The Steven App Allows You to Communicate Your Whereabouts in Emojis
Vasiliki Marapas — September 5, 2014 — Tech
References: pushd & techcrunch
In an age where logging your daily activities into several social media outlets is the norm, the Steven app might be a little redundant -- but it is nonetheless appealing.
The oddly-named app allows you to keep track of those aforementioned activities, as well as your location, using only emoji icons. Sounds simple, right? Maybe even a little silly? That may be so, but the emoji-only form of communication (you can interact with your friends' posts and statuses through the app) is becoming more prevalent and popular. Why waste your valuable time trying to form, and subsequently express, a thought, when you can instead send a smiley with hearts for eyes to articulate your approval?
On a more serious note, the app uses your input to build knowledge about your habits and interests, which it can then put to use in a number of ways. On a personal level, you can observe more carefully where your time is being spent. Time is of the essence, after all!
The oddly-named app allows you to keep track of those aforementioned activities, as well as your location, using only emoji icons. Sounds simple, right? Maybe even a little silly? That may be so, but the emoji-only form of communication (you can interact with your friends' posts and statuses through the app) is becoming more prevalent and popular. Why waste your valuable time trying to form, and subsequently express, a thought, when you can instead send a smiley with hearts for eyes to articulate your approval?
On a more serious note, the app uses your input to build knowledge about your habits and interests, which it can then put to use in a number of ways. On a personal level, you can observe more carefully where your time is being spent. Time is of the essence, after all!
Trend Themes
1. Emoji-based Activity Tracking - The use of emoji icons to track daily activities is emerging as a trend; businesses can explore opportunities to develop apps that use only emojis to record activity data.
2. Emojis for Location Sharing - The increasing popularity of communicating location using emoji icons presents a trend for businesses to create location-sharing apps that rely on emoji-only communication.
3. Personalized Insights Generation with Emojis - Collecting and analyzing data using only emoji icons is becoming a trend, and businesses can explore opportunities to develop personalized insights generation apps that rely on this form of communication.
Industry Implications
1. Mobile App Development - The trend of using only emoji icons to communicate data creates opportunities for mobile app developers to innovate new products.
2. Social Media - The growing trend of communicating solely in emoji icons can impact social media platforms, which can explore new feature offerings or interfaces that use only emojis.
3. Data Analytics - The use of only emoji icons to collect data for insights generation presents new opportunities for businesses in the data analytics industry to develop cutting-edge solutions.
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