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Latest Web Designing Trends

The lives of today’s generation have become mobile-friendly. The designing trends related to the web and its services are adopted by most of the people to make their business successful and developed. People have started following these trends so that they can get the high-quality websites that make sense for your business.

Today’s technologies like machine learning, virtual reality or voice user interfaces have become the mainstream medium for most of the people using and working on websites. There are various trends that need to be followed for each and every website owner, some of them are mentioned below:

• Expressive typography – The web designers prefer releasing their creativity in typography. When a designer inserts more good images, the website started slowing down. So, it is important to use typography instead of high-resolution pictures to make website effective and attractive. It results in better search rankings and user experience.

• Internet of things – For the connection of various technological devices to the internet, IoT is the best thing to apply for. The interfaces of IoT allow the user to interact with smart devices. It includes complex backend, but when the professional follow this trend, it can become easy to use interface.

• Virtual Reality Video – With the increasing age of technology, the trend of videos for Professional Web Design are also increasing. This will allow seeing faces of different products and services used by the user every day. Also, there is a great increase in the number of applications that are using videos for their promotion and business purpose. This trend has reached to the immersive place in the world of business.

• Machine learning – Bots plays an important role in the improvement of artificial intelligence and machine learning. It makes use of location data and analyzes ads, events and information of the user. It also helps in identifying what exactly customer is looking for. This is known as customer service that is continuously becoming efficient and faster with time.

• Flat design – In a website, flat design plays an important and vital role in increasing its attractiveness. For getting better mobile performances, developers and Web Designing Companies prefer creating simple and clean websites. As the website with heavy images results in creating load and frustration to the user or the website itself. Flat design refers to usability and minimalism, where a user could only get focused and important content or information on your website.

Information Feedback Loops In Stock Markets, Investing, Innovation And Mathematical Trends

It seems that no matter how complex our civilization and society gets, we humans are able to cope with the ever-changing dynamics, find reason in what seems like chaos and create order out of what appears to be random. We run through our lives making observations, one-after-another, trying to find meaning – sometimes we are able, sometimes not, and sometimes we think we see patterns which may or not be so. Our intuitive minds attempt to make rhyme of reason, but in the end without empirical evidence much of our theories behind how and why things work, or don’t work, a certain way cannot be proven, or disproven for that matter.

I’d like to discuss with you an interesting piece of evidence uncovered by a professor at the Wharton Business School which sheds some light on information flows, stock prices and corporate decision-making, and then ask you, the reader, some questions about how we might garner more insight as to those things that happen around us, things we observe in our society, civilization, economy and business world every day. Okay so, let’s talk shall we?

On April 5, 2017 Knowledge @ Wharton Podcast had an interesting feature titled: “How the Stock Market Affects Corporate Decision-making,” and interviewed Wharton Finance Professor Itay Goldstein who discussed the evidence of a feedback loop between the amount of information and stock market & corporate decision-making. The professor had written a paper with two other professors, James Dow and Alexander Guembel, back in October 2011 titled: “Incentives for Information Production in Markets where Prices Affect Real Investment.”

In the paper he noted there is an amplification information effect when investment in a stock, or a merger based on the amount of information produced. The market information producers; investment banks, consultancy companies, independent industry consultants, and financial newsletters, newspapers and I suppose even TV segments on Bloomberg News, FOX Business News, and CNBC – as well as financial blogs platforms such as Seeking Alpha.

The paper indicated that when a company decides to go on a merger acquisition spree or announces a potential investment – an immediate uptick in information suddenly appears from multiple sources, in-house at the merger acquisition company, participating M&A investment banks, industry consulting firms, target company, regulators anticipating a move in the sector, competitors who may want to prevent the merger, etc. We all intrinsically know this to be the case as we read and watch the financial news, yet, this paper puts real-data up and shows empirical evidence of this fact.

This causes a feeding frenzy of both small and large investors to trade on the now abundant information available, whereas before they hadn’t considered it and there wasn’t any real major information to speak of. In the podcast Professor Itay Goldstein notes that a feedback loop is created as the sector has more information, leading to more trading, an upward bias, causing more reporting and more information for investors. He also noted that folks generally trade on positive information rather than negative information. Negative information would cause investors to steer clear, positive information gives incentive for potential gain. The professor when asked also noted the opposite, that when information decreases, investment in the sector does too.

