Technology moves fast. Understanding how the mobile space has developed can help us understand where we are today, and why we need the tools and capabilities a modern development framework can provide. Here is an outline of how the mobile ecosystem evolved to the present day.

Almost a year ago I wrote a white paper about Native versus HTML5 mobile app development, asking ‘Which option is best?’

This is a guest post by Brian Blankenship, a Senior Mobile Solutions Provider with Clearly Innovative, Inc. Brian is an experienced mobile developer, as well as a certified project manager with experience and certifications in agile development.  He has developed apps for various industries including the federal government.

Matchbox Design Group has helped over seventy companies digitally build and grow their brands since their formation in 2006. But this past year, they’ve expanded their reach from building websites to a full mobile strategy by forming a partnership with Appcelerator; Matchbox Design Group chose to partner with Appcelerator due to the cross-platform mobile development capabilities of the Titanium mobile framework.

Sorry Dunder Mifflin, the age of paper is coming to an end in yet another industry.  Thanks to the people at GlobeSherpa and their mobile app TransitSherpa (created on Appcelerator Titanium), soon the process of purchasing tickets and traveling will be paperless for the users of the TriMet in Oregon. TriMet has the aim of partnering with GlobeSherpa to automate the ticket buying and browsing process, allowing transit users to organize their journey entirely from their mobile device. Though TransitSherpa has yet to be released, it has already earned GlobeSherpa well-deserved attention.