This research investigates the phenomenon of enterprise mobility through the lens of SAP mobile app store. SAP is a leading vendor in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, and app stores are digital platforms that provide users a central location to effectively browse, purchase, download, and update their mobile applications. By surveying the ERP mobile apps available in SAP mobile app sto...

Apple’s wireless devices have become a critical entry point into the Internet. But unlike the broader Internet, which can be construed as a relatively open communications network, the iOS app store is arguably a closed technological ecosystem. Developers must gain Apple’s approval before distributing their apps through the store. Some have criticized the company’s app review and approval proces...

BACKGROUND The market of mobile health (mHealth) apps has rapidly evolved in the past decade. With more than 100,000 mHealth apps currently available, there is no centralized resource that collects information on these health-related apps for researchers in this field to effectively evaluate the strength and weakness of these apps. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to create a central...

This paper aims to provoke innovative iPhone app ideas while discouraging those that are already flooding the Apple App Store. It also discusses methods for generating revenue and gaining app publicity. By taking a close look at the iPhone’s capabilities, and examining already-successful apps, we see how an app can be unique, intriguing, popular, or just downright useful. Furthermore, through m...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the competition among mobile app stores for smart mobile media devices. Therefore, the business models of seven mobile app stores are analyzed with a special focus on Apple and Google. We use e3-value modelling – a formal business modelling technique – for analyzing the critical elements of these mobile ecosystems. The analysis of the app store ecosystems...

In the mobile app ecosystem, developers receive ad revenue by placing ads in their apps and releasing them for free. While there is evidence that users do not like ads, we do not know what are the aspects of ads that users dislike nor if they dislike certain aspects of ads more than others. Therefore, in this paper, we analyzed the different topics of ad related complaints from users. In order ...

While recent literature has partly advanced our understanding of mobile application business models, less attention has been given to identify the most successful business model especially in the game area. In this vein, this paper presents a comparative analysis of six Iranian android games in an app store “Iran Apps” which were top level games in terms of download and rate during a 3-month st...

OBJECTIVES To study the current selection of mobile applications (apps) relating to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OtoHNS). To conduct a review of the apps available in OtoHNS. DATA SOURCES App Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World, Windows Store. METHODS The Apple, Google, Windows, and Blackberry mobile app stores were searched for apps relating to OtoHNS. App information was analyze...

Mobile devices, namely smart phones and tablets, have recently experienced remarkable proliferation. Beside private users, companies realize the potential of increasing the mobile productivity of their workforce. In this paper, we take a business-to-business perspective on mobile app stores by evaluating the potential of particular app stores for business-related apps. For this purpose, we firs...

The relationship between altered metabolism of the amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) and Alzheimer's disease is well established but the physiological roles of APP still remain unclear. Here, we studied Ca(2+) signaling in primary cultured and freshly dissociated cortical astrocytes from APP knockout (KO) mice and from Tg5469 mice overproducing by five- to sixfold wild-type APP. Resting cytosol...