Okay so, this was the jist of the podcast and research paper. Now then, I’d like to take this conversation and speculate that these truths also relate to new innovative technologies and sectors, and recent examples might be; 3-D Printing, Commercial Drones, Augmented Reality Headsets, Wristwatch Computing, etc.

We are all familiar with the “Hype Curve” when it meets with the “Diffusion of Innovation Curve” where early hype drives investment, but is unsustainable due to the fact that it’s a new technology that cannot yet meet the hype of expectations. Thus, it shoots up like a rocket and then falls back to earth, only to find an equilibrium point of reality, where the technology is meeting expectations and the new innovation is ready to start maturing and then it climbs back up and grows as a normal new innovation should.

With this known, and the empirical evidence of Itay Goldstein’s, et. al., paper it would seem that “information flow” or lack thereof is the driving factor where the PR, information and hype is not accelerated along with the trajectory of the “hype curve” model. This makes sense because new firms do not necessarily continue to hype or PR so aggressively once they’ve secured the first few rounds of venture funding or have enough capital to play with to achieve their temporary future goals for R&D of the new technology. Yet, I would suggest that these firms increase their PR (perhaps logarithmically) and provide information in more abundance and greater frequency to avoid an early crash in interest or drying up of initial investment.

Another way to use this knowledge, one which might require further inquiry, would be to find the ‘optimal information flow’ needed to attain investment for new start-ups in the sector without pushing the “hype curve” too high causing a crash in the sector or with a particular company’s new potential product. Since there is a now known inherent feed-back loop, it would make sense to control it to optimize stable and longer term growth when bringing new innovative products to market – easier for planning and investment cash flows.

Mathematically speaking finding that optimal information flow-rate is possible and companies, investment banks with that knowledge could take the uncertainty and risk out of the equation and thus foster innovation with more predictable profits, perhaps even staying just a few paces ahead of market imitators and competitors.

Further Questions for Future Research:

1.) Can we control the investment information flows in Emerging Markets to prevent boom and bust cycles?

2.) Can Central Banks use mathematical algorithms to control information flows to stabilize growth?

3.) Can we throttle back on information flows collaborating at ‘industry association levels’ as milestones as investments are made to protect the down-side of the curve?

4.) Can we program AI decision matrix systems into such equations to help executives maintain long-term corporate growth?

5.) Are there information ‘burstiness’ flow algorithms which align with these uncovered correlations to investment and information?

6.) Can we improve derivative trading software to recognize and exploit information-investment feedback loops?

7.) Can we better track political races by way of information flow-voting models? After all, voting with your dollar for investment is a lot like casting a vote for a candidate and the future.

8.) Can we use social media ‘trending’ mathematical models as a basis for information-investment course trajectory predictions?

What I’d like you to do is think about all this, and see if you see, what I see here?

Emerging Trends for Mobile App Development

The increasing demand for more functional apps has led to widespread interest in mobile app development, especially among the self-employed, and independent game developers. Anyone can create an app that could become the next smash hit, like, the indie game, Flappy Bird, which earned 50 thousand dollars every day, at the peak of its popularity, which led to a huge success for the small developer!

There are several areas of interest in the development of mobile applications that today’s mobile app developers need to pay attention to. New technologies and old ones who are on their own feet, and with a spurt of new programming languages of 2021 has a lot in store for you, not only for consumers but also for the developers.

Here’s what you need to know about it.

1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will continue to grow

Artificial intelligence is not a new thing, and it is going to be used in an increasing number of industries in the years to come. The International Data Corporation estimated that the AI market will reach $ 45 billion by 2022, IDC says that the worldwide spending on artificial intelligence and cognitive systems will reach $ 77.6 billion in 2022!

2. Blockchain technology is increasingly being used

Over the past few years have seen the development of blockchain technology, and this trend is expected to continue in the years to come. The major financial institutions and investors have benefited greatly from this technology, especially when it comes to their resources. Transparency Market Research estimates that the blockchain technology market will reach $ 20 billion by 2024. This means that mobile apps are becoming more and more in use in 2021 and, expected to increase at a later period.

