AI promises to change apps forever

The app's domination of the mobile world is about to be challenged as new ways of interacting and controlling things arrive with the Internet of Things (IoT), which will entice us away from the app interface we are currently so familiar with. Because the majority of innovation in the mobile arena is not happening inside smartphones, but in the things that communicate with them, according to analyst firm Gartner. In just two years, it forecasts that 25 percent of new mobile apps, for example, will talk to IoT devices. "The post-app era means that there will be more data and code in the cloud and less on the device, thanks to the continuous improvement of cellular network performance," explained Gartner vice president David Willis, author of the report. In the future, mobile technology will offer pervasive services to any person or thing, 24/7.