App para promoción de artistas y grupos musicales

La idea general inicial se basa en desarrollar una app para dispositivos Android que permita promocionar a artistas y grupos musicales. Lo que se pretende es crear una red socialespecializada tipo consumidor/productor donde los artistas o grupos podrán publicar su proyecto musical y los fans o usuarios en general podrán seguir la trayectoria de cualquier grupo o artista. En consecuencia, esta app contemplará dos tipos de usuarios: activos, los que generan contenido, y pasivos, que sólo consumirán servicios sin interactuar con el sistema.

ReservEating

Memòria del TFC d'Informàtica de gestió.

Barlike

El objetivo de este proyecto es el desarrollo de la aplicación Android Barlike. La aplicación pretende ser un espacio social para compartir opiniones y datos sobre restaurantes y bares de tapas.

Caducator

Aplicación Caducator, desarrollada en Android para gestionar la caducidad de productos perecederos de un hogar así como diversas listas de la compra.

enControl wear

Aquest projecte s'endinsa en l'ecosistema Android Wear, ampliant l'aplicació d'smart home "enControl" als dispositius smart watch. Durant el projecte s'han seguit totes les fases de desenvolupament de l'aplicació: des dels primers dissenys fins a la implementació final que funciona correctament.

Basketball match manager

Aplicació per a mòbils Android que permet la gestió d'entitats relacionades amb una competició de bàsquet i l'scouting d'un partit en curs mitjançant el recull de dades estadístiques en un dispositiu mòbil.

Descubriendo el chino mandarín

Proyecto para la ejecución desde su inicio de una aplicación funcional en dispositivos móviles basados en Android.

TrainingCalendar : Gestión de entrenamientos deportivos

Desarrollo de una aplicación móvil utilizando la SDK Android. La aplicación será un gestor de planificación de entrenos para deportistas con la cual podrán llevar a cabo su calendario personalizado.

PuntApp : Aplicació per a la gestió d'una empresa de gènere de punt

Aplicació per a tauleta Android per a la gestió d'una empresa de gènere de punt.

Moventaa : Aplicación móvil para la gestión y control de ventas para vendedores

Aplicación desarrollada bajo tecnología Android destinada a la gestión y control de ventas de productos para vendedores.

Mobiilisovellusten keskitetyt jakelukanavat

Diplomityössä tutkitaan mobiilisovellusten keskitettyjä jakelukanavia. Nämä uudet jakelukanavat ovat mahdollistaneet sovellusten uuden tyylisen ja helpon jakelun. Työssä tutkitaan itsenäisen kehittäjän näkökulmasta sovelluksen kehitystä Android-, iOS- ja Windows Phone -ohjelmistoalustoilla, ja sen julkaisua App Storessa, Google Playssa ja Windows Phone Marketplacella. Tavoitteena on tutkia huomataanko esimerkkisovelluksen kehityksessä ja julkaisussa merkittäviä eroja jakelukanavien välillä. Prosesseissa havaittiin eroja, mutta ei kuitenkaan niin merkittäviä, että jokin jakelukanava voitaisiin nostaa selkeästi toisten edelle helpompana tai rajoitteista vapaampana vaihtoehtona.

Implementing an open data system and showing its benefits

Open data refers to publishing data on the web in machine-readable formats for public access. Using open data, innovative applications can be developed to facilitate people‟s lives. In this thesis, based on the open data cases (discussed in the literature review), Open Data Lappeenranta is suggested, which publishes open data related to opening hours of shops and stores in Lappeenranta City. To prove the possibility of creating Open Data Lappeenranta, the implementation of an open data system is presented in this thesis, which publishes specific data related to shops and stores (including their opening hours) on the web in standard format (JSON). The published open data is used to develop web and mobile applications to demonstrate the benefits of open data in practice. Also, the open data system provides manual and automatic interfaces which make it possible for shops and stores to maintain their own data in the system. Finally in this thesis, the completed version of Open Data Lappeenranta is proposed, which publishes open data related to other fields and businesses in Lappeenranta beyond only stores‟ data.