3. A growing number of on-demand apps

On-demand apps are the ones that act as intermediaries between service providers and customers. In the world of apps, it is becoming more interesting in 2021, as more and more providers will offer on-demand apps in the marketplace. Uber and Taxify are a few of the companies that have recently gained a lot of popularity, with on-demand app services. Appinventiv, says that the on-demand app market reached $ 106.83 million in 2017. Technical analysts are saying that this is only going to grow in 2021 and beyond.

4. Chatbots Will Have A Wide Field Of Application

Recent trends in mobile apps, giving you that chatbots can occupy several lines of communications in the mobile app world. Part of the increased adoption of chatbots is due to the need for real-time interaction between the customers and the suppliers. It is important to keep in mind that this technology circumvents the need for human-to-human interaction.

Gartner claims that chatbots will be responsible for 85% of all customer interactions by the end of 2021. An interesting (or worrying) prediction is that the average person begins to interact more with chatbots than with their partners.

5. Mobile app for supremacy, is growing

Mobile technology is becoming more widespread all around the world. Statistics predicts that the number of wearable devices will reach 1029 million in 2022, out of 453 million in 2017. We have to assume that mobile devices and apps will soon be a part of your everyday life.

It is expected that the app developer will be able to create apps for mobile devices, which are dominated by the smartwatch. 2021 promises to bring more and more mobile devices in the market, with more advanced applications and technologies, from fitness bands, watches, and Instagram apps.

6. Instant Apps will have to be paid

Mobile apps are sure to remind you of their user-friendly and memory-efficient features. Instant apps are native apps that are more user-friendly, smaller and easier to use than traditional web apps. This is due to using instant apps, there is no need for downloading. As the name suggests, this app can be accessed without the need to launch a specific app.

With more and more users asking for a better user experience and faster page load times, instant apps will no doubt become more and more common in 2021, to reduce or eliminate the waiting period that is required for the installation of the app.

7. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Will be used more widely

Virtual reality and Augmented Reality will continue to stay in the market for some time, and 2021 will see more widespread adoption and proliferation of these technologies. Mobile app development trends show that AR and VR technology is not only for the improvement of the quality of the gaming and other apps, but it can also be used in several different use cases.

In 2021, you can expect to see a mobile app developer have a greater mobile experience in AR and VR, and more with compatible hardware on the market, and the party’s just beginning.

Statista predicts that the global AR and VR market is expected to increase to $ 209 billion in 2022, up from $ 27 billion in 2018.

8. Rapid Development Of the Mobile Pages (AMP) will Speed up

The accelerated mobile pages (AMP) is an open-source initiative by Google, and Twitter, to enhance the performance of web pages on mobile devices. The technology of accelerated mobile pages will make it easier and faster to allow lightweight pages to load more quickly on smartphones and tablets. We have to assume that the mobile app developers in 2021 will be more active in the use of this technology to speed up the load time of your mobile devices.

9. Mobile Payment Will Be Made

As the demand for mobile apps, portfolios, programs and methods have increased significantly since 2019, this trend looks set to continue in 2021. Methods of creating a mobile app, a portfolio, preferred mobile phone users, and a variety of apps for integration of payment methods is significantly changing with the ways customers shop.

With all of the new trends in mobile applications, the spread of mobile payments and Internet-based services such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, you can pay by more such payment apps like PayPal, Bhim UPI, PhonePe, Paytm, Amazon Pay and Mobikwik.

Currently, each successful and popular mobile application should consist of at least three or four active forms of payment methods, including Google Pay, Bhim UPI, Amazon Pay, Paytm, PayPal, credit and debit cards, gift cards, and other mobile wallets. Further, the expansion of mobile payments is expected to occur in 2021.

10. IoT Opens Up New Opportunities

The IoT, or Internet of Things, is already well-established, and over the next five years, more than 5 billion people are expected to use IoT-related technology, in one

form or the other. Today, the Internet is available in the current mobile technologies, smart thermostats, smart light bulbs, dimmable lighting, etc.

The following year, the provisions of articles associated with the development of mobile apps, expect to see this technology soon be implemented in the mobile application development while providing a more personalized user experience across multiple devices.

