Modern people will soon forget the days when appointments or reservations were made by calling, even the simplest operations are now done with just a button click. Three-quarters of the American population have smartphones and use mobile applications for every possible need.

This is the fact which makes apps a crucial factor for any business success, the restaurant business belongs here as well. So if you want your restaurant to succeed, you should reach your existent and potential clients via their smartphones.

The technological landscape has been actively changing in the last decade and influencing various aspects of our life. Dating has been impacted by the processes ongoing in the digital world as well.

The stats goes that in 2019 more than 45% of Americans use dating solutions and above 20% admit their relations started online. Similar data is demonstrated in other countries. So the most popular way of meeting a spouse nowadays is a dating app.

No wonder the market of dating applications is constantly expanding and the demand for innovation in this industry does not cease.

«When markets are disrupted, the winners are usually those who can continue to create value. So organizations with scale will remain ahead of the game and so will sharp, agile, tech-oriented newbies. Those in the middle of the pack will likely have a harder time facing this changing landscape.»

Atlee Valentine Pope, CEO of consulting firm Blue Canyon Partners

The modern world faces complete overturn and so does every industry. It’s not a surprise that transportation and logistics are going to invest over 40 billion USD in software services, platforms, and systems development to stay in-step with the times in 2020.

What is a Discovery Phase?

Nowadays it’s unreasonable to start a software development project without preliminary comprehensive analysis. The discovery phase should become an initial stage of any project you deal with. It’s an information-gathering procedure, which brings you an in-depth comprehension of the industry, the client’s business, and the target audience. It’s important to gain a profound understanding of the stakeholders’ anticipations of the product and the end-users’ expectations as to it. The main aim of the preliminary analysis is providing a quotation to the customer. For the purpose, you have to gather the maximum possible details about the client’s needs and put it in a separate document.

Everyone passionate about some idea is impatient to start with it. We are sure so you do when having an idea for an innovative mobile app. The worldwide market of mobile applications revenue grows at an overwhelming pace exceeding 20% rate annually. In 2018 the industry generated about 71 billion USD in revenue meaning that this sphere contains huge opportunities for new businesses and startups. However, an idea is not enough to get a profit. You often need to find app investors for your project to start.

According to Statista, the world’s mobile population exceeded 4 bln unique users in April 2019 already and almost 50% of global web page views are from mobiles. The majority of such traffic is generated by mobile apps. As of the 3rd quarter of 2019, there were 2.47 mln apps offered in Google Play and 1.8 million in Apple's App Store.

The growing population of the Earth makes innovations in the agricultural sphere more important than ever before and going digital is a means of meeting the challenges arising in the sphere. They are variable and the growing costs of supplies, labor shortage, and consumer preferences changes and requirements for sustainability and transparency are just a few to mention.

The year is approaching its end and we’ve got an idea to overview everything interested published in 2019.

Almost at the beginning of the year the article 5 Thoughts About the Future of Mobile App Development and the one about The Future Of Mobile Apps In The Next Decade were published. The latter predicts that by 2025, the mobile industry will have 5.9 billion unique mobile subscribers. It’s more than 70% of the expected Earth population, thus the content could not but drew our attention as a mobile development company.

The changing world changes consumers, their demands and expectations, as a result, shipping service goes up to new heights annually and the role of parcel shipping is re-prioritized. The shippers now need to rethink their strategies and find ways out of the challenges they face. The major expectation of the present-day customer is same-day/next-day delivery. In fact, the present delivery is already to a great extent digital, transparent, fast and flexible. You need to meet these criteria to be successful since there are plenty of delivery options and many choices for the consumers to choose from. Besides, many of them are ready to pay a premium for faster delivery.

Generation Z seems to have already revolutionized much in the modern flow of life and the digital world in particular. Almost half of the active consumers belong to this age group nowadays and they are characterized as «view now, buy now customers».