<s>
An	O
investor	B-Application
application	I-Application
(	O
or	O
investor	O
app	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
distribute	O
information	O
about	O
publicly	O
traded	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
investor	O
apps	O
:	O
Native	O
investor	O
apps	O
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
investor	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
for	O
investor	O
relations	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
emerging	O
trend	O
as	O
more	O
corporations	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
move	O
in	O
this	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
116	O
million	O
Americans	O
will	O
use	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
up	O
from	O
93.1	O
million	O
in	O
2011	O
–	O
and	O
by	O
2016	O
,	O
nearly	O
three	O
out	O
of	O
every	O
five	O
consumers	O
will	O
have	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investor	O
apps	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
native	O
or	O
HTML5	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
investor	O
apps	O
offer	O
alerts	O
and	O
social	O
sharing	O
,	O
email	O
opt-in	O
and	O
push	B-General_Concept
notifications	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML5	B-Application
investor	O
apps	O
work	O
well	O
for	O
intermittent	O
traffic	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
website	O
or	O
webpage	O
is	O
not	O
visited	O
regularly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strong	O
internet	O
connectivity	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
perform	O
well	O
and	O
push	B-General_Concept
notifications	I-General_Concept
and	O
offline	O
storage	O
are	O
not	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
apps	O
allow	O
cross	O
platform	O
development	O
and	O
simple	O
,	O
fast	O
content	O
updates	O
via	O
standard	O
site	O
CMS	O
,	O
or	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
apps	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iTunes	I-Operating_System
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
features	O
may	O
include	O
:	O
push	B-General_Concept
notifications	I-General_Concept
alerting	O
investors	O
to	O
new	O
information	O
;	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sign	O
up	O
for	O
company	O
information	O
and	O
investor	O
email	O
opt-in	O
automated	O
;	O
real-time	O
stock	O
price	O
information	O
;	O
and	O
automated	O
posting	O
of	O
newswire-released	O
press	O
releases	O
and	O
SEC	O
filings	O
.	O
</s>