11. Cloud platforms will continue to grow

No surprises! From an average consumer to a tech professional, they’ve all heard about the benefits of cloud-based technology and how it can help transform our collective lives. Today, the cloud is not only fast, easy-to-implement, and affordable, but it’s also a great place for you to work for both large corporations and small scale enterprises. In 2021, there will be more cloud-based applications, and new technologies are going to be increasingly based on cloud-based technologies.

Your Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive, are just the tip of the iceberg. In 2021, we can expect to see the new, cutting-edge apps that run directly in the cloud, and they take up very little space in your mobile phone storage. Data-teaching will work

with an app on your phone, and also continue to prolific on your tablet or desktop computer, and it is now becoming more and more common.

12. For business mobile apps are getting a new life

It’s no secret that more and more developers are leaning in the direction of the development of enterprise mobile applications. One of the main reasons for this is that these applications make it easy for you to communicate with a large team, and keep track of your important data and key performance indicators, which are almost required for both small and large businesses, now, to a certain extent.

43% of enterprise app developers are earning over $ 10,000 per month, as compared to 19% of the people involved in the development of customer-facing applications. Enterprise app stores are expected to be the next big thing, as well as more B2B interactions, and new engineers have a wealth of opportunities.

13. Location-Based Wi-Fi Services Will Become A Commodity

Mobile location services and Beacon technology have started to blur the boundaries between online and offline advertising, especially in the retail sector. Apple had already integrated the technology within iBeacon, and in 2016 Android followed their footsteps.

Over the years, the Wi-Fi network is not only used to provide access to the Internet, more and more public access points are also doubled down on a location for the access point. App developers need to follow this example, and the creation of apps that take advantage of services such as Wi-Fi internet access included, based on your current location.

14. m-Commerce will be a major challenge

As e-commerce giants such as Amazon, Myntra, Flipkart, eBay are examples of hugely successful m-Commerce apps, the development of the use of the m-Commerce app, can be expected to increase in the coming years. With a large number of smartphones, using technologies such as NFC, fingerprint recognition, etc., etc. Using a mobile device or a transaction, in particular, you will also find that you are ready to accept the fact that app developers can take advantage of m-Commerce applications that will be able to help provide additional functionality to the end-user.

15. High-quality UX will be the norm of the day

In addition to having a great look, smartphone users today expect their apps to be more intuitive and to provide more relevant content that best suits their likes and dislikes. In the upcoming periods, developers will have to focus on answering the customer’s questions of whether the app is safe, secure, or too much of the user’s rights, and so on.

The 5 Most Dangerous Trends Facing Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Today

Trend #1 Fighting for Attention

The average consumer is bombarded with more than 4,000 commercial messages per day. And that number is even HIGHER for business owners.

Attention has become the scarce resource of the information economy. The advertising and information clutter only worsens when it comes to your email In-box, with countless hours wasted with spam.

More and more are joining the “Do Not Call” registry and many consumers are purchasing ad blocking technologies. Consumers feel they are constantly bombarded with too much advertising.

Trend #2 Customers Leaving You for Perceived Indifference

Why customers leave you…

1% Death 3% Move 5% Buy from a friend 9% Sold by a Competitor 14% Product Price

68% Perceived Indifference

Major global corporations now lose, and must replace, HALF their customers every five years. A typical company’s customers leave at a rate of 10 percent to 30 percent per year, and this number GROWS annually.

“Most companies spend their hard-earned marketing and sales effort attempting to attract elusive new customers when they probably have most of the business they will ever need sitting on their database.” – Jay Abraham

A typical business hears from only about 5% of its unsatisfied customers. Fully 95% just leave most will never come back.

60%-70% of the customers who complain to you will do business with you again if you resolve their problem. If they feel you acted quickly and to their satisfaction, up to 96% will do business with you again, and they will probably refer other people to you.

If you do a great job your customers will tell 2 people about it, where as if you dissatisfy a customer they will tell 22 people about it.

It costs five to six times as much to get a new (first time) customer as it does to keep a current one, and it takes 12 positive service incidents to make up for one negative incident.

