CAPPS (CERN Apps forum) meeting # Sebastian Lopienski June 2015 Welcome CERN mobile device and app landscape General updates

Welcome to CAPPS CAPPS forum brings together people involved professionally with mobile apps at CERN: app developers and owners apps user representatives IT infrastructure providers communication experts other stakeholders We meet last Friday of a month, every 2-4 months, at 2pm Our mailing list: subscribe: 2

CERN mobile device and app landscape - update June 2015

Active mobile devices at CERN 3600 devices, 370 added last month 2700 devices, 250 added last month 4 (rough numbers as of June 2015; registered in LanDB and active on the CERN network) Slight (constant) growth since March Same Android-iOS ratio as before

Active mobile devices at CERN 5 (from IT-OIS, as of June 2015; registered in LanDB and active on the CERN network) Courtesy of IT-OIS

CERN Stores (as of March 2015) MOBILE PHONES - GSM - SMARTPHONE 6 March 2015

CERN Stores (as of June 2015) MOBILE PHONES - GSM - SMARTPHONE 7 Just one smart-phone available

What? –Swisscom will replace Sunrise the 1 st of July 2015 Why? –Swisscom has won the call for tender for mobile services When? –Installation started in January –All services should be ready in June –The operator will be swapped the 1 st of July How? –Swisscom’s network is being installed while Sunrise’s one is still in operation –Sunrise will be decommission once Swisscom is operational 8 Mobile network migration slide from Rodrigo Sierra,

Mobile network migration slide from Rodrigo Sierra, Mobile services will be improved: –LTE (4G) in the Swiss part –UMTS (3G) and LTE (4G) in the French part (authorization pending from French regulator) –UMTS (3G) and LTE (4G) in the underground facilities –LTE-Advanced in the LHC experiments: 150Mbps DL –Reminder: No Wi-Fi in the tunnels after LS1 New tariffs: –Very interesting tariffs negotiated (~ 50% reduction in average) New operator: –New SIM card and new number 9

Apps: (as of Jun 2015) 10 Don’t hesitate to edit / update!

… and some random picks on general (non-CERN) topics

Google I/O (May 2015) From Android M – available in Q –“app links” –battery-saving “doze” mode (when a phone is not used) –fingerprint recognition Project Brillo: a new Android-derived platform –For Internet of Things devices using “Weave” protocol Improvements to Android Development Tools Updates to Android Wear –Google’s OS for wearables Google Cardboard SDK 12 From Forbes.com

Apple WWDC (June 2015) From iOS 9 – available in September 2015 (?) –stability, security, “intelligence” –split screen view of two apps (on iPads only) Swift 2 (and going open source) watchOS 2 A single, unified Developer account for all platforms –iOS, watchOS, Mac OS Testing apps on up to 100 devices of each type –iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch App Store stats –100 billions of total downloads, $30B paid to developers 13

iOS 8 “Suggested Apps” feature at Geneva airport: location-based suggestions –geo-fences (GPS), or iBeacon (Bluetooth) already installed apps, or apps from the App Store should CERN app(s) be suggested at CERN? 14

Interesting further reading: design Material Design implementation in Android Great-looking apps for Apple iOS devices Apple Design Awards Best-In-Class Android Design A Beginner’s Guide to Great Visual Design

Interesting further reading: other Code: PhoneGap/Cordova development – lessons learned phonegapcordova-development/ phonegapcordova-development/ Code: How not to crash – avoid crashing bugs in iOS apps Test: The analytics checklist – what to measure and look for Test: User testing, explained Fun: Origin of Mac’s CMD symbol