- Describe and analyze "your" most used Mobile Application (app), benefits of your app compared to other similar "most used" competitor phone apps. - Excluded are common social apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Tok-tok, YouTube, Twitter, etc, - to be discussed in class - The Federal Trade Commission states: "If you have a smart phone or other mobile device, you probably use apps - to play games, get turn-by-turn directions, access news, books, weather, and more. Easy to downioad and often free, mobile apps can be so much fun and so convenient that you might download them without thinking about some key considerations: how they're paid for, what information they may gather from your device, or who gets that information." - link to FDC Consumer Information site - Provide statistics and discuss global download trends for the chosen apps, as well as monthly and daily active users globally and in the US, country specific regulations (if applicable), app specific user agreements! is the app available on all mobile platforms: Android and iOS? What type, if any, of personal data is collected during the usage, what type of data is being used for resale to third parties. Does the app use your GPS data - and for what purpose? Does it use the GPS data when in use or all the time? Are you able to fine-tune and control the usage of collected app data? Associated cost, if any, for the chosen mobile app. Does your app need Wi-Fi, Cellular or Internet connectivity to optimally operate? Do you classify your app as unusually data-hungry challenging your monthly Cellular provider's data streaming allowance? - Please view Grading Rubric on page 10 for detailed instructions and total page numbers per section. Mobile App case study: Individual Case Grading Rubric - Describe and analyze "your" most used Mobile Application (app), benefits of your app compared to other similar "most used" competitor phone apps. - Excluded are common social apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, Tok-tok, YouTube, Twitter, etc, - to be discussed in class - The Federal Trade Commission states: "If you have a smart phone or other mobile device, you probably use apps - to play games, get turn-by-turn directions, access news, books, weather, and more. Easy to downioad and often free, mobile apps can be so much fun and so convenient that you might download them without thinking about some key considerations: how they're paid for, what information they may gather from your device, or who gets that information." - link to FDC Consumer Information site - Provide statistics and discuss global download trends for the chosen apps, as well as monthly and daily active users globally and in the US, country specific regulations (if applicable), app specific user agreements! is the app available on all mobile platforms: Android and iOS? What type, if any, of personal data is collected during the usage, what type of data is being used for resale to third parties. Does the app use your GPS data - and for what purpose? Does it use the GPS data when in use or all the time? Are you able to fine-tune and control the usage of collected app data? Associated cost, if any, for the chosen mobile app. Does your app need Wi-Fi, Cellular or Internet connectivity to optimally operate? Do you classify your app as unusually data-hungry challenging your monthly Cellular provider's data streaming allowance? - Please view Grading Rubric on page 10 for detailed instructions and total page numbers per section. Mobile App case study: Individual Case Grading Rubric