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Time Business News
14-06-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
The Best Mobile App Development Company in 2025
The digital landscape is evolving faster than ever, and as we navigate mid-2025, mobile technology is no longer just about smartphones—it's about immersive experiences, intelligent systems, and interconnected digital ecosystems. For businesses and entrepreneurs, choosing the best mobile app development company or mobile game development company is a decision that defines not just their app, but their future. In this guide, we explore the defining traits of top-tier development companies and the emerging technologies shaping the future of mobile apps and games. Gone are the days when app development was just about coding. Today's best mobile app development companies are strategic tech partners, building scalable, secure, and engaging platforms that anticipate and lead digital transformation. Predictive analytics, intelligent chatbots, and voice recognition are now standard. AI aids in code generation, automated testing, and dynamic personalization. The best companies implement AI from design to deployment. Devices like Apple Vision Pro are driving demand for immersive experiences. AR and VR apps are being developed for remote work, education, e-commerce, and healthcare. Forward-thinking firms integrate real-world interaction into app design. 5G enables ultra-fast, low-latency app experiences. Edge computing processes data closer to users, enhancing speed and privacy. Apps now support real-time collaboration, HD streaming, and complex IoT features. Security, transparency, and decentralized control are key. Integration of NFTs and decentralized apps (dApps) is on the rise. Top developers explore tokenized models, secure identity systems, and smart contracts. Inspired by platforms like WeChat, super apps offer multi-service capabilities. Modular architectures allow for easy scaling, updates, and feature enhancements. GDPR and global privacy laws demand built-in compliance. Features like multi-factor authentication, encryption, and secure API layers are now standard. Environmentally conscious development optimizes performance and reduces energy usage. Leading firms prioritize sustainable cloud infrastructure and efficient codebases. It's not just about tech. The best mobile app development company is a strategic ally with: Visionary Thinking : Goes beyond your brief to future-proof your app. : Goes beyond your brief to future-proof your app. Emerging Tech Portfolio : Experience in AI, AR/VR, blockchain, and cloud-native development. : Experience in AI, AR/VR, blockchain, and cloud-native development. Agile Methodologies : Rapid, transparent development cycles using tools like Jira, Trello, or Azure DevOps. : Rapid, transparent development cycles using tools like Jira, Trello, or Azure DevOps. Post-Launch Support : Offers updates, analytics, bug fixes, and feature iterations. : Offers updates, analytics, bug fixes, and feature iterations. Industry Experience : Specialization in niches like healthcare, fintech, or education. : Specialization in niches like healthcare, fintech, or education. UX/UI Focus: Prioritizes usability testing, accessibility, and conversion-driven interfaces. Gaming is no longer just entertainment—it's social, educational, and economically significant. The best mobile game development companies in 2025 create immersive, high-performance games that work seamlessly across devices and platforms. Games are now gateways to persistent virtual worlds. Developers are using blockchain to power NFTs and cross-platform asset transfers. AI assists in level design, character development, and story creation. NPCs now have realistic dialogue and behaviors powered by LLMs. Players stream console-quality games on mobile devices. Companies must optimize for cloud environments to reduce latency and improve access. Simple gameplay remains key, but added depth boosts retention. Developers mix casual mechanics with strategic gameplay and monetization layers. AR games interact with the physical world intelligently. VR titles are optimized for mobile-first and standalone headset experiences. Ranked modes, anti-cheat systems, and LiveOps are vital. Top developers support tournament features, spectator tools, and live updates. Games need to sync across Android, iOS, web, and even console. PWAs offer lightweight alternatives to native apps with faster updates and web compatibility. IAPs, subscriptions, rewarded ads, and digital asset sales are all part of modern monetization. Developers must balance revenue with fair, enjoyable user experiences. When evaluating a mobile game development company, consider: Game Engine Expertise : Proficiency in Unity, Unreal Engine, or Godot is essential. : Proficiency in Unity, Unreal Engine, or Godot is essential. Creative Storytelling and Art : Review narrative quality, character design, and visual originality. : Review narrative quality, character design, and visual originality. Backend Infrastructure : Look for scalable multiplayer systems and server-side logic. : Look for scalable multiplayer systems and server-side logic. LiveOps and Player Retention : Ask about regular updates, events, and community support. : Ask about regular updates, events, and community support. Market Fit and Monetization Strategy: Ensure they understand freemium models, ad networks, and revenue optimization. In 2025, traditional apps and mobile games are converging. Apps increasingly use gamification, animations, and real-time features, while games are adding social commerce, learning elements, and personal profiles—just like apps. A truly innovative mobile app development company or mobile game development company embraces this synergy. They prioritize user engagement, technical innovation, and strategic value beyond launch. Choosing