Building Better Apps

As agencies roll out more public-facing mobile applications, three developers provide some unvarnished feedback.

Ted Chan

Ted Chan is founder and CEO of several educational apps companies, including PracticeQuiz.com, which prepares students for standardized aptitude tests, and Noyo.com, a language training app. He is also a strategy consultant for CSMG, a boutique technology firm.

Yaron Oren

Yaron Oren is chief operating officer at iSpeech, a developer of text-to-voice conversion and speech recognition technology used in numerous mobile apps, including the company's DriveSafe.ly, a service for multi-tasking drivers that won the Consumer Electronics Association's 2011 Mobile Apps Showdown.

Matt Thazhmon

Matt Thazhmon is founder and CEO of PowerInbox, an application that brings dynamic tools into users' email inboxes, such as commenting on Facebook photos or responding to a tweet straight from the email notification.