Could we have one app for everything? We ask an expert
by Coco Khan from Technology | The Guardian on (#66E5S)
Super apps can revolutionise your life - but do you want to pay the price, wonders AI and innovation professor David Shrier
Across Asia, the trend for a single app that does everything - from deliveries to bookings to chatting - is spreading. Known as super apps, they are rumoured to be the inspiration for Elon Musk's plan for Twitter. Could they take off here - and should they? I asked David Shrier, professor of practice, AI and innovation at Imperial College Business School in London.
Have you tried a super app?
Well, what do you mean by super app"? I'd say Facebook is a super app - it certainly has super app-like functionalities.