the right development partner in 2025 is about far more than cost or timelines. It's about aligning with a company that understands tomorrow's technologies, users, and digital ecosystems. Whether you're launching a startup, scaling a SaaS product, or building the next big game, invest in a future-focused team—one that builds not just apps or games, but meaningful, sustainable digital experiences. The best mobile app and game developers in 2025 will not just code for today—they'll help you lead tomorrow. The best mobile app development company in 2025 excels in AI integration, AR/VR capabilities, blockchain implementation, and secure, scalable architecture. They focus on user-centric design, offer agile development practices, and provide robust post-launch support. Look for a mobile game development company with experience in your preferred genre, expertise in engines like Unity or Unreal, strong creative and storytelling teams, and a proven track record in monetization, cross-platform development, and LiveOps. A mobile app development company focuses on utility-based apps (e.g., healthcare, fintech, e-commerce), while a mobile game development company specializes in creating interactive entertainment experiences, often involving advanced graphics, real-time multiplayer, and monetization strategies. Some mobile app development companies do offer game development, especially if they have a specialized game development team or work with AR/VR and gamified apps. However, for complex gaming projects, partnering with a dedicated mobile game development company is often more effective. AI enhances personalization, automates testing, and improves user interactions through chatbots and smart features. In games, AI enables dynamic NPC behavior, procedural content generation, and more immersive gameplay. Super apps offer multiple services—such as messaging, shopping, and payments—within a single platform. They're popular in emerging markets. If your business aims to provide a multi-service ecosystem, working with a mobile app development company experienced in modular design is crucial. Blockchain brings enhanced security, digital ownership (e.g., NFTs), transparent data handling, and decentralized monetization. It's especially impactful in mobile game development, where players can own, trade, or sell in-game assets. LiveOps (Live Operations) refers to the continuous update and management of a mobile game after launch. It includes events, content updates, player engagement strategies, and bug fixes. A top mobile game development company always includes LiveOps in its service offering. Yes, most mobile game development companies use cross-platform engines like Unity or Unreal Engine, allowing seamless deployment on Android, iOS, and even web or desktop platforms. Post-launch services should include performance monitoring, analytics, bug fixes, security updates, feature enhancements, and user support. The best mobile app and game development companies provide long-term maintenance and optimization. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Business Wire
22-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Pixee Raises $15M to Automate Code Security to Meet the Velocity of GenAI-Enabled Developers
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pixee, the creator of innovative solutions that empower security teams to match the productivity of AI-powered development, announced today that it has raised $15M in seed funding. The round was led by Decibel and Wing VC, with participation from TEDCO, PrimeSet and strategic investors, including early GitHub engineer Zach Holman, HackerOne Founder and CTO Alex Rice, Oracle SVP of Cloud Operations Brian Chess, and more. The new capital will accelerate Pixee's product development and expansion of the go-to-market team, enabling the company to scale adoption among enterprises and capture the growing demand for its AI-powered solution. Early enterprise customers have seen substantial benefits from adopting Pixee, including recapturing 91% of developer remediation time and cutting security triage time by 74%. Automated code fixes achieve an impressive 76% merge rate. Pixee is the first enterprise-grade tool that uses agentic AI for context and logic alongside deterministic techniques, delivering both intelligent vulnerability triage and accurate, trusted fixes. It integrates directly into developer workflows, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, creating pull requests with ready-to-accept code. Purpose-built for security-conscious enterprises, the on-premises deployment option keeps customers' sensitive data, intellectual property, and source code fully under the customer's control. This eliminates the risk of data leaks or exposure to unregulated AI tools, ensuring strong trust, security, and protection. 'Developers are more prolific today than ever before, especially those leveraging the latest genAI tools like Cursor, Claude Code & GitHub Co-pilot,' said Surag Patel, co-founder and CEO of Pixee. 'It's time application security teams are empowered with a platform that enables them to 10X their team and keep pace with their counterparts. By focusing on capabilities like automated, production-ready code fixes directly into developer workflows and automating expert automated triage for security, enterprises can now ship secure code at unprecedented velocity. Teams can trust that any vulnerabilities within code are being resolved faster than new ones can be introduced.' IDC projects that by 2027, 70% of corrective code fixes for application security issues will be generated by AI-assisted automated remediation tools, reducing the time to patch vulnerabilities to just days. The report also found that developers estimate spending 19% of their weekly hours on security-related tasks, often outside normal working hours. The average organization spends a whopping $28,100 per developer each year in security-related tasks. 