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If you’ve come up with a concept for a great new app, you might be eager to hire a development team and have the app released as soon as possible, before competitors. However, before you jump to development, it is a good idea to think ahead and make some estimations: will you get a reasonable return on investment once the app is released?

Mobile applications today are used in many different business areas, whether it is for internal corporate use or for providing services to clients. People come up with new concepts and ideas for apps everyday, but how does one ensure that app becomes a success without exceeding the budget and estimated time frame?

Every drawback in product efficiency, battery and memory consumption can really affect your app’s success. That’s why it is critical to develop well-optimized, smooth running apps that never make Android system guard against them. We will not speak about efficient coding, since it goes without saying that the code you write should stand any performance test. But even brilliant code takes time to run. In today’s post, we’ll talk about how to minimize this time and make apps that users love.

Before hiring a mobile development team and beginning the development process, it is important not to overlook the security of your future application. Confidential information exposure, theft and blackmail are just a few of the unfortunate consequences a poorly designed and implemented mobile app security system can lead to.

Many physical processes can be simulated using computers. In fact, physics simulations are widely used in a variety of industries: computer games, education, scientific research, engineering and more. Even the flow of water can look very realistic on a computer screen. And considering the growing popularity of mobile devices today, it's not surprising that we see increasing demand for hydrodynamics simulations on mobile devices. Here, I will discuss imitation of paint dispersed on the surface of water, on an iPad.

One of the projects we completed here in R&D department was to develop a barcode-scanning iOS application that could recognize even blurry barcodes, aligned in arbitrary direction. But first, the real challenge was to come up with an algorithm to ensure we meet all requirements without sacrificing the application's performance and quality of recognition. Here I will describe how we approached the challenge and came up with a fully-functional solution.