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Mike Vichich will share his perspective on Mobile Commerce Consumer Trends, focusing on: • Friction • Consumer value props • Merchant costs • Merchant value • Transparency of data Mike is the CEO and Cofounder of Wisely. Wisely is a search engine for the physical world, powered by payment transaction data. Think: quantified Yelp. Wisely’s based in Ann Arbor, MI. Prior to starting Wisely, Mike created Develop Detroit, an iPhone app development bootcamp and was a Strategy Consultant at Accenture. Monday, November 4, 2013 at 7:00 PM Ann Arbor SPARK 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI

Join us in October to learn about Mobile Monitoring Platforms. Allen Schuerholz from Compuware will give us an overview of how these systems work, focusing on Compuware’s Platform and comparing it to some of the other platforms in this space. Full Presentation Description I will discuss and demonstrate the CompuwareUEM Mobile ADK for the iOS platform. I will compare and contrast its capabilities against other mobile monitoring platforms (Google Analytics, Flurry, Crashalytics, etc.) I will demonstrate how to obtain the ADK and use it to instrument an iOS application. I will show the data reporting capabilities using both the free …

Is Xamarin the best of both worlds? Native AND cross-platform at the same time? Come and learn about the latest Xamarin features and how to create iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows Phone apps in C#. Reuse code, and leverage existing .NET libraries and frameworks, while applying the same C# skillset everywhere to create truly native apps across mobile platforms. This session looks at why you’ll love using Xamarin’s popular mobile development tools to create native applications to increase productivity, while creating a first class native user experience across the most popular mobile platforms. Featured App: Menuvative – Menuvative® is two …

Mark Shipley from DeviceAnywhere will provide an overview of how companies are utilizing remote device testing to perform cost-effective testing in the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mobile market. Presentation Learn how to leverage Keynote’s DeviceAnywhere mobile testing platform to test, measure, and monitor mobile application and websites across hundreds of real devices from anywhere in the world. Speakers Bio Mark is a 15 year software quality veteran starting his career in R&D with Lucent Technologies in delivery of the Software Verification and Validation application portfolio for Bell Labs. Moving to expand beyond his software testing focus he joined with the …

At some point, many of you will have to figure how to monetize your mobile apps to cover the costs of developing them. The main options are to charge for it or to embed advertising in the app. At this Mobile Monday Ann Arbor, we will hear directly from some innovative companies that provide advertising related mechanisms that will help you make your app making a profitable endeavor. Presenters: Jim Vitek – Jim Vitek is the founder & CEO of AppKey. Prior to founding AppKey, Jim was VP eCommerce Development for Domino’s Pizza, where he was responsible for Dominos.com & …

We are partnering with the Google Developer Group Ann Arbor Android to bring you the popular Google I/O conference right here in Ann Arbor via live stream. Please note that this special event will be at a different venue than our regular Mobile Monday meetings! But it is just down the street and around the corner, so not that far away. Come hang out with other Android developers and watch the live stream of Google I/O Android events. We’ll start with the keynote on Wednesday at noon, and switch to various Android sessions throughout the remainder of the conference. Where …

In March we covered In-App Purchase on Android. In May, Samir Tout of EMU will cover it on the iOS side. Presentation Overview: In early 2011, Samir released an educational app (iLearn Languages) that teaches people the alphabets of multiple languages, along with examples, games, & quizzes. In Mid-2012, Samir released an indie shoot’em up game, called Galactic Ninja. Then, in late 2012, he started working on a Lite version of that game using In-App Purchases (IAP). Samir will demo Galactic Ninja Lite, which he’s about to release as well as parts of iLearn Languages, which he plans to roll …

Microsoft has made significant contributions to mobile over the past couple decades. In the most recent year though, their mobile efforts have taken on a whole new life with a number of innovative initiatives focused specifically on the mobile market. The impact of these efforts could be far reaching given their longtime strong position in the business and consumer software markets. We’ll hear from their Principal Developer Evangelist, Jennifer Marsman, about all of their efforts in mobile and how developers from all platforms can take advantage. Presenter: Jennifer Marsman – Jennifer Marsman is a Principal Developer Evangelist in Microsoft’s Developer …

Interested in launching and monetizing an Android app or have an existing mobile app that you would like to monetize? Join us to learn more about In-app purchasing and monetizing your Android app. Discover what In-app purchasing is, advantages and disadvantages, types of in-app purchases, and a high level description of how to implement it. There will also be discussions about placing advertisements in your Android app with Ad Mob. The presenter will be Tim Burnham creator of Setlist Helper for Android and the companion website www.setlisthelper.com. There will be a demonstration of Setlist Helper for Android and the strategies …