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Tech whizz James
Morgan explores the
pros and cons of using
native or progressive
web apps for events
60 — January
Some of us don’t realise
that there are different
types of apps. Native Apps
are the type you download
from the Apple Store or
Google Play Store. Apple
Store started in 2008 with
500 apps and there are now
over 2.2m. Mobile Web
Apps or Progressive Web
Apps (PWA’s) are mobile
internet sites that appear as
apps. Progressive Web Apps
are well established now
and companies like Twitter
and AliBaba have adopted
them with great success.
But, which of these apps is
better suited to the events
industry? In this month’s
column I asked some expert
technologists on their
opinions on what kind of
apps they recommend, as
well as how those apps
performed for various
functions.