Extensible Python: Robustness through Addition - PyCon 2024
Spinlab - Technology for Small Businesses
1. Technology for Small Businesses
Presented By:
Encorewebstudios.com
MeetingApps.com
Joseph Lo:
jlo@encorewebstudios.com
2. Mobile Apps Takeaways
1. Mobile Apps for Meetings
2. Do It Yourself Meeting App
Builders
3. Responsive Websites
4. Knowledge of new apps that
you can use in your job
4. Growth of Mobile
Mobile Stats:
• Over 4.6 billion people use at least one mobile device
• Mobile internet use will surpass traditional desktop
internet use by 2014 (Mary Meeker)
• 10 billion mobile internet devices will
be in use worldwide by 2016
(Pew Research Center)
• Each day, 850,000 Android devices
are activated
5. Growth of Apps
App Stats:
• App Store: 775,000 Apps, and over 40 Billion
downloads
• Google Play (for Android Apps): 675,000 Apps and over
25 Billion downloads
• Windows has just over 125,000 apps
• BlackBerry® has about 70,000 apps
6. Growth of Apps in Meeting Planning
• Maritz Research: 64% believe that all presentations
will be downloaded to mobile
• Over 200 companies offering meeting apps
• Cvent acquired both Seed Labs and Crowd Compass
• Crowd Compass: from 20 meeting apps to over 250
apps in one year
• Expo Magazine: 21% smart phone apps as a top
priority for 2013 vs. 5% in 2012
7. How Apps Help Your Events
• Improves Attendee Engagement
• Real Time Distribution of Information
• Environmentally Friendly
• Polling and Surveys
• Onsite Management
8. App Development
• Web App
• Native App
• Multi-Purpose App
• Do It Yourself App
• Responsive Website
10. Benefits of Web Apps
• Web based content
• Runs on all platforms
• Support one code base
• URL access
• No approval
• Good performance
• Inexpensive
