[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]TheAppLabb is proud to announce that our organization has been named on the 2021 list of Best Workplaces in Technology.
We received this honour after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work®. The list is based on direct feedback from employees of the hundreds of organizations that were surveyed by Great Place to Work®.
To be eligible for this list, organizations must be Great Place to Work- Certified™ in the past year and work primarily in the technology industry. Great Place to Work determined the BEST based on employee responses to their Trust Index Survey. The data has a 90% confidence and a plus or minus 5% margin of error.
Kundan Joshi, CEO of TheAppLabb said “I am absolutely proud of our team at TheAppLabb. Every day I am honored and humbled to work with these incredibly talented and creative individuals. I appreciate our team for maintaining a high standard of excellence, innovating to drive success for our customers, working together to take us to new heights, and always being agents of positive change.”
TheAppLabb is a leader in Strategy, Design and Development of Mobile Apps. TheAppLabb works with agencies, global brands and entrepreneurs by crafting innovative business solutions in the form of products, services and platforms. Over 14 years, TheAppLabb has worked with hundreds of businesses to launch more than 600 apps. Visit us at theapplabb.com or find us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/theapplabb
Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, GPTW recognizes the world’s Best Workplaces in a series of national lists including those published by The Globe & Mail (Canada) and Fortune magazine (USA). Great Place to Work provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Visit us at www.greatplacetowork.ca or find us on Twitter at @GPTW_Canada.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]TheAppLabb team is thrilled to share that we have once again been named by Clutch as one of their top mobile app development companies in Canada. For TheAppLabb team, this award is special because it comes from our clients.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Our commitment to our clients and their satisfaction both while we are working together on their projects and even once the product is launched in the market is our top priority, so it is fantastic to see this commitment come to life in their positive reviews.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Clutch is an online reviews platform and an important resource for everyone in the B2B industry in looking to vet potential partners from a very wide pool of potential vendors. They use a unique verification process that ensures the reviews are genuine with legitimate ratings which means the feedback and ultimately this approval directly from our clients is important to us.
Below is an example of one such review from one of our clients:
We owe our continued success to all of our incredible clients and we are so grateful to those who share their experiences working with us with the wider community.
We take client feedback very seriously and this kind of positive feedback means a great deal to our entire team and goes a long way to continuing to motivate them to continue to create incredible experiences with our clients.
Our CEO proudly shared the award announcement with our team and described how the award reflects our priority mandate of client satisfaction and excellence in everything we do.
“We are thrilled to be awarded as the leading B2B app development company in North America by Clutch. This is a testament of the great work done by our brilliant team.” – Kundan Joshi, CEO of TheAppLabb.
Our sincere thanks to all of our client partners who have taken the time to review our work on the Clutch platform and shared your experiences in working with our team. If you would like to share your experiences in working with TheAppLabb, you can do so here.
If you are looking to work with a mobile app development team whose clients have named them as a top Canadian development company for three years running, please contact us and we would be happy to help you take the first step in mobilizing your innovative ideas and creating exceptional experiences for your customers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Here at TheAppLabb, we know that smartphones have and will continue to radically change the way people interact with the economy. As a mobile app innovation firm, we’re focused on strategy, design, and development of intelligent and immersive technology that will disrupt the status quo and drive business outcomes. Through design and improving traditional processes, we’re able to develop custom mobile solutions that provide a fantastic user experience. We differentiate ourselves from other mobile app development companies in Toronto by putting skin in the game – nurturing your solution from the ground up.
With eight global offices, we’ve built 500+ apps for more than 360 clients in the past thirteen years – by staying on top of changing consumer trends, and it’s never been more important—or challenging—for entrepreneurs and enterprises alike to stay in front of these trends. We know the mobile sector better than most and in light of our contributions to the app development industry, we’ve been recognised by Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews firm that connects businesses with the best-fit agencies or consultants they need to tackle their next big business challenge. Clutch identifies the highest quality service providers by ranking them based on a range of factors including past clients and experience, verified client reviews, and market presence.
With 9 reviews and a 4.7 out of 5 star rating, we’ve already seen strong results from Clutch’s extensive research process. Our clients’ participation made this award possible, and we want to thank them for their time and honest feedback. Below is one of several succinct summaries of our reviews, allowing buyers to understand the project and clients’ experience in a quick glance.
