Mobile applications have taken the whole world by storm in recent years. Android, a computing platform based on the Linux operating system, has made a big splash in the mobile phone industry. Owing to mobile applications, even small businesses are now providing better service to their customers and getting significantly higher ROI. People could not have predicted that social media and mobile phones would profoundly impact the globe just some time ago. But it's no surprise that technological advancements have offered up new commercial opportunities.