Compuware and Equation Research released a report this week that details, among other things, what mobile users expect from their mobile websites and apps. The main thing consumers want, according to the survey? Speed! Seventy four percent of the survey’s respondents said they are willing to wait 5 seconds or less for a web page to load before leaving the web page. Similarly, 50% will wait 5 seconds or less for a mobile app to… Read more »

There are lots of perks to being a developer at PointAbout. You get to develop groundbreaking mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, and other platforms, you get to work with some really cool people, and you get to be a movie star of sorts. Hayat Ali corralled a few of PointAbout’s best and brightest – Derek Tiffany, Bilal Lolo, and Colin Hart – to ask them a few questions about working at PointAbout. Check out… Read more »

Here at PointAbout we’ve seen tons of interest from potential customers in the Android platform of late. That’s one of the reasons we and many others Android developers kept a close eye on the Google I/O (Innovation in the Open) conference in California this week. Last year’s I/O conference showed some tantalizing glimpses of the possibilities of HTML5, and the I/O conference has seen the announcement of several major initiatives from Google – like the… Read more »

Lead411 has spoken again, and again PointAbout is among the companies to earn an honor from them, this time their “2011 Hottest Companies in DC Area.” This follows our being ranked 11th on the Lead411 Technology 500 List in December 2010. Out of the original 855 companies nominated, only the top 43 companies were chosen as the Hottest Companies in DC Area. Founded in 2001, Lead411 tracks and provides quality corporate data information, news, and… Read more »