Trend #3 Increasing Marketing Costs and Decreasing Effectiveness

It now costs 3 X more in 2008 than it did in 1992 to reach your prospective buyers. In 1992 – it took an average of 4 attempts to reach your buyer.

In 2008, it now takes 8.4 attempts. Therefore, ½ the results from the previous same efforts are commonplace.

As the popularity of Search Engine Marketing has increased, so have the costs of playing the game. Pay-per-click advertisements are being driven up in costs as the demand for online advertising space increases. Organic search engine marketing is a long-term, uncertain and often costly endeavor.

The recent postal rate increase is inflicting HIGHER COSTS on small publishers.

Newspaper advertising rates and Yellow pages advertising costs are also increasing.

Plus Brand Loyalty continues to decrease, changing from 56% in 2002 to just 39% in 2007.

Trend #4 Lagging Behind With Internet Technology

Now, more than ever… companies MUST utilize and actively embrace the newest technologies like: RSS Feeds, Social Networks, Blogging, Streaming Video, Webinars, etc.

Over 50% of internet marketers surveyed, are now utilizing or expect to pilot the following marketing channels because of recent market shifts: – RSS – Podcasts – Interactive Banners – Ads Within Online Video – User-Generated Content – Blogs – Social Networks

Most Small Businesses are racing to play catch-up with companies that are prospering with Web applications that establish interaction, dialog and deep connections with their Customers, Prospects, Employees and Partners.

The Internet has shifted the balance of power to the customer, and companies that fail to empower customers – risk losing them to competitors who are only a short click away.

Trend #5 Increasing Competition & Increasing Business Failures

We are in the midst of the largest entrepreneurial surge the world has ever seen.

Nearly 672,000 new companies with employees were created in the U.S. in 2005. That is the biggest business birthrate in U.S. history!

30,000 more startups than in 2004, and 12% more than at the height of dot-com boom in 1996.

96% of ALL businesses Fail within the first 10 years… 80% of those Fail within the first 2 years.

Many Reasons Include: Lack of planning, Poor management skills and Failure to seek professional assistance.

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Spotting eBook Trends

The books and publishing sector passed through a lot of transformations over the past years with eBooks gaining prominence. Ever since, digitization evoked in every sphere of life with mobile apps in the lead role, books and publications businesses too made a breakthrough with the same. Known as “Digital versions of the printed books”, eBooks circulate on the internet as PDF files. They can be read on a range of smart devices, eReaders like Amazon’s Kindle that promise a hassle-free comfortable reading experience. On the other hand, apps are there as basic tools to help reading eBooks in smartphones, tablets for those who do not own an eReader.

No doubt, the eBook industry is in its infancy stage and far away from influencing its massive number of publishers. However, till date, it has only proved to widen the market scopes for the publishing houses exceptionally. Read on the following section about some notable trends that are presently observed in the eBooks industry.

#1 More publications than readers

Here publications do not mean print copies but digital copies. Many times, books go out of stock in the bricks-and-mortar stores, for new or popular releases, disheartening the bookworms. That’s an impossible case for eBooks which at no time can go out of print. Further, it is cheaper and convenient to enter the eBooks arena, unlike print media. Thus, eBooks revolution resulted in an exponential rise in publications while readership rose gradually.

#2 Subscriptions models churning more profits

Readers or especially the bookworms always have the will to pay for good reads, because that’s what they are passionate about. That’s why the comeback of subscriptions models in the digital genre favoured the publishers a lot. The success of subscription-based reads like Kinfolk showed that digital prints are gaining momentum in the revenue models and readers are going for it.

#3 Minimalistic approach to design

Neutral colours, spacious content layout, higher contrast, and authentic photography are the few main design elements that help an eBook app stand out in the publishing industry. These are essential as they provide an alike experience of a printed book to the readers, but at free or low costs.

#4 Self-publishing will become more prominent

In the earlier context, getting a story or information published meant associating with a hardcore publishing agency. However, the occurrence of eBooks empowered storytellers and journalists for self-publishing. Most eReading apps offer a direct publish option to get their work to the world in 1-2 days.

#5 Books reviews and discussions

The authors not only need a consistent reader base but also should make efforts to get more readers. Thus, apps are having the corresponding segment for letting reader post informative reviews, engage in thought-provoking discussions on a particular read, share their reviews on social media. All these help authors to spark up their presence in the mobile and web world.

