And these weren't features that were ever within the scope of App Inventor," says Saigal.
Offering information contextually in the scope of an app with a particular purpose is one thing.
Given the size and scope of the photo app landscape on the top smartphone platforms, we're talking thousands of potential partners for Walgreens.
Excluding those whose purpose did not match the scope of the study, 31 Apps were methodically analyzed by the following items: Objective Features, List of Functionalities, Consistency in Outcomes and Usability.
And yet, there's this general perception that when it comes to the size and scope of the two competing app stores, Google Play and Apple's iTunes App Store are neck-and-neck.
An in-depth dig around all the new features is beyond the scope of Technophile, but here are some highlights: Apps! Office has caught the apps bug and third-party developers are already crafting widgets to add functionality.
And to give you an idea of the scope of the Google Play media and app store, Google announced it now has more than 600,000 apps, over 1.5 billion app installs per month, and over 20 billion app installs total.
In comparison, the Chromebook Pixel is limited by the scope of Chrome OS and the web apps that the Chrome browser can support.
The Maker's schedule was the privilege of the elite builders of code and apps, and the scope of makable things was not going to include casseroles, movies and corn-husk dolls anytime soon.
Facebook does need Air Jordans, discrete non-branded apps that further the scope of its monolithic product.