'It's time Application Security teams have their 'Cursor' equivalent platform. Pixee is the first platform we've seen that truly changes the equation in security programs and enables them to keep up with the pace of developers. By natively weaving into the developer workflow and automating work that previously was a tax on developers and security teams, security gets done automatically. Instead of the same story of understaffed product security teams, we finally have a path to the enterprise dream,' said Dan Nguyen-Huu, Partner at Decibel. 'At the heart of Pixee is a powerful insight: genAI-fueled developer productivity and security can coexist without friction. By automating the complex tasks of resolving issues from product security scanners, Pixee allows developers and security teams to reclaim valuable time, driving innovation and delivering higher quality software, faster,' added Jake Flomenberg, Partner at Wing. Pixee was founded by industry veterans with decades of experience in security and developer enablement. Co-founder and CEO Surag Patel was the Chief Strategy Officer at Contrast Security, and held leadership roles at 41st Parameter (acquired by Experian), comScore, and InMobi. Co-founder and CTO Arshan Dabirsiaghi co-founded cybersecurity unicorn Contrast Security and is recognized as one of the world's most prominent application security experts. Together, they are building Pixee to redefine how security is managed in the development process. About Pixee, Inc. Pixee is the first enterprise-grade platform that automates the last mile of application security, from alerts to resolution. The company's technology integrates directly into developer workflows, using a combination of agentic AI and deterministic techniques to deliver trusted, automatic code fixes with an 87% merge rate. Founded by security industry veterans Surag Patel and Arshan Dabirsiaghi, Pixee is backed by Decibel, Wing VC, and strategic investors including early GitHub engineer Zach Holman and HackerOne Founder Alex Rice. For more information, visit
Forbes
09-05-2025
- Forbes
Microsoft Confirms Critical 10/10 Cloud Security Vulnerability
Microsoft confirms 10/10 Azure vulnerability. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It's not often that a truly critical security vulnerability emerges that hits the maximum Common Vulnerability Scoring System severity rating of 10. This is one of those times. Microsoft has confirmed multiple vulnerabilities rated as critical and impacting core cloud services, one of which has reached the unwelcome heights of that 10/10 criticality rating. The good news is that none are known to have been exploited in the wild, none have already been publicly disclosed, and as a user, there's nothing you need to do to protect your environment. A total of four cloud security vulnerabilities have been confirmed by Microsoft, one of which hit the 10/10 rating, but two aren't a million miles short, both being given 9.9 ratings. The final vulnerability remains critical, with a CVSS severity rating of 9.1. Let's look at them in order of their criticality. CVE-2025-29813 Critical Rating: 10.0 Azure DevOps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Microsoft confirmed that this Azure DevOps pipeline token hijacking vulnerability is caused by an issue whereby Visual Studio improperly handles the pipeline job tokens, enabling an attacker to potentially extend their access to a project. 'To exploit this vulnerability,' Microsoft said, 'an attacker would first have to have access to the project and swap the short-term token for a long-term one.' CVE-2025-29972 Critical Rating: 9.9 Azure Storage Resource Provider Spoofing Vulnerability Microsoft said that this Azure server-side request forgery vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to perform 'spoofing' over a network. In other words, a successful threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to distribute malicious requests that impersonate legitimate services and users. CVE-2025-29827 Critical Rating: 9.9 Azure Automation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Yet another Azure security vulnerability with an unbelievably high official severity rating of 9.9, this time enabling a successful hacker to elevate privileges across the network thanks to an improper authorization issue in Azure Automation. CVE-2025-47733 Critical Rating: 9.1 Microsoft Power Apps Information Disclosure Vulnerability Hooray, not Azure this time, and dropping on the criticality rating scale to a 9.1 as well. This vulnerability, as the name suggests, would allow an attacker to disclose information over the network. It's another server-side request forgery vulnerability but this time impacting Microsoft Power Apps. Here's the really good news among the bad critical vulnerability disclosure stuff: there is no patch to install, no updates to deploy, and no action required by the user at all. 'This vulnerability has already been fully mitigated by Microsoft. There is no action for users of this service to take,' Microsoft said with regard to each of the cloud security issues mentioned. That's because it comes under the remit of what the Microsoft Security Response Center refers to as a commitment to provide comprehensive vulnerability information to customers, by detailing cloud service CVEs once they have been patched internally. 'In the past,' Microsoft said, 'cloud service providers refrained from disclosing information about vulnerabilities found and resolved in cloud services, unless customer action was required.' With the value of full transparency now properly understood, all that has changed. 'We will issue CVEs for critical cloud service vulnerabilities,' Microsoft confirmed, 'regardless of whether customers need to install a patch or to take other actions to protect themselves.'