No doubt, apps and smart devices are transforming the business models of publishing houses to a completely digital environment. However, competition is on the rise in this sector too. Publishers and self-publishers should not only restrict the mobile engagement to reading but also engage readers in other activities like reviews, social sharing, discussions, etc.

Benefits and Latest Trends of IT Outsourcing Services

Outsourcing IT related services has become a very popular and lucrative business move in recent times. A growing number of companies are resorting to web development firms to accomplish various Internet related initiatives. This recognized cost effective and hassle-free strategy is very appealing to all kinds of organizations. Outsourcing services such as website design, flash design, content management system development, internet marketing, multimedia, graphic design, website maintenance, search engine optimization, database application development, and online store management, from professional and experienced IT outsourcing organizations can give a website what it needs to get the online results it strives for.

There is immense growth potential in this field, as it is clearly witnessed that the ratio of businesses opting for outsourcing is doubling day by day. Unlike any other field, one can notice fascinating trends in outsourcing. Let’s see in brief some of these movements:

1) Outsourcing the workforce

Instead of employing regular full time employers, companies are turning towards hiring professionals for defined time durations on a part-time or full-time basis. For instance, web experts like web programmers or website designers are hired on a contract basis through an outside IT services company.

2) Preference for environment-friendly options

The entire world is witnessing rising energy rates that have led companies to resort to more eco-friendly measures to reduce the burden over the environment, as well as overhead costs.

3) Globalization of the Internet

India is the most preferred and successful destination for outsourcing services, but other developing countries are also testing the waters in this field. Countries like China, Pakistan, Russia, and Mexico, are leading players in the IT outsourcing services industry.

4) Mergers

The competition in this segment is cut-throat given that there are literally thousands and thousands of IT services companies around the world. Some firms opt for mergers for more cost effectiveness and better profitability and market control.

Current Trends in Outsourcing

Current and future trends in outsourcing pose big challenges for India. India is more than capable to meet the challenges head-on but the preparation to tackle future challenges should begin right away. India will have to do all it can to maintain the top position in outsourcing that it occupies by providing top quality services, as it has been doing for the last two decades.

In present times, Business Process Outsourcing has expanded to include a number of new services like IT outsourcing, financial outsourcing, Manufacturing outsourcing, ITES outsourcing, etc.

Additionally, outsourcing has become very sophisticated and technology intensive. Clients of Indian BPOs are not only looking to cut costs but are also considering the technology BPOs are bringing to the table. Today companies outsourcing their work to Indian BPOs expect Indian companies to add value to their business processes, impart excellence to their customer relationship, improve quality, speed up product distribution in market, and meet world-class standards in corporate governance.

India faces stiff competition from nations such as China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, and several other emerging economies in Eastern Europe. This is bound to put pressure on the margins of Indian service providers as more and more countries join the BPO bandwagon. Outsourcing has instigated many a political debates and it is only going to increase in the coming year as the US presidential contest heats up. In the coming months expect to hear a lot of negative views on outsourcing emanating from the United States. However, US CEOs are well aware of the value that Indian BPOs add to their operations.

Currently, China reigns supreme in manufacturing outsourcing and India occupies the top position in the services sector but things could change if the private sector and the Indian government lower their guard. China is consciously focusing a lot of energy on the financial, banking, travel and tourism, software and application development sectors. China’s outsourcing industry is growing at a rate of 9.5% as compared to the 6% growth of the Indian outsourcing industry. Chinas refusal to strengthen the Yuan is bound to have an impact on the Indian outsourcing industry. Outsourcing expenditures of organizations worldwide is rising and India needs to pull up its socks if it wants to win the race against China. India will have to invest heavily in infrastructure, and will have to revamp its centers of higher education. Over the next 10 years India will have to increase the number of universities and improve the standards of existing universities if it wants to compete with China and other developing countries.

India is poised to record impressive growth in services, requiring advanced English language skills, like content, medicine, research and analysis, legal, engineering, and insurance outsourcing. Outsourcing will however remain immune from the current recessionary trends that can be seen in other sectors of the world economy.

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