Closed Mobile Platforms Are Best For Healthcare App Development

App platforms as two-sided markets: analysis and modeling of application distribution platforms for mobile devices

On two-sided markets, a platform intermediates between two distinct groups of customers linked by network effects. Over the last decade, a large body of literature on theoretical as well as applied aspects of two-sided markets has been published, for example, Rochet and Tirole (2003, 2006), Caillaud and Jullien (2003), Evans (2003) and Armstrong (2006), to name just a few. At the same time, new...

A mobile app development primer

What Are the Best Strategies for Faculty Development in Medical Schools?

Background: The aim of current study was to identify the most suitable strategies for faculty development and improving educational potential of faculty members in medical sciences. Methods: The study was cross-sectional. First, using the literature and with the help of experts, a list of all suitable strategies for faculty development was extracted. Then the questionnaire was created based on ...

Mobile Platforms and Multi-Mobile Platform Development

Mobile devices and mobile applications have a significant effect on the present and on the future of the software industry. The diversity of mobile platforms necessitates the development of the same mobile application for all major mobile platforms, which requires considerable development effort. Mobile application developers are multiplatform developers, but they prioritize the platforms, ther...

Testing Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Frameworks

Mobile app developers often wish to make their apps available on a wide variety of platforms, e.g., Android, iOS, and Windows devices. Each of these platforms uses a different programming environment, each with its own language and APIs for app development. Small app development teams lack the resources and the expertise to build and maintain separate code bases of the app customized for each p...