Real-time - adj denoting or relating to a data-processing system in which a computer receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc, and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition …

“Knowledge thus exists in relationship rather than in an ‘objective’ world or in ‘subjective’ experience. In information theory, ‘information’ is defined in terms of a ‘relationship’ between an input and a receiving device. A book contains no information for someone who can't read.” The Holographic Model - John R. Battista Our data …

At FirstApp we develop enterprise Apps and tools centered around the mobile industry because we believe that mobile computing is the future of computing. Forget phones, that's just a function of our mobile computers. Over the last couple of decades computing has transformed from the heavy realm of business and enthusiasts to become a central tool for …

At FirstApp we develop business apps for SME’s. We’re also developing a mobile app management suite that we’re going to be offering as a SaaS product in the coming months. The suite features analytics and configuration management (split testing). The technology for the suite has been battle tested in games developed by Strawdog Studios - our sister …

There are currently close to 600,000 apps on iOS and 400,000 apps on Android.  The growth of apps in the market place is showing no signs of slowing down.  Far from it, iPhone App downloads were up 83% in November from last year.  To help consumers find their way through these huge catalogs, many companies are now creating App search services - think …

According to data from Kantar WorldPanel ComTech, in October Apple sold more than three times as many iPhones as they had in any three previous months.  Out of all UK smartphone sales in October, Apple took 42.8% of the market overshadowing Google’s Android which took 35% in the same period.  So, what’s the explanation for this jump in sales for …

On the 29th and 30th of November I had the pleasure of attending and speaking on a panel at this years Apps World exhibition at the Olympia in London.  I hadn’t been to this particular event before.  I was certain that the hall would be full of well established large companies capitalising on their presence whilst smaller companies typically occupied …

Some interesting facts: there are over 200 million activated Android devices, and everyday more than 550,000 new devices are activated in over 137 countries and regions.  Each day around 170,000 iPhones are sold worldwide.  But both the iPhone and the latest Android devices are more than phones. They’re powerful mobile computers that just happen …

While the 90's saw the birth and popularisation of the World Wide Web, the 2000's have seen the birth and rise of an additional, yet equally powerful, information end-point.  I'm talking about the emergence and rise of the App of course.  It’s taken a while, but the continual and relentless advancement of technology, along with the remit of putting …