Mobile application development and adoption is showing no signs of slowing down. As evidenced by this blog's most-visited posts on the subject in 2013, the demand for enterprise and consumer apps is huge.

Take a read through the articles on this list to be sure you're in the know going forward when it comes to mobile trends, the secret to designing addictive apps, the hottest apps in the enterprise, why APIs are driving the mobile app revolution, and much, much more.

1. 13 Mobile Applications to Help Manage Your Small Business

As mobile applications become a large part of our everyday lives, access to information has never been easier. This post highlights 13 of the most useful apps for financial management, customer support, document collaboration, communication, and more. Read the post

2. 15 Mobile Trends Happening Now

From millions of U.S. users, to tablet shipments, to enterprise app development, here’s a round-up of all the hot trends in mobile now and over the next few years. Read the post

3. How Healthy Is Your App Development Diet?

Does your organization have a healthy diet capable of transforming the industry they work in, or something less desirable that may lead to organizational health problems later? Quinton Wall asks: What does the software and app development diet at your business look like? Read the post

4. 4 Things Your Mobile App Needs to Keep Users Coming Back

Taking your business mobile is all fine and good, but unless your application offers a great user experience, it will do little to impact your bottom line. It is important to keep in mind a few baseline features in order to truly captivate customers and employees with a mobile-first solution. Read the post 

5. 10 Hot Mobile Enterprise Apps from Salesforce.com

Mobile applications for business are gaining ground as more and more field representatives and work-at-home employees are taking advantage of innovation in the enterprise space. Chris Preimesberger offers this list of Salesforce’s hottest enterprise mobile apps this year. Read the post

6. How Virgin America Built an Intranet Their Employees Love

When the time came to create a new company-wide mobile intranet, Virgin America needed something with a wow factor and value that was consistent with their brand, and would appeal to their team. Learn how they did it in this post. Read the post

7. A Connected App Strategy Leads To Stronger Customer Relationships

Businesses building apps should consider a connected app strategy as critical to the success of their product. Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo examines the benefits that result from pursuing a connected app strategy. Read the post

8. 4 Keys to Building a Customer Platform That Connects Everything

In order to truly become a customer company, you need a customer platform where sales, service, marketing, applications, and even products, can leverage shared client data and processes. Read the post

9. What is This App Thing Anyway?

Suddenly everything is an “app.” This app-washing misses the importance of this new paradigm. If you are app-washing your product, you are falling behind. Reid Carlberg takes a look at what an app really is and why the definition matters. Read the post

10. 3 Ways APIs are Driving the Mobile App Revolution

It wasn’t long ago that application programming interfaces (APIs) were strictly the domain of IT departments and developers. APIs were complex and had to be carefully maintained. Things have quickly and dramatically changed. At the end of 2012, there were approximately 7,000 APIs globally, double the number that existed just the year before. Three factors have lead to this explosion of API growth. Read the post

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