Business Insider
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Exalate Launches Connector for Freshdesk, Bringing Seamless Escalations and Smarter Cross-Team Collaboration
Exalate, a leading integration platform, has officially launched its Exalate for Freshdesk connector -bringing powerful, AI-assisted two-way synchronization to the Freshworks ecosystem. Freshdesk users can now sync support tickets across development, IT, and operations teams without ever leaving their tool of choice. This connector enables teams to automate ticket flows between Freshdesk and platforms like Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Salesforce, GitHub, Zendesk, and more-customized to fit each team's exact needs. "Customer issues don't follow org charts," said Francis Martens, CEO of Exalate. "They cut across tools, teams, and even companies. We built this connector to reflect how real collaboration works: flexible, fast, and secure. Our AI helps you set things up faster. But control stays in your hands." The release addresses a longstanding pain point in customer service workflows: the lack of flexible integrations between support tools and the systems used by development, IT, or operations teams. In many organizations, moving information between tools is still a manual process-prone to error and context loss. Exalate solves this by treating integration as a shared conversation, not a one-way relay. Exalate for Freshdesk allows teams to define what should be synchronized (comments, priorities, attachments, custom fields), when it should happen (via triggers), and how the sync behaves (via scripting). The system is decentralized, meaning each side of the connection controls its own rules, which is especially useful for cross-company collaboration or secure environments. AI suggestions assist with initial setup and ongoing maintenance, enabling teams to build and manage complex syncs more efficiently-reducing reliance on technical support and making it easier to scale integrations as business needs evolve. Filling a Gap in Freshdesk's Ecosystem While Freshdesk has native integrations and third-party connectors, many of them are limited to basic one-way data sharing or lack customization. Exalate's release positions itself at the intersection of flexibility and automation, appealing to teams with complex workflows or regulatory requirements. Use cases include: The release includes both freemium access for basic needs and enterprise-grade packages for advanced requirements. Implementation begins immediately through in-product purchasing, with AI guidance available throughout setup. About Exalate Exalate is a leading provider of integration solutions focused on enabling seamless collaboration across teams and organizations. Its unique decentralized architecture gives teams full control over their data exchanges while maintaining flexibility to adapt to various use cases. Exalate pr@ SOURCE: Exalate View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Quantive Offers Automated Migration Path for Microsoft Viva Goals Users Ahead of Sunset
DENVER, April 01, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With Microsoft officially sunsetting Viva Goals at the end of 2025, Quantive, a trusted Microsoft partner, is making it easy for organizations to transition without disruption. Quantive offers a powerful, flexible strategy execution platform that not only matches Viva Goals' capabilities—but goes beyond, with enhanced features for planning, tracking, and adapting strategic initiatives in real-time. To support a smooth transition, Quantive is providing: Fast, easy, and the only automated migration tool to move users, teams, and goals seamlessly in just a few clicks Deep integrations with Microsoft products, including Teams, Azure DevOps, PowerBI, Planner, Excel, and more—to keep workflows uninterrupted A familiar yet more robust experience, including AI-powered planning tools and customizable real-time progress dashboards Introductory pricing starting at just $6 per seat for the first year, matching with Viva Goals' lowest-tier pricing "As a long-standing Microsoft partner, we're committed to helping Viva Goals customers continue driving strategic alignment and execution," said Radoslav Georgiev, CEO at Quantive. "We're not just offering a replacement. We're offering an upgrade that works with the tools your teams already use." Learn more and start your migration today at: About Quantive Quantive is the strategy execution platform that helps organizations turn plans into results. From planning and goal setting to real-time execution and measurement, Quantive acts as the single source of truth for strategic initiatives. Trusted by companies worldwide, Quantive empowers business leaders to align teams, adapt to change, and achieve meaningful outcomes with confidence. Learn more at View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Jon White VP of Marketing Sign in to access your portfolio