The versatility and prowess of our app development expertise is also highlighted by our presence on Clutch’s sister websites – The Manifest and Visual Objects. For potential collaborators, The Manifest can strengthen your market presence by providing practical business wisdom based off of its hard data, expert insights, and actionable advice. Additionally, Visual Objects a visual case study resource that helps prospective clients visualize the possibilities of creative, design, and app development projects.
Thanks to Clutch and our customers for this stellar recognition. Please contact us to find out how TheAppLabb can help build a memorable app experience for your business.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
TheAppLabb team is excited to announce that we have been selected as one of several leaders in Canada for Clutch’s competitive development category, specifically as a one of the top artificial intelligence companies! You can see in the Leaders Matrix below that our company has been ranked # 3 out of more than 60 firms featured! Each company featured in a Leaders Matrix is evaluated based on client reviews, past work, market presence, and specialization in a given service.
Clutch is a B2B platform that publishes verified client reviews to match business service providers with buyers. Its mission is to make this process more transparent and efficient. Along with client interviews, Clutch analysts conduct market research to determine how each individual company compares to their competitors. We’re thrilled that our team’s dedication to customer service and our clients’ long term success has led to this recognition.
In addition to our this recognition from Clutch, we’re also featured on their sister-site, The Manifest, as one of the top AI companies in the world! Artificial intelligence is still in a nascent phase, but it has enormous potential, and we’re intent on being at the forefront of this space as it continues to evolve.
In addition to AI services, we also specialize in mobile app development in Toronto. In today’s digital world, it is crucial for a company to have a strong mobile app that helps them compete against their competitors. On Clutch’s new site, Visual Objects, developers like us are able to display their work alongside their reviews and other relevant data points. We know that in today’s saturated app marketplace, having both a functional and eye-catching app is essential for success.
Kundan Joshi, CEO at TheAppLabb, describes what Clutch’s recognitions mean to the company,
“It is humbling and gratifying to receive this award from a world leading B2B researcher, Clutch. Since the evaluation is based on our client’s satisfaction and happiness with our work, it makes it extremely special. Especially considering that at TheAppLabb, our mission is to delight our clients by making their businesses successful, by satisfying their customers through enhanced human experiences and technology innovations.”
TheAppLabb is thrilled to partner with Clutch and continue ensuring that we’re delivering the best possible service to our clients. We’re looking forward to leveraging their research and our performance on the site to continue helping clients from all types of industries succeed.
Read our reviews in full on our Clutch profile, and if it leaves you convinced that we’re the best partner for your business challenge, contact us today.
Kundan Joshi, CEO of leading technology innovation firm TheAppLabb, is a finalist for the annual EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards, the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award ceremony will be held October 25, 2018 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, bringing together the most notable and innovative figures in the current Canadian business climate.
Kundan started his career as an engineer and took the leap to found a company based around the disruptive power of mobile. Over the years TheAppLabb has undertaken hundreds of Digital Transformation projects for clients such as Hudson’s Bay, Samsung, Dell, RBC and Teknion, and helped them through strategy, design and development of transformative experiences with Apps, Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality.
TheAppLabb’s mission is to improve human experiences, while driving business outcomes for clients through technology innovation, and in the last 11 years, they have delivered over 500 apps through 8 global offices.
Kundan’s passion for creatively applied technology has helped him build TheAppLabb from a Toronto agency to an international company with offices in New York, Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. Kundan continues to take part in the local business network, participating in round-table discussions whenever opportunity presents. Watch this segment of CTV news to see Joshi weigh in on the transformation of NAFTA, and how it might impact Canadian tech companies.
About The EY Awards
The EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards are meant to recognize and celebrate remarkable Canadian business. Every year, millions of Canadians put their hard work and ingenuity into building the country they call home. Whether native or newcomer, the Canadian business ecosystem has a place for everyone, which is reflected in this year’s nominations.
The EY Entrepreneur of the Year is a 25 year old program that has become a staple in the business calendar. Over 71, 000 guests cumulatively have attended the annual winner’s banquets. Ernst and Young is a multinational services firm that is amongst the gold standard in it’s field. The awards foster the collaborative spirit of Canada, where we rise by helping others. Other nominees for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards include Wealthsimple, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, TouchBistro and Endy.
“Winning an award from EY has allowed my business to gain not only credibility, but great marketing nationwide. EY has such a broad following that when a business wins an award, that business grows immensely. I would recommend competing in EY Entrepreneur of the Year to any CEO, as it allows you to network, gain new connections and market your business nationally.”
