The growth of mobile computing devices from smart-phones to tablets has been explosive, routinely enabling 24x7x365 connectivity and access into workflows previously constrained to the office. Coupled with cloud computing environments (e.g. Amazon's EC2 and RDS environments), mobile devices and their respective apps have become necessary tools in day-to-day communication and scientific workflow.  We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of native- vs. web-based apps running on mobile devices as well as lessons learned over the last two years after having developed and deployed several mobile apps including iKinase(Pro), iProtein, MobileReagents, Reaction101, Yield101, and others.

Having a mobile app presence - necessary or nice to have?

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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