Mobile Applications: What Is The Future Of Mobile Apps?

Mobile phone apps are being used for virtually everything… from texting, checking Facebook and email, to checking the weather, the stock market, gas prices, and much, much more.

Popular games like FarmVille and World of Warcraft also use applications.

Smartphone apps have become the rage because they have more advanced connectivity and capabilities than traditional phones.

There is now a greater demand for smartphones than for any other type of mobile phone, according to Wikipedia.

Almost half of America uses smartphones, according to Huffington Post.

Seventy nine percent of all smartphone users reach for their phone within 15 minutes of getting out of bed (All Twitter survey).

This percentage climbs to 89% among those between the ages of 18 to 24.

Smartphone users have an average of 7.4 social/communication apps on their mobile device.

They see their phone as an important tool to keep them connected.

Other interesting smartphone user stats:

  • 34 percent post photographs on Instagram
  • 27percent post updates on LinkedIn
  • 26 percent direct message through Twitter
  • 25percent check a Facebook news feed
  • 22percent check a Twitter feed
  • 20percent check an Instagram feed
  • 16percent use text messaging

A smartphone is like a PC in your pocket.

The average smartphone user checks Facebook 14 times a day and spends approximately half an hour a day on Facebook (Source: A recent study commissioned by a company in Menlo Park, California).

By 2015, it is estimated that mobile Internet usage will surpass desktop usage.

Considering the countless ways that people now use smartphones, some have compared the smartphone to a Swiss Army Knife.

Since mid-April of 2013, an underdog apps company has been paving an untrodden frontier that will soon be rolling out a newfangled breed of apps, only this time, with an innovative spin.

These applications will include gaming apps, social media apps, and more.

Clearly, the company intends to become the head honcho in the application industry, as stated in their promotional materials.

A recent company newsletter states that their goal is to reach one million users before June 15, 2013, which will be a record.

They are over halfway there as of May 22, 2013, even though none of their sign-ups have seen any of the company apps. In fact, the company is yet to go public.

Q: So why would half a million people join an app company without seeing the apps?

A: It’s the innovative spin, i.e. combining apps with what the company calls “incentivized sharing.” The company guarantees that their users will be rewarded through a sharing model similar to a network marketing pay plan. The difference is, the cash rewards will come primarily from the generation of advertising revenues rather than the selling of products.

The company will track these revenues through an app that has been designed for smartphones.

The apps will most likely also work on desktop computers and laptops, like most other apps.

There is still much about this company that we do not know.

Whether or not this company will live up to the aforementioned hoopla is yet to be revealed.

But with over a half-million sign-ups in a month, eyeballs sure are popping!

Understanding The Android And iOS Applications

People have been dependent on their cell phones for different purposes, and they get all the required solutions of their problems through the applications of mobile phones. It is also primarily used for paying bills, accumulating different information about various factors which are dispersed on the internet, get in touch with friends anywhere around the world, solving every glitch, playing new and modern games, others.

Presently, the market is booming with the new invention of Smartphones which is capable of offering every facility that is equivalent to a desktop or laptop. It is to be noted that it requires the assistance of a special software program to give the proper efficacy and ensure the appropriate use of its hardware. Everyone is accustomed to the factor that there are two kinds of operating systems available which work as an operating system for these modern, innovative mobile phone, i.e., the Android and iOS.

We all are informed about the fact that iOS is the exclusive OS which runs only on Apple’s supporting mobile platform. It has transformed the world with its new, innovative, inbuilt, and user-friendly operations and loads of useful apps. Presently, it has been found that they are renowned for providing every app which satisfies each and every necessity of people. Approximately more than 800 million devices are functioning on iOS, and in the near future, as estimated, it will cover up nearly 1 billion devices which will be working on iOS.

There has been a huge decrease in the sales of computer, and it is all due to the proficiency offered by the hand-held devices. The research says that millions of apps are downloaded and in them lies the presence of games as well, that is liked and preferred by youths and kids. They are also well aware of the same. It is a proof which shows peoples dependency on Apple’s operating system and the efficiency provided by its apps which are being frequently used.

It is the leading cause which assures you that anyone can go ahead and shape an iOS app and can earn millions of dollars. If you have required knowledge of programming and have a brief understanding of it, then you can focus on learning programming of Apple iOS. In this way, you will not only be capable of developing an app but also will be able to handle Apple app development.

However, if you focus on the Android application then it should be the priority as the present market of smartphone users throughout the world are filled with Android dealers. There is no significant difference in these two operating systems. However, both of them have made human life quite easier, and every work which requires the assistance of a machine to get accomplished can be done with such defined systems.

10 Hottest Artificial Intelligence Applications To Inspire You

Let’s look at 10 hottest artificial intelligence applications that succeed in leveraging tons of data in today’s changing environment.