-Alex Maclean, CEO East Cost Lifestyle, 2016 Atlantic Business-To-Consumer Products & Services Winner
About TheAppLabb
Technology has changed just about everything. When the world changes, the wisest of businesses figure out how to evolve and plan strategically for the unknown. TheAppLabb is a custom mobile application development company that creates custom mobile technology solutions that help businesses achieve their goals. Custom apps, prebuilt app platforms such as for on-demand delivery or retail businesses, and emerging tech projects in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Bots and Mixed Reality are some of the services offered, in line with a effectively built strategy. With our passion and expertise in emerging technology we’ve helped businesses master their domain and mark themselves as leaders into the future.
About The Gala
The EY Awards will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto. The evening begins at 5:30 with a reception, with dinner and the awards ceremony following at 6:30. The sold-out black tie gala is funded by sponsors such as CBC, Bell, BNN, Air Canada and The Globe and Mail.
The EY Entrepreneur Awards are tomorrow, October 25 2018. Stay tuned for further updates from TheAppLabb to see if Kundan takes home the prize! In any case, it’s bound to be an electric gathering of Canada’s best.
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Selected from The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award winners, Kundan Joshi, founder and CEO of The App Labb is 2018’s recipient of RBC’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
During the awards ceremony, Kundan expressed his gratitudes, “I dedicate this honour to my family, mentors and my team at TheAppLabb. Sincere thanks to all my friends and well wishers who voted for me. I share this award with you!”
TORONTO, Jun. 20, 2018– For the last 10 years, the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards have highlighted stories of Canadian immigrants who have demonstrated incredible contributions and achievements in Canada. Last night, during the awards ceremony, Kundan Joshi, founder and CEO of TheAppLabb, was awarded the 2018 RBC Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award.
Since its inception,Canadian Immigranthas celebrated the accomplishments of all immigrants in Canada, including community advocates, volunteers, successful entrepreneurs and cultural icons. Hundreds of nominations are received, from which 25 finalists are shortlisted by a diverse judging panel of past winners.
Amongst the list of Top 25 Award Winners is an Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner. The recipient is an entrepreneur who has made positive contributions through their business in Canada.
This year’s Entrepreneur of the Year award winner, Kundan Joshi, is no exception to the rule. His outstanding work in the world of Canadian business includes the Toronto Innovation event held last year to create awareness of the tech innovation scene in Toronto. In addition, Kundan is on the board of Peel Colleges to support and advocate for the study of STEM subjects in schools.
Part of winning the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award, RBC donates $500 to a charity on behalf of each winner. Kundan has chosen to donate $500 to Indspire, a national Indigenous-led charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people.
Winners of RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, Kris Depencier, RBC Royal Bank Regional President, and Sanjay Agnihotri of Metroland. Award winners from top left: Kundan Joshi, Karl Subban, Rana Zaman, Sara Asalya, Nav Bhatia, Dr. Raj Khanuja, Roberto Campanella. Bottom left: Mario Monteiro, Loizza Aquino, Josephine Victoria Yam, Dr. Saroj Niraula, Naseem Somani, Isabel Kanaan.
Kundan immigrated to Canada from India in 2000 and shortly after he received his Bachelor’s of Engineering at Western University.
In 2004, Kundan officially became a Canadian and said this about obtaining his citizenship: “Canadian people are warm, caring, friendly and tolerant. Identifying myself as a Canadian, as one of them, is my favourite part of being a Canadian. I am proud to be a citizen of truly democratic, secular, multicultural nation, that has embraced amazing people from all parts of the world.”
Kundan Joshi with Kris Depencier, RBC Royal Bank Regional President, and Sanjay Agnihotri of Metroland
The App Labb’s parent company, Joshi Inc., started its journey in 2007. Building the technology company from the ground up, Kundan and his wife Surbhi Joshi opened the small design and development firm in Toronto and began creating web and software applications.
Fast forward 11 years, where The App Labb now consists of 50+ employees and has built over 500 apps for more than 360 clients.
The App Labb continues to grow towards being a leader in the emerging technology industry. “If you can imagine it, with technology, we can achieve it,” he tells Canadian Immigrant. Kundan and the rest of us at The App Labb are particularly excited about the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and the AI-powered projects we currently have in the works.
Attracting more than 400,000 readers each month and over 100,000 visitors a month online, Canadian Immigrant is a national multimedia platform to help immigrants succeed in Canada, with content, resources and events on careers, education and settlement. Canadian Immigrant is the producer of the cross-country Career, Education and Settlement Immigrant Fairs. Canadian Immigrant is a division of Metroland Media Group, a dynamic media company with more than 100 community and daily newspapers in print and online, as well as innovative websites includingwheels.ca, goldbook.ca, flyerland.caandlocalwork.ca.
