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Context-Adding Phone Apps

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

The Humin App Contextualizes Your Phone Contacts

— August 14, 2014 — Tech
Humin is an app that aims to enhance one of the few functions of phones and smartphones that has not enjoyed much innovation -- the humble contacts list. The phone adds a key ingredient missing from most contact lists -- context. When you're searching for someone in your contacts list, you usually find them alphabetically. But Humin lets you look them up via a variety of criteria such as your relationship with them, their employer or where you met them.

The Humin app hooks up to your contacts and calendar, and can also be connected to Facebook, LinkedIn and your email account. It can be used to replace your phone's contacts app entirely.

This kind of app could provoke privacy concerns, but Humin's developers point out that all data is stored locally on the phone and not on the company's servers.

Trend Themes
1. Contextualizing Contacts - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop apps that enhance contacts lists by adding context and criteria for search.
2. Integration of Communication Channels - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create apps that integrate various communication channels such as email, social media, and calendar into one cohesive platform.
3. Personalized Contact Management - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build apps that allow users to personalize their contact management by categorizing contacts based on relationships and other criteria.
Industry Implications
1. Mobile App Development - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative apps that revolutionize how people use their smartphones.
2. Data Security and Privacy - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create solutions that address privacy concerns associated with storing personal data on mobile devices.
3. CRM Software - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop CRM systems that offer enhanced contact management features, catering to evolving user needs.
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