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OPERA MINI


Opera Mini is a fast light weight mobile web browser available for free on the Google Play Store. It comes with an advanced set of features such as Mobile Data Compression, which helps it reduce data transferred over the internet by up to 90%. Check this out for more info.


Let’s start with the interface. The main interface is mainly divided into two sections, home and speed dial. At the top, there is a bar which as two fields; one for entering the website address, and the other for searching for keywords on Google, Wikipedia or other search engines. At the bottom, there is a bar, which has 5 buttons; one for back, one for forward, one for reload, one for switching between tabs, and the last one for opening the sub menu.


The sub menu can be used to do other things such as add the current open page to bookmarks, view browsing history, go directly to the start page, save the current page and view other saved pages, monitor downloads, open the settings menu, find a particular keyword in the current page, share the page to other apps, and view help topics.
The home section of the app shows a list of your most frequently accessed sites, as well as recommended sites and ads. You can also log in with your social networking account (Facebook or twitter for example), and opera mini provides you with live feeds and updates from the sites. This a great add on as there is no flash or HTML5 support, since it is a light weight browser designed to run on extremely low hardware and use the minimum amount of data possible. 


The second section called speed dial, has all your shortcuts to your favourite sites. To add a site, simply tap on the ‘+’ button, and select a webpage from the list of available ones. You can also add one manually by typing the address of the webpage instead of adding one from the list. All the web pages that you have added are called ‘tiles’, and they are represented by a thumbnail of the webpage. They can be arranged in any manner possible, so you can have all your social networking sites at the top, with all the news tiles below them, and so on.


Coming to the actual performance of the browser, it can be described by only one word; fantastic. Pages load quickly even on 2G speeds, which is an extraordinary achievement given the fact that 2G EDGE network can support a maximum of 150 kbps. Opera Mini did not slow down even for the heaviest of web pages I could think of, such as www.cnet.com, which generally takes some time to load on other browsers. Opera Mini can achieve such fantastic page load speeds because of the compression technology that it uses; pages are compressed by the Opera servers before forwarding them to the browser, which means that if a webpage has about 12 MB of content, the browser receives only 1-2 MB because of compression. This also results in huge data savings, and minimal CPU load, which is what Opera Mini is designed for.


But compression has its disadvantages, too. Since the web pages are compressed, there is no support for flash or HTML5 content, which means that you cannot watch videos on this browser. But that is the only negative part about the browser; and the absence of flash and HTML5 support is compensated for by the data compression technology and minimal CPU resource usage.


Opera Mini is a great browser for low end devices having below average hardware. It is the best browser for such phones, as the impact on CPU usage is minimal, and pages load speedily even on 2G network.




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How programmers will emerge in coming times as app stores are getting over loaded

A few years back, there were not as many apps as today. Increasing numbers of people will probably be having tablets, smartphones and smartwatches in the coming years. Because of this two things will happen for sure: solid competition in apps ecosystems for much better apps and a lot more opportunities for developers. Thus, it is vital for the designers to know how they will manage to develop good apps in the coming times. For more info, browse here.


In the latest report from BI Intelligence, we get in depth understanding about the different app stores' ecosystems to study the current difficulty in navigating them, then analyze the best solutions for ensuring your app receives a good rank, and detail the important considerations for an app user which should influence how programmers tactically position their apps. These considerations include app costs, app advertising, and app store optimization - that could impact whether an app remains prominent in the app store.


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Following are some of the key elements from the report explaining in detail that how developers could emerge in the coming times:


•    Study App User: What is vitally important to know is the user’s approach to the app industry, the attributes of app that grab his attention, and how customers make use of these apps. Compuware examined almost 85% mobile phone owners around the globe. As outlined by them, mobile phone owners use mobile apps because they are hassle-free, efficient as well as simple to operate. With the passage of time, many more users are using apps; nevertheless, it is becoming extremely tough to compete with the already popular apps. An app that looks beautiful and got a couple of reviews in the press doesn’t mean it will be successful as well. Now app advertising and marketing is also important for the success of an app.


•     App Costs: The price tag of apps has a marked influence on user demand as well as app store engagement, and taking into account price is essential to securing good visibility, sustained popularity, as well as continued user engagement. The app analytics organization Distimo evaluated the influence of price changes across the best 400 apps worldwide for iPhone as well as iPad in December 2012. In the Apple App Outlet, iPhone apps that reduced in cost demonstrated a 1,665% boost in download volume over the next five days (in comparison with the preceding five days). iPad apps showed a similar trend at 871% improvement in download volume. Cost free and freemium apps usually draw in the lion's share of app downloads and revenue, with in-app buys within free of cost apps constituting 71% of entire iPhone App Store income for February 2013.


•     The App’s Marketing: The kinds of apps getting widely recognized among users is crucial to know. The visibility of apps in different countries hinges on the mobile trends of that country so you should be familiar with them. After surfing the category pages, many times users download apps so it is good to check Google Play as well as iOS’s top app groups. Different market segments have their own trends which are hard to target, therefore; displaying one’s app on global scale has various advantages. Having this in mind, programmers are forced to think more than just about Google Play and iOS. Overseas download of apps can easily be enhanced by the internationalization of apps. Although there are many ways, but translating an app into another country’s native dialect is the most effectual ways of all.


•     The Optimization of App Store (ASO): One more very important factor in app promotion is App Store Optimization or ASO. The purpose of ASO is to boost the chances of visibility of an app. The Web optimization specialists recommend ways to improve the traffic of websites, and the same way ASO experts use ASO strategies to improving traffic of app, bettering ranking of app and enhancing visibility of app. The factors which are optimized in ASO attempts are app term and icons, screen shots, key terms and feedbacks and ratings. The apps will probably be receiving higher exposure of app store if such aspects are maintained.