About The App Labb
TheAppLabb is an app development company in Toronto focused on strategy focused on strategy, design and development of intelligence and immersive app experiences that disrupt the status quo and drive business outcomes. Through impactful design and improving upon traditional processes, we’re able to develop custom mobile solutions that enhance the end user experience. Through the use of emerging technologies, we’re able to transform a standard roadmap into a positive customer journey. As a leader in the mobile technology space, we’ve built over 500 apps for more than 360 clients in the past 11 years. Learn more at https://theapplabb.com/
Any process that requires human intervention will see process improvements with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). It’s not meant to replace humans but to minimize inefficiencies and redundancies. It shouldn’t be viewed as dehumanizing, but a tool to assist with advancement.
It’s natural to be fearful of the unknown. Anytime in history where automation and/or technology was introduced, there’s always the nay-sayers who followed.
With every new advancement, such as the washing machine, dishwasher, vacuum, it has enabled humans to enjoy a higher standard of life – reducing the time spent on tasks that otherwise would take an entire day.
A great example of machine advancement took place in 1714. Henry Mill, patented the typewriter calling it “an artificial machine…”! The typewriter enabled business communications to evolve – it increased the pace of information from one department to another.
The workplace changed. Businesses invested in people – Typist in particular. With a great Typist you were able to get more information out to stakeholders, departments and customers, than with the written word.
A typed letter was easy to read and it didn’t depend on a Writer’s penmanship. Beautiful handwriting is an art – however not very effective for mass communications.
The evolution of a personal computer with the power of a word processor, soon outpaced the typewriter – Spell Check minimized human errors. Computing power transformed the way people worked forever!
Fast forward and artificial intelligence is embarking on the same revolution. The advancement of smartphones has pushed the boundaries of information sharing and data consumption and creation.
Out of all the data in the world, It’s crazy to think that 90% of data was only created two years ago. Our data output is approximately, 2.5 quintillion bytes a day. That’s equivalent to going around the Earth 5 times!
A computer program would have a hard time to keep up with all this data! That’s why the adoption of artificial intelligence has started to go mainstream.
Why are companies turning to AI instead of the traditional software?
A computer program needs a Programmer to tell it, if, and, what to do…
The software is dependent on the development skill of the mobile app developer. In contrast with deep learning, it takes away the dependancy. The AI algorithm analyzes a user’s interactions.
As the artificial intelligence robot becomes smarter, it personalizes the right type of content for the user. It makes finding information easier – minimizing time spent on search. AI is a tool to optimize inefficient processes.
AI in Media
In media, AI is used for personalization. If you use Netflix and/or YouTube for video streaming you’ve experienced it. Content is personalized based on your viewing habits, preferences, etc.
AI isn’t just providing a personalized experience for subscribers. On the backend, artificial intelligence is able to minimize editing and production time.
With the massive amounts of data out on the World Wide Web, unstructured content such as video is nearly impossible to find – unless someone has manually meta tagged and wrote the descriptions for each video.
Now with video captioning, descriptions must also be written for every frame.
AI for Media automates this task. Through the use of facial recognition, sentiment, groupings and genres it categories the video efficiently – with natural language processing (NLP) it transcribes the spoken word from each frame to written word.
By having every frame tagged and with proper descriptions, it’ll enable the content to be found on search engines more readily.
Cognitive/artificial intelligence can also help with getting content on the screens faster. What an audience views as a 90 minute movie, would of taken a studio months of planning and work – writing, storyboarding, filming, editing, testing and revising.
AI can shorten editing and testing times. With deep learning, the AI engine understands an audience’s sentiment and it can restructure the storyline in the right sequences to make it more enjoyable. It doesn’t mean that an Editor or a Writer isn’t needed anymore. If anything, it’ll free them up to work for other projects.
AI for Pharma Research
AI can benefit the research field. Artificial intelligence for Pharma can help maximize research dollars. When it comes to drug discovery, it can take years of research, resources and clinical trials. All this can result in nothing.
AI gives pharmaceutical companies an advantage – the race against time! Instead of looking at a pile of needles in a haystack (for a cure), an AI engine can hone in on specific needles – the ones with the highest probability of becoming a cure.
