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What is an App?

has their own navigation in the UI (not relying on the chrome for nav)
has a native look and feel
remembers the user's state - stay logged in unless the user logged out
synced in the cloud, but only gets installed to the device when the users asks for it from the cloud
works well on at least two of the following device types - phones, tablets, desktops/laptops
uses one of the following, but doesn't have to:
- accelerometer
- camera
- offline storage
- microphone
- geolocation

What is NOT an App?

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 '''What is an App?'''
-**has their own navigation in the UI (not relying on the chrome for nav)
+*has their own navigation in the UI (not relying on the chrome for nav)
-**has a native look and feel
+*has a native look and feel
-**remembers the user's state - stay logged in unless the user logged out
+*remembers the user's state - stay logged in unless the user logged out
-**synced in the cloud, but only gets installed to the device when the users asks for it from the cloud
+*synced in the cloud, but only gets installed to the device when the users asks for it from the cloud
-**works well on at least two of the following device types - phones, tablets, desktops/laptops
+*works well on at least two of the following device types - phones, tablets, desktops/laptops
-**uses one of the following, but doesn't have to:
+*uses one of the following, but doesn't have to:
-***accelerometer
+**accelerometer
-***camera
+**camera
-***offline storage
+**offline storage
-***microphone
+**microphone
-***geolocation
+**geolocation
 '''What is NOT an App?'''
-**a website
+*a website