Developers, however, should really run these tests, given the huge fragmentation in the mobile space (and especially on Android).
The popular notion of "disrupting recruiters" has merit, but misses three important factors: (a) someone needs to use the tools and manage the process, whether external or internal; (b) there is huge fragmentation and range of service providers; and (c) the recruitment services industry itself has seen major innovation and disruption.
There's a huge amount of vendor fragmentation in the space, which makes it hard for consumers to discover new brands.
Even when you don't support older Android versions, fragmentation is a huge drain on resources.
Android fragmentation is a huge issue because developers have to check their work on dozens of devices.
BUt then mobile apps are different beasts to web apps where device fragmentation is a huge issue for apps.
Symphony's backers have been using a variety of secure communications applications and content tools, but that fragmentation was becoming a huge problem.
The device fragmentation will be a huge burden for individuals and smaller companies (though I'm starting to see super-innovative solutions around apps and operating systems, which I'll touch on in another post), but larger companies with resources and growth (and investment) may be in a better position to apply resources to Android to capture the growth curves in adoption.
Although habitat loss is well recognized as a key threat to global biodiversity and human livelihood, understanding and abating the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation still represents a huge challenge in science, conservation and management [3], [4], [5].
This report raises a huge number of significant issues, from the risk of fragmentation of policing drug policy with the 20% cuts to police budgets, to the government's lack of awareness of prescription drug dependency.
