App Design Patterns to Slim Down Data Usage, From Onavo’s “Magical Shrinking Machine”
Last year at our MWC WIPJam, Guy Rosen from Onavo was one of our featured developer storytellers, and it's been great to watch the success Onavo has had since then with their data-saving apps for iOS and Android. We're happy to be able to share a guest post from Onavo's Chief Architect, Yuval Ariav (cross-posted from the Onavo blog), with some tips on how developers can put their apps' data consumption on a diet for the benefit of end users. Take it away, Yuval!
Yuval Ariav is Chief Architect at Onavo, the mobile data savings experts, where he is in charge of setting the company's roadmap from a strategic perspective. You can follow Yuval on Twitter, his blog or LinkedIn profile.
During our work on the ‘Magical Shrinking Machine’ here at Onavo, we have come across hundreds of thousands of different iOS and Android apps and services. After studying these apps, we have identified a relatively small set of design patterns (or “network usage models“) on the apps’ side that drive...