Manuscript type: Research Paper. Research Aims: The Freemium business model is becoming increasingly prominent in the current digital economy. In the mobile game market, total revenue from free to download apps is overtaking those from paid apps. The purpose of this article is to propose a...

An increasing number of EU citizens uses self-monitoring mHealth apps: apps used by consumers in a private setting to monitor their general health. The extensive processing of health data by these apps poses severe risks to users’ privacy. These risks are exacerbated by the inapplicability of...

By making the App Store the only official channel for iPhone owners to buy apps, Apple has created the only market in which iPhone owners and app developers may transact their business. Apple exploits the bottleneck that it creates by imposing a 15 percent or 30 percent commission on...

In their efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have introduced contact tracing apps installed on mobile phones with the aim of breaking chains of infection. This raises ethical and legal questions, as these apps have the potential to be used for surveillance of the population....

With the most recent updates of its mobile operating systems, in April 2021 Apple implemented a new global App Tracking Transparency policy. The policy obliges app developers to display an additional (Apple-designed) prompt to request permission from end users for the developer to “track”...

The main aim of the paper is to introduce a online shopping app with integrated chatbot that saves the time of the user and help to resolve their query at a moment. Online shopping app consist of different functionalities and features such as proper categorization of the product , trending...

Use of mobile is increasing day by day in India. India is among the top five consumer markets in Asia offering stronger consumer market. A large number of Indians are turning to mobile phones as their first daily touch point. As per the BMI report consumer spending growth increased by 6.2% in...

As the cell and PCS world collides into wireless LANs and Internet-based parcel information, new networking approaches will maintain the blend of voice and information on the composite establishment of cell base stations and Ethernet-based wireless passages. Cross-Layer Design has become an...

The Apple App Store is the only channel through which app developers may distribute their apps on iOS. First launched in 2008, the App Store has evolved into a highly profitable marketplace, with overall consumer spend exceeding $ 50 billion in 2019. However, concerns are being increasingly...

The use of smartphone apps has numerous advantages for app providers and users. However, the users of many smartphone apps are confronted with a trade-off between usage benefits and preferences for personal data protection. We investigate the acceptability of data sharing in different...