SIRI

SIRI is one of the most famous artificial intelligence applications. It’s a personal assistant software for Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and AppleTV, which works as an intelligent knowledge guide to recommend, answer questions and delegate requests to other connected web services. The software is controlled by voice and thus it returns individualized answers learning from a user’s language. According to Apple’s Senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi, Siri gets 1 billion requests a week. As of 2016 Siri is available in 20 languages.

GOOGLE NOW

Another intelligent personal assistant is Google Now developed by Google, which goes as a part of the Google app available for Android and iOS. To enable Google Now you need to launch the Google app and then allow Google to pull all the synced information from all Google services you use and your location history for making you recommendations and alerts. By turning off all the needed privacy and tracking settings in this probably the most practical artificial intelligence applications a user is able to see different Google Now Cards: Activity summary (steps you’ve made to stay fit), Boarding pass (sent to Gmail account, displayed later at the airport), Events (events scheduled on your Google Calendar), Flights (the status of your flight in real-time), Location reminders, Parking location (helps finding your parked car), Translation (look up translations of words), TV (a list of shows broadcast in real-time) and many other. All the commands in Google Now you can control by voice, however, they are limited. Currently Google Now is available in English and is a major competitor of Siri.

CORTANA

Cortana is the Microsoft’s intelligent personal assistant initially designed for Windows Phone, but now available on Android, Windows 10, xBox One, and on Apple’s iOS. Cortana software reacts to a user’s voice and accomplishes limited commands, answers questions using the information from the browser installed (Bing by default), works as a secretary by scheduling events, locating necessary files and opening the apps needed. The Cortana artificial intelligence application can process voice commands in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese, Portuguese and Japanese.

ALEXA

Alexa is the voice service created by Amazon for Amazon Echo intelligent speaker, which was widely introduced in 2015. Alexa uses natural language processing algorithms to adapt to natural voice of the user. Moreover, as it is built in the cloud, Alexa is constantly learning by recognizing patterns from interactions with the user. The more a user interacts with Alexa the more it evolves and gets smarter, delivering higher quality answers to a user’s questions. The Alexa artificial intelligence application has a free SDK that can be used by developers in creation of new voice-based AI software and devices.

KINECT

Kinect is an AI-based motion controller and a motion sensing technology by Microsoft that is used in Xbox One and Xbox 360 game consoles. Kinect analyzes natural user interface and reacts to voice commands and gestures. Microsoft offers a free SDK for developers to build Kinect-enabled applications. This has already resulted in wider application of Kinect technology for non-gaming purposes including healthcare, retail industry, military and robotics.

BRAINA

Braina is a free artificial intelligence application that works as a personal productivity software and a virtual office assistant on Windows computers. The software reacts to a user’s voice commands and performs different tasks on their computer accordingly. Due to the built-in speech recognition technology a user can interact with their computer remotely over Wi-Fi via the Braina app for Android. Braina is currently available in English, free and paid versions.

VIV

VIV is more than just an artificial intelligence application, but an artificial intelligence platform from the creators of Siri. Unlike Siri, VIV has an open platform that allows developers to build external plug-ins to work with it. The makers of VIV aim to make the first consumer-oriented, omnipresent assistant. The work on it started in 2012. The demo version of the ‘intelligent interface for everything’ was presented by VIV CEO Dag Kittlaus at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in May 2016.

P.A.N

P.A.N is a free artificial intelligence software that virtually analyzes any kind of textual data, such as poetry, fiction, history, newspaper etc. The application first parses the text, recognizes the structure of its sentences, the mood and tone of the given text. Generally P.A.N allows to put any text under a microscope and eventually provide different variations of its understanding based on a comprehensive analysis executed.

WIPRO HOLMES

Wipro HOLMES is a cognitive artificial intelligence platform used for development of predictive systems, visual computing applications, digital virtual agents, cognitive process automation, knowledge visualization, drones and robotics. Wipro HOLMES learns from new information and can make recommendations, as well as predict failures. The platform was designed and introduced in 2016 by the Indian company Wipro for optimizing business processes in corporations.

WOLFRAM ALPHA

Wolfram Alpha is a free intelligent answer engine, which uses artificial intelligence to provide answers to a user’s questions from curated set of data like statistics, source cross-checking, expert reviews etc. Wolfram Alpha differs from semantic search engines like Google in the way that it gives specific answers from a structured set of information rather than matches the question to the best answer from indexing multiple answers to that question. Wolfram Alpha is being used for answering some requests by Bing, DuckDuckGo and even Apple’s Siri. Wolfram Alpha app is available for iOS and Android, Kindle Fire, Nook.

CONCLUSION

Artificial intelligence is without a doubt a very powerful tool for creation of experiences never imagined before. We do hope that artificial intelligence applications entering our lives will stay serving the humanity in the most beneficial way.

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