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Eliminating pain points: How to design an app that won’t get abandoned

Aug27
by on August 27, 2014 at 6:20 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, tunein

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Marc Barach is the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for Jumio. Anyone who has gone through the process of building a mobile app knows it’s no small feat in spend, time and resources. It’s estimated that companies invest anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000 in app development. In today’s mobile centric world, where having a mobile optimized site alone isn’t enough, it’s more important than ever to protect this asset. With the number of smartphone users expected to rise to 1.75 billion this year, consumers are more app-savvy than ever. Translation: They are not afraid to delete your app if it doesn’t work flawlessly. One in five apps is only opened once. For mobile app providers,…

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Facebook responds to Messenger backlash with ‘Get the Facts’ explainer in its mobile app

Aug27
by on August 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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When Facebook decided to remove messaging from its main iOS and Android apps, forcing users to download Messenger, it caused quite a stir. Not least because an article from a radio station, coupled with an older Huffington Post piece, flagged the app’s required permissions as a reason to reject the app entirely. Today, I spotted an alert inside Facebook’s mobile apps with the headline “Messenger: Myths vs. Facts” and follow-up message “see how the app really works.” It was positioned at the top of my News Feed and the green button, coupled with a jovial Bigfoot character, meant I couldn’t miss it….

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Facebook responds to Messenger backlash with ‘Get the Facts’ explainer in its mobile app

Aug27
by on August 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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When Facebook decided to remove messaging from its main iOS and Android apps, forcing users to download Messenger, it caused quite a stir. Not least because an article from a radio station, coupled with an older Huffington Post piece, flagged the app’s required permissions as a reason to reject the app entirely. Today, I spotted an alert inside Facebook’s mobile apps with the headline “Messenger: Myths vs. Facts” and follow-up message “see how the app really works.” It was positioned at the top of my News Feed and the green button, coupled with a jovial Bigfoot character, meant I couldn’t miss it….

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Facebook responds to Messenger backlash with ‘Get the Facts’ explainer in its mobile app

Aug27
by on August 27, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

facebook_android_2-786x305

When Facebook decided to remove messaging from its main iOS and Android apps, forcing users to download Messenger, it caused quite a stir. Not least because an article from a radio station, coupled with an older Huffington Post piece, flagged the app’s required permissions as a reason to reject the app entirely. Today, I spotted an alert inside Facebook’s mobile apps with the headline “Messenger: Myths vs. Facts” and follow-up message “see how the app really works.” It was positioned at the top of my News Feed and the green button, coupled with a jovial Bigfoot character, meant I couldn’t miss it….

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Conferize exits beta, brings new tools and a new look for event attendees and organizers

Aug27
by on August 27, 2014 at 5:38 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Conferize, a platform for event organizers and attendees, has today emerged from beta, more than two years after its alpha software first surfaced on our radar. In that time, there have clearly been a lot of changes, but the most recent and notable additions include a full redesign and rebuild of every page to make it easier for users to discover events, people, attending media and more. While this helps people looking for events to attend, it should also help organizers attract a better attendance at their own. As well as gearing the platform more around discovery, the site is also now fully…

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