AI can cut down research time – by eliminating the need to spread their research dollars across areas. It can focus it’s research dollars on specific areas with the intent to optimize a drug’s time to market and lower costs for drug discovery.
Conversational Chatbots
AI is already interacting with us in our daily lives on social media and with chatbots. Chatbots can be through messaging interface or voice such as with Google Duplex.
A conversation bot can be so natural. It understands inflections and even the right pauses and tempo.
Many would say it’s unethical and even deceptive. But in a digital age where consumers expect everything at their fingertips, the only way to provide that level of service requires augmented assistance.
Whether you like or not, artificial intelligence is here to stay. For humans to control it, we need to set tight parameters of what it can do. Unleashing too much power to a machine or even a human can cause negative implications.
You wouldn’t give a new driver, keys to a Lamborghini and hope that he/she drives within the speed limit. Ahh…that’s not going to happen?!?! They’ll be flooring the gas pedal! Just like you wouldn’t unleash an artificial intelligent bot to do as it wishes.
A good example of a bot going off the rails, is in 2016 with Microsoft’s Tay AI. In just half a day it was taught by Twitter users to become offensive and vulgar. When a bot has no filters or parameters, things can go amok.
Just like a child, a parent’s moral compass must be instilled into the next generation – with a good foundation and strong principals. This will mitigate future risks if someone attempts to compromise them.
Since bots eat what they’re fed, it’s vital that Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Developers be impartial – not to instil their opinions or judgements on the machine. The goal is to use AI to help humans not to hinder them.
As long as humans use data (based on IDC’s research it will continue to grow), artificial intelligence robots will be around to help make sense of it!
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Toronto ON Canada, May 2, 2018 – TheAppLabb is proud to announce that Kundan Joshi, CEO of TheAppLabb has been nominated as one of the top entrepreneurs in the RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards.
The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards is a people’s choice award program. The goal is to inspire others to grow and contribute to their communities through volunteer work, advocacy and successful entrepreneurship. The nominees have been recognized for their achievements – making a positive impact since their arrival to Canada.
Kundan Joshi makes an impact wherever he goes. He moved from Mumbai to Canada in 2000 to pursue his software engineering degree at Western University. As a serial entrepreneur and his love for technology and business, he started his first venture while he was still a student. Later in 2007, he founded TheAppLabb.
From the inception of TheAppLabb, Kundan’s focus has always been to innovate – through the use of emerging technology, his goal is to provide a better humanized experience. By reaching end users with immersive and intelligent technologies, his solutions are able to drive positive outcomes for his clients.
Now with 8 global offices and specialists in mobile app development, UI/UX design, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT), TheAppLabb is a leading product innovative tech company. Kundan has grown a small company into an international success with over 360+ clients worldwide and over 500+ apps developed.
Let’s celebrate Kundan’s achievements! Vote for Kundan Joshi to be the Winner of 2018’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards program.
TheAppLabb CEO Kundan Joshi Receives 2016 Transformation Award in Innovation
On Saturday, June 4, our CEO Kundan Joshi was honoured to receive the 2016 Transformation Award in Innovation at the Transformation Awards Gala presented by Diversity Magazine.
Alongside fellow Transformation Award recipients including Olympic gold medalist Donovan Bailey, Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell, 2015 Pan Am Games CEO Saad Rafi and others, Kundan walked the red carpet prior to the awards reception at the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto.
During the ceremony, Kundan gratefully accepted the Innovation Award on behalf of his family and his team at TheAppLabb, stating “Such great honours are rarely individual achievements. They are a testament to being blessed with great people supporting and believing in you.” He promised to continue enabling innovation, saying “Our passion lies in harnessing the power of technology to make people’s lives better, be it through mobile apps or cognitive computing. And this recognition is a great validation for us to continue working harder and keep getting better at fostering innovation.” Kundan ended his speech with a reminder to the audience about the power of innovation, declaring “Today we are at a stage where technology has progressed to a point where our only limitation is our imagination. So let’s extend ourselves, imagine, think creatively about the problems in the world that really need to be solved, for the greater good of humanity and the world. If you can imagine it, with technology, we can achieve it.”
Presented by Diversity Magazine, the Transformation Awards celebrate the achievements of distinguished individuals in twelve categories. Through cross-cultural celebration, they reward community leaders who demonstrate leadership, excellence and innovation. Past recipients include Hazel McCallion, former Mayor of Mississauga; Hakimi Karimi, founder of Hakim Optical; and World Vision President Dave Toycen, to name a few.
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