Tag: mobile apps

📅 November 25, 2013

Responsive Site vs. Apps

The rise of smartphones and tablets has caused many industries, particularly the online gaming industry, reason to pause and consider whether a native mobile app, or a responsive website is the way forward.

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The rise of smartphones and tablets has caused many industries, particularly the online gaming industry, reason to pause and consider whether a native mobile app, or a responsive website is the way forward. Metro Casino is a highly populated website that uses responsive, interactive designs to keep users returning for more, not to mention allowing them a high level of engagement with the games they play.
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📅 March 22, 2012

3G Tail: Free Apps Drain The Battery Faster

Free mobile apps which use third-party services to display advertising consume considerably more battery life, a new study suggests.

Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana, USA,  used a special tool to monitor energy use by several apps on Android and Windows Mobile handsets. Due to restrictions built into Apple’s mobile operating system, the team was unable to run tests on the iPhone.

Findings suggested that in one case 75% of an app’s energy consumption was spent on powering advertisements.

 

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