Technology Trends In 2018

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Here are some of the most expected top trends in 2018 , which is expected to define a whole new features :

The New Age Fine-tech :

We have seen in 2017 that blockchain and bitcoin is on the top of the trending news in 2017 , and newly introduced payment specially the mobile is changing the financial market . 2018 might be the year of facial recognition and fingerprints while will make the shopping experience easier and will almost eliminate the need of credit card payment at the checkout . Verifying your identity with your face or finger scan would more be preferable by the user .
We can also expect some retailers  introducing their own currency .

Increment In Augmented Reality Uses

Shopping experience would never been more easier than checking it on a real time basis and that to from the convenience of their home . It will facilitate user to make trial of the dress from their convenience place , and even the car accessories can be purchased by getting the real time live demonstration through mobile devices .
Combining real with virtual objects you can virtually check and use almost everything , can change the color or can even see how its gone a look like at your home with the use of mobile application .
In short , 2018 will be the starting of  discovering a lot more in augmenting reality .

More Bots In 2018

We all have been experiencing bots while chatting with the service engineer , or while paying the bill or booking a movie ticket . Bots are expecting to do much more than just playing music or booking the cab .

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is all about data and information , rather than robots and drones . AI can give your business a boost by making to deceptive while choosing the best Scrabble option for your business . AI can help you filter more informed decision as they will help you to extract more trending data that can obviously help you to extract data which is more relevant for your business .

Internet Of Things Will Become Smarter In 2018

Its has already been predicted than by 2020 more than 75 billion devices will be connected to gather data and other things , thereby connecting the world in more streamlines way . As AI will surely grow , you can expected more interaction in the environment around you .
Internet of things is all about installing installing smart devices in the device and using mobile to turn on or off its features using smart sensor .
In 2018 ,  we can expect blockchain connecting with IOT devices and lot more .
So all we can say right now is 2018 is the year of technological advancement , and lot more things is yet to be technological advanced .

Why Do Companies Outsource Their Mobile App Development Activities?

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Market for the apps is growing by leaps and bounds with every passing year. Development of apps has taken an exponential rise. Companies are looking to outsource their mobile app development activities to other mobile app development companies. But the big question is- why would they do so? They simply do it because they don’t have enough time, technical expertise, money, resources and experience.

A business is obsessed to rope in external sources to develop the mobile apps because they are driven by desire to save money. They scout for the companies that provide cheap and the best mobile app development. It is vital to have a great healthy working relationship with a technically strong organization as they must provide a professional working environment along with the timely delivery of quality products.

When we choose something, with every advantage, there come some disadvantages as well. So lets us look at some of the positives and negatives of outsourcing the mobile app to a company.

Advantages of outsourcing mobile App Development:

  1. Saves lot of pocket money

The prime advantage of outsourcing mobile app development to an  is that it is very budget-friendly option. When you outsource app development, you will be charged only for work done by them; this can be done on an hourly basis on can be fixed payment according to your negotiation to the company.

 

You can cut off overhead costs which can help you to bring down the development price of your app. You will have to pay only for those features that you want in your app. So outsourcing is an affordable option where you don’t have to worry about the constant improvements in your in-house technical team.

 

  1. Convenient Technical Expertise and Resources

When you outsource your app, the outsourced mobile app development companies have dedicated teams which take care of your project right from the beginning till your mobile app comes up in the market. By selecting an external mobile app development enterprise, you can benefit the services of industry designers, experts, project managers, testers and marketers; all those experts who are linked with the outsourced company.

 

  1. Exploiting the technology

When we export our app to an agency, they have a dedicated team that is focussed on using the technology that suits your mobile app development requirements to bring out the best. Due to the mutual agreement, they use the best technology available.

 

  1. Time Saver

You might have heard proverb “Time is money”. Outsourcing your work saves you a lot of time as the outsourced company have to finish your project before the deadline. Huge amount of revenue is generated if the work is completed before time.

