Children's apps sit neatly between books, TV and games, and I suspect we'll see more launched this year that manage to mix those three formats unclunkily.
Native apps sit more completely on the Watch, so they are more responsive and work even if the companion iPhone isn't present, just like the time, Activity and Workout apps and heart rate monitor do now.
The only way to get a real understanding of the customer experience is to be one, so Boring Money set up more than 30 accounts, traded, searched for tax reports, read statements, downloaded apps, sat on hold and put providers through their paces.
The only customization allowed of the launcher was which apps sat on your primary home screen.
Algorithms for "candidate selection", "scoring and ranking", and "real-time updates" of the apps sit alongside possibly more recognisable metrics around daily active usage and basic user ratings.
Platfora's apps sit on top of Hadoop — a distributed infrastructure envionment for aggregating and analyzing data.
Their apps sit on top of the smartphone, particularly the mobile address book, and just help a user chat to their friends, family or colleagues.
Unfortunately, Apple has been unable to keep up with the influx of submissions from developers (each app must be approved before it appears on the store), leaving many companies frustrated and confused as their apps sit in limbo.
Why, for example, is it Apple's call how many apps are stuffed in a folder, how many screens I have, or how many apps sit in my dock?
This app sits firmly in the former camp.
