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  Are you considering creating a mobile application for your startup? If yes, it is crucial to give priority to security during the development phase. Unfortunately, many businesses overlook the importance of mobile app security, putting their users' data at risk. Did you know that 81% of mobile apps have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers?  That means sensitive user data is at risk of being exposed to cyberattacks. This can lead to a loss of customer trust, financial losses, and reputational damage. And just look at the categories that you might be dealing in: Source: Synopsis Fortunately, there are methods to tackle these obstacles. By implementing best practices such as encrypting sensitive data and using multi-factor authentication, you can significantly reduce the risk of security breaches. It's also crucial to perform regular security testing to ensure that your app is secure. Investing in mobile app security can provide a competitive advantage in today...

Starting a business is like starting a marathon. You need to run fast, think faster, and stay ahead of the competition. And in today's world, that means having a software solution that's faster, better, and more reliable than the rest.  But here's the catch: software development is no easy feat, especially for startups. Challenges such as changing requirements, tight deadlines, and lack of expertise can make or break a product's success. According to a report by McKinsey, over 90% of software projects run over schedule, exceed their budgets or fail to deliver expected features and functions. In this article, we will discuss some strategies that startups can employ to speed up their software development and ultimately drive business growth. How to Speed up Software Development in Startups: 10 Expert Tips In today's fast-paced business world, startups face intense pressure to deliver their products and services to market as quickly as possible. This requires a streaml...

  As an entrepreneur or startup owner, you are no stranger to the chaos and unpredictability of the business world. From managing clients to keeping track of finances, it can be overwhelming to stay on top of everything.  And as you start to tackle the project, you realize that there are many unforeseen challenges along the way. Your team is struggling to keep up with the demands, communication is faltering, and the project timeline is falling apart. It's a common story that happens to many startups in the software development services market.  But it doesn't have to be this way. This is where agile software development proves to be beneficial. According to a study by Version One, 94% of all startups surveyed now practice agile. Agile software development is considered suitable for an environment where requirements are unknown and fast-changing. And for startups, this can mean the difference between success and failure. Agile methodologies provide a framework for flexibil...

Java, at present, is being used extensively by small businesses around the world, as compared to several other frontline programming languages such as Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, C#, and C. Recent stats released by TIOBE Programming Community Index reveal the phenomenal rise in the popularity of Java amongst both small businesses and large enterprises. It’s a general tendency that startups and SMBs go with open source technologies for generating higher returns by limiting the overall project overheads. Unlike several other programming languages, Java is not completely open source. However, it allows businesses to achieve more in terms of revenue by launching feature-rich, intuitive and modern applications within a short duration. In addition, there are several other reasons why numerous small businesses and startups must prefer Java over any other open source programming language, let’s have a quick roundup: 1. General purpose programming Java is a core general purpose programming ...

Ensuring utmost security of your online store is significant for reasons more than one. A safe online store gives a factor of safety to your customers, help attract more sales and win recurring customers, other than securing your transactions and saving your online portal from unwanted downtime due to security loopholes. Implementing VPN, 2-step verification and SSL can help upgrade security. Amidst formidable competition on the e-store e-commerce frontier, a safe and secure website can make a big difference in attracting and retaining customers. Online transactions have become the underlying framework of the world economy today. Web-based businesses have provided an all-new significant measurement to webpreneurship. While the rise of e-commerce has given massive revenue streams to thousands of webpreneurs, the industry - no doubt - is right at the nucleus of attraction for cybercriminals. Security breaches, compromised platforms, and accounts, financial infringement, etc. are not...

IoT is the buzzword today. By 2020, we’ll be having over 24mn connected devices. The impulse of this connection is already making an impact the world over, and has drastically transformed the way we live, work, and communicate. Beyond doubt, for every small business, work and life and closely intertwined as more and more businesses are now active 24x7. Fortunately, the internet of things (IoT) may well help small businesses in streamlining their operations and work in a more efficient manner. You must consider those 24bn connected devices and services as a massive opportunity for working smarter, and not harder. Let’s walk through the top 5 ways in which small business owners can leverage the power of IoT and connected devices: Invest in an assistant Consider investing in an Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant device. You can also make the most of Google Assistant with your mobile devices. Smartphones can easily be used for controlling other smart devices; however, the assist ...