 

  1. 24/7 Support

The right support at the right time is very essential. Outsourced company provide 24/7 support to resolve any problem that may pop up during the mobile app development.

 

  1. Complete Transparency

Outsourcing your app provides you complete transparency over the app development according to your need. They provide certain tracking tools that are the milestones of progress linked with your project. This paves the way to create a healthy win-win relationship between both parties.

 

Disadvantages of outsourcing mobile App Development:-

  1. Data Privacy Insecurity

When you are hiring an external agency to develop you app, you are jeopardizing the confidentiality of data. So you must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before handing over you project to the company. There are many freelancers who do not even care about the data privacy.

 

  1. Not much control over the App development process

When you hand over your project to the external party, you may loose track of what is happening on the other side- how your project is building up? Constant assessment of your project may not be possible due to remote access.

 

  1. Time Zone Gap Lapse

If the project is outsourced to a company of different time zone, then it may result in poor communication due to different time zones. To address this issue, project managers are hired to bridge the gap and constantly keeping you up to date about the current developments of you project.

Conclusion

You must outsource your project after keeping in mind all the pros and cons. The flaws can be corrected by in-depth analysis of the company, its reputation and the customer feedback in the reviews and blogs. The NDA must be signed by reading it completely to prevent any future glitches

Chatbots Trends To Look Forward To In 2018

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As per the present prediction , almost 50 % of enterprises will spend more on chatbots implementation as compared to traditional mobile app development by 2021 .

Mobile app development companies are helping the way out for small and medium size companies  by facilatiting them to cope up with new trending technologies like intelligence chatbots implementation powered by Artificial Intelligence .

Chatbots are just the medium to chat via messages . If you think of , we all do chat by various available medium like Facebook messenger , WhatsApp . These all medium are really fast and reliable . Similarly chatbots can be implemented on business website and app to server their customer  directly through messages .

Chatbots has the ability to change the way organisation do their business and server customers . So we are nearing the end of 2017 , we can do the recap of technological things we can do in 2018 .

It’s a good time to welcome 2018  , in the world of endless opportunities , where lot more is to be discovered .

Growth In Voice Assistant Bots In Retail And Automation Industry

We have seen many of the top companies like Amazon , Google and Apple who have implemented the voice bots in their system for facilitating customers . Many other companies has also joined hands with them . In 2018 ,  growth is this industry is expected to be seen .

Chatbots With Dynamic Nature Will Become Popular

Chatbots will become more popular among customer and organisation due to its ability to handle any situation . Any customer wants immediate solution for their queries . Chatbots are capable enough to handle any situation whether it is sales related or retention of customer . Customer now a days want quick response instead of delayed response .

Progress In Conversational Interface

2017 was the year of conversational interface . Among the most widely used , sales and marketing was on the top of the hills . In 2018 , its expected to early adopters of conversational interface , that might be the winner of the market .

Chatbots Will Help Gain Customer Satisfaction

Chatbots are now a days being used to gather information for improving the marketing and conversational skills , wile interacting with the customers . In the same time all the information will be saved automatically and can be accessed quickly wherever we want . Chatbots are developed according to the trending trends of the customer , although we are yet in process of developing a chatbots that may be capable enough to answer all the question of customer , but chatbots are continuously improving .
Taking this further , a competitive marketing team by collecting the customer analysis need to be acted on the cycle of constant improvement continues . Chatbots automat the process and hence leads to consumption of lesser man power .
As per the present trend people are still smarter than chatbots , and that is the reason we are still in the process of optimising the chatbots .

Chatbots For Website

Implementing the chatbots on website is somewhat like heavens comes true for customer and sales executive . It is proven as an excellent source of interaction for sales and customer satisfaction related issue .

Conclusion

We can’t expect the chatbots improvement all at once, but yes it will improve over time . This will improve as the result of continuous research and development . Chatbots are expected to see the new phase of maturity in 2018 .
In case you are searching for chatbots to be implemented on the website you can contact Winklix .