Applications for Transportation Service: Influence on Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Claudia Leticia Preciado-Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Intention To Continue

The main objective of this research work was to analyze the factors that influence satisfaction and the intention to continue with the use of mobile transport applications in young university students from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The approach was quantitative. 144 valid responses were used, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the model. The software employing was the SmartPLS 3. The results indicate that the quality of the design, the quality of the information and the quality of the system are predictors of influence on satisfaction. Companies that offer individual passenger transport through a mobile application have increased in recent years, generating strong competition both between existing brands and with established traditional taxis. This study provides new and recent information for marketing managers and academics on application user behavior in the transportation industry.

scholarly journals Rancang Bagun Aplikasi Mobile Ekatalog Berbasis IOS Sebagai Media Bantu Pengenalan Produk Miulan

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashari Juang ◽  
Desi Purwanti ◽  
Etika Kartikadarma
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Product Introduction ◽  
Life Cycle Engineering ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Forward Engineering ◽  
Time Update ◽  
Application Developers

Abstract Miulan Hijab is a business entity who produces hijab and Muslim clothing for the ladies. Most of the current consumers are those who actively using the social media. The social media such as twitter and Facebook views the products in a timeline (based on the time update) making it difficult to show the well-organized product. However miulanhijab.com website is used as a landing page, or marketing media. But the website does not have an optimum display when opened using an iOS device. Now Miulan hijab businesses is booming, this make Miulan requires an alternative media to develop the brand and the business to a higher segment. This research is a forward engineering research. Forward engineering: life cycle engineering begins from the plan, analysis, and construct, until applied. This research will explain how to develop a mobile application with the iOS platform as a supplementary media for Miulan hijab product introduction. The expected contribution is to provide a design for mobile application developers of iOS-based eCatalog. The details of the development of this application will be reviewed in the report. Keywords: iOS, Miulan Hijab, eCatalog, Mobile Applications.

Assessing Quality of Mobile Applications Based on a Hybrid MCDM Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Puneet Kumar Aggarwal ◽  
P.S. Grover ◽  
Laxmi Ahuja
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Electre Tri

With the expansion in the quantity of cell phone utilization, mobile applications are developing significantly in today's high-tech environment. With this high demand, the quality of mobile applications is turning into a major issue. The organizations are still finding a way to develop quality applications. The number of quality models has already been proposed for assessing the quality of a mobile application but none of them provide a holistic view towards quality assurance. The present research work proposes an empirical evaluation of the SQM-MApp quality model using a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach named ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité (ELimination and Choice Expressing REality) (ELECTRE-TRI) method and step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method for ranking and determining weights of chosen quality factors respectively. The proposed approach specifically is for the mobile applications that are from the gaming domain. Also, validation of the proposed approach is performed by assessing the quality of gaming applications.

scholarly journals Secure development model for mobile applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-503
Author(s):  
A. Majchrzycka ◽  
A. Poniszewska-Marańda
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Application Developers

Abstract The development of mobile applications plays an increasingly important role in everyday lives of a visibly growing number of smartphone and tablet users. This trend contributes to changes in corporate management techniques, which now turn towards establishing new standards of data management and extending the functionalities of existing systems to enable the users to benefit from the newest technological advances by creating mobile applications. The paper presents a review of existing solutions for one of the most popular mobile platforms, Apple’s iOS, and proposes secure development model as a tool to overcome existing threats faced by mobile application developers.

scholarly journals Users’ Continuance Intention to Use a Mobile Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Application Developers

This study examines factors that influence users’ continuance intention to use a mobile application. There exist few empirical researches focused solely on examining factors influencing users’ continuance intention of using mobile applications. An empirical analysis is conducted with data collected from 431 smartphone users in China. Two Application Personality dimensions i.e., Enthusiasm and Unpleasantness and one User Perception dimension i.e., Aesthetics found to have no significant impact on Application Continuance Intention; while Genuineness and Sophistication from Application Personality dimensions and Ease of Use and Perceived Control from User Perception dimensions have a positive significant influence. This study provides an insight to application developers on how to improve the quality and usability of mobile applications and enhance continues use.

scholarly journals A Security Framework for Mobile Application Systems: Case of Android Applications.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Michael Bwalya ◽  
Christopher Chembe
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Security Framework ◽  
Application Security ◽  
Server Side ◽  
Application Systems ◽  
Cryptographic Algorithm

Smartphones have become a major part of human’s life. And also it has been seen that new mobile applications are built day by day. Currently mobile applications are playing major role in many areas such as banking, social networking, financial apps, entertainment and many more. With this increasing number of applications, security is an important issue. The growth of android market has increased security risk and thus focus should be given to the security. Security is the biggest issue in the field of mobile technology. Therefore, mobile applications need to be assessed and ensure that secure coding practices have been followed during development. Mobile application security breach can lead to fraudulent transactions through mobile applications, confidentiality and revenue loss through communications services misuse. Data that is shared on an unsecured channel is vulnerable to attacks and to stop unauthorized access to this data, there is need to encrypt the data before it is sent to the server. In this research work, different cryptographic algorithms for encrypting data and secure data sharing in mobile applications across communications channels were examined. Simulation methodology was used to investigate a suitable cryptographic algorithm and to design a security framework for mobile applications to solve mobile application security problems. The proposed framework employs the use of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm for encrypting meter readings data being exchanged between a smart phone and the server. The results obtained from the simulation of the security framework, showed that the four fields namely: Account number, image path, meter number and phone number on which AES encryption was applied were in an unreadable format (ciphertext), implying that the fields have been successfully encrypted. This solution allows application users to transfer (upload readings) data between a smart phone and database server in a secure manner without facing the problem of data attack. Data being uploaded to the server is encrypted before it is transferred and decrypted once it reaches the server side. This solution addresses android application security in the application and network communications layers and data transmission. The research paper ensures information security is guaranteed between an organisation and its customers.

Mobile business travel application usage

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-285
Author(s):  
Anneli Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Mobile Business ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Business Travel ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Application Developers ◽  
Business Travellers

Purpose Research abounds highlighting the differences between males and females when they travel. Even in business travel, these differences have been acknowledged, with suppliers and marketers spending significant money to develop and market products to accommodate them. The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether differences exist in terms of mobile application usage between male and female business travellers. Design/methodology/approach A mixed method approach is followed. An internet-based survey is distributed and in-depth interviews conducted with South African business travellers. The Mann–Whitney U-test is used to test the differences between males and females and their mobile application usage. Content analysis is used to analyse the interviews. Findings The results show that mobile applications are perceived as more important by females than males in all the phases of the travel cycle, although most of these differences in perceived importance were not significant. Research limitations/implications Owing to the online data-collection method and the self-selective process, the findings cannot be generalised to the global population of business travellers who use mobile applications. Practical implications The results should caution corporate organisations, travel management companies and their application developers not to spend unnecessary technological and financial resources on developing applications to accommodate differences between males and females, which might not exist. Companies should rather spend money on developing applications that will enhance and add convenience to the business traveller’s experience. Originality/value The main contribution of this study lies in investigating the applications market, particularly in the context of business travel. Applications focussed on specific sectors of the tourism industry, such as business travel applications, serve business travellers differently from generic travel applications. This research examines business travel-specific applications and expands the scale and scope of the enquiry, concentrating on the travellers’ view.

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