Bridging the digital divide in developing countries: The role of mobile technology in bridging the digital divide

This thesis investigates how mobile technology usage could help to bring Information and communication technologies (ICT) to the people in developing countries. Some people in developing countries have access to use ICT while other people do not have such opportunity. This digital divide among people is present in many developing countries where computers and the Internet are difficult to access. The Internet provides information that can increase productivity and enable markets to function more efficiently. The Internet reduces information travel time and provides more efficient ways for firms and workers to operate. ICT and the Internet can provide opportunities for economic growth and productivity in developing countries. This indicates that it is very important to bridge the digital divide and increase Internet connections in developing countries. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how can mobile technology and mobile services help to bridge the digital divide in developing countries. Theoretical background of this thesis consists of a collection of articles and reports. Theoretical material was gathered by going through literature on the digital divide, mobile technology and mobile application development. The empirical research was conducted by sending a questionnaire by email to a selection of application developers located in developing countries. The questionnaire’s purpose was to gather qualitative information concerning mobile application development in developing countries. This thesis main result suggests that mobile phones and mobile technology usage can help to bridge the digital divide in developing countries. This study finds that mobile technology provides one of the best tools that can help to bridge the digital divide in developing countries. Mobile technology can bring affordable ICT to people who do not have access to use computers. Smartphones can provide Internet connection, mobile services and mobile applications to a rapidly growing number of mobile phone users in developing countries. New low-cost smartphones empower people in developing countries to have access to information through the Internet. Mobile technology has the potential to help to bridge the digital divide in developing countries where a vast amount of people own mobile phones.

Marketing a Mobile Application in a Highly Competitive Global Marketplace

The purpose of this research was to study the marketing of mobile applications. The main objective was to find out what are the most efficient ways of marketing to increase the sales for a mobile application within a highly competitive marketplace. The marketplaces, app stores, are studied from the perspective of size, ease of entry, competition and customers and their purchasing process. The study also includes research on what are some of the main marketing methods used in mobile app marketing in general. The study consists of two parts, theoretical and empirical research. Theoretical research was done by studying past scientific research on the chosen subjects. As the subject is very new, the research was also extended to other publications from the field of mobile technology. The empirical part was done through interviews and empirical experiments with a case-company, which were used to answer the main objective of this study. These experiments showed that the chosen methods of mobile app marketing, app store optimization, localization and selected social media marketing activities, created the most sales when used together. Positive results were seen also when the activities were conducted by themselves, but together they were able to push the case company to their all time best results. However the key to succeeding and hitting high positions in the app store rankings would most likely require creating a solid marketing strategy, trying out other marketing activities alongside the ones used here, without forgetting to stay on top of mobile technology trends.

Breadcrumbs: location and context aware mobile platform for story sharing

With the current proliferation of sensor equipped mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, location aware services are expanding beyond the mere efficiency and work related needs of users, evolving in order to incorporate fun, culture and the social life of users. Today people on the move have more and more connectivity and are expected to be able to communicate with their usual and familiar social networks. That means communications not only with their peers and colleagues, friends and family but also with unknown people that might share their interests, curiosities or happen to use the same social network. Through social networks, location aware blogging, cultural mobile applications relevant information is now available at specific geographical locations and open to feedback and conversations among friends as well as strangers. In fact, nowadays smartphone technologies aloud users to post and retrieve content while on the move, often relating to specific physical landmarks or locations, engaging and being engaged in conversations with strangers as much as their own social network. The use of such technologies and applications while on the move can often lead people to serendipitous discoveries and interactions. Throughout our thesis we are engaging on a two folded investigation: how can we foster and support serendipitous discoveries and what are the best interfaces for it? In fact, to read and write content while on the move is a cognitively intensive task. While the map serves the function of orienting the user, it also absorbs most of the user’s concentration. In order to address this kind of cognitive overload issue with Breadcrumbs we propose a 360 degrees interface that enables the user to find content around them by means of scanning the surrounding space with the mobile device. By using a loose metaphor of a periscope, harnessing the power of the smartphone sensors we designed an interactive interface capable of detecting content around the users and display it in the form of 2 dimensional bubbles which diameter depends on their distance from the users. Users will navigate the space in relation to the content that they are curious about, rather than in relation to the traditional geographical map. Through this model we envisage alleviating a certain cognitive overload generated by having to continuously confront a two dimensional map with the real three dimensional space surrounding the user, but also use the content as a navigational filter. Furthermore this alternative mean of navigating space might bring serendipitous discovery about places that user where not aware of or intending to reach. We hence conclude our thesis with the evaluation of the Breadcrumbs application and the comparison of the 360 degrees interface with a traditional 2 dimensional map displayed on the devise screen. Results from the evaluation are compiled in findings and insights for future use in designing and developing context aware mobile applications.