The new iPhone app from Quartz was all the rage in social media last week – it generated a lot of coverage and buzz. Dubbed as an ongoing conversation about the news, it breaks all the conventions about how a news app should be.
Since launch, the iPad has seen several marketing thrusts to position it as a device that can ‘do a lot’ – primarily to counter the talk of it being merely for consumption of content. In May last year, Apple released the ‘Everything changes with iPad’ ad – ‘take on a new project, pick up a new skill, or start a new hobby’.
When Robosoft Technologies ventured into software development in the mid-90s or into mobile app development in late 2000s, crystal ball gazing wasn’t in vogue. Now that it is, especially around this time of the year, let me share my views on the business of mobile app development in the months to come.
Crafting the right mobile experience is often the difference between success and failure in businesses nowadays. Robosoft Technologies and NASSCOM came together recently to conduct a workshop in Pune, on ‘Designing Meaningful Mobile Experiences’ meant precisely to help businesses in this domain. The design and strategy team from Robosoft took sessions on product design philosophies, user experience principles, and engineering techniques that go behind making an app.
India’s premier news daily, Times of India’s carried an article on how Udupi is the hotbed of activity when it comes to mobile app development. Robosoft was featured prominently in the article which was carried in the front page of the Bangalore edition and in the business section of the Mumbai edition.
The person we are looking for: He/She should have at least 3 year of working experience using Angular JS. The candidate should be skilled at writing clean maintainable coding and should have the ability to come up with creative, efficient and simple solutions.
Desired Skills:
He/She should have experience in Web Application development, with hands on experience in HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, RDBMS.
Personal Attributes:
- Hard working.
- Outspoken.
- Strong problem solving skills.
Job Location: Udupi.
For Net Banking transactions, OTP continues to be a very popular 2-factor authentication mechanism. The primary device being used is a desktop computer or a laptop. The one-time password is being sent on a completely different device (out-of-band) and hence it serves as a strong 2FA approach. For Mobile Banking transactions, the primary device used for transactions and the device for receiving OTP is the same. So, this is not out-of-band. Hence it may be considered as a weak 2FA approach. How do different companies resolve this problem ?
In a recent article, it was cogently argued that banks should re-think their strategy around the branch-on-the-phone. The article was meant to be a wake-up call for banks and outlined how several digital disruptions have already changed the way banking is done in India.
So another Apple Event, again executed to near clock work precision was held yesterday. Most of the announcements were on expected lines: new iPhones, the iPad Pro, revamped Apple TV etc. While it seemed like an incremental update to everything, what was revealed was hardly incremental.
