GigaOm has a nice writeup of how mobile apps fared in 2011 and what might be ahead for the app space in 2012 including this fascinating tidbit:

The year in mobile apps: Where we’ve been, where we’re going — Tech News and Analysis: “For the first time ever, we used mobile apps more than opening up a browser window to access Web-based services. Flurry Analytics found that users had crossed over in mid-2011; we spent 81 minutes a day in apps versus 74 minutes in a browser. A year earlier, the tally had been an average of 64 minutes in a browser versus just 43 minutes in apps.”

If you’re not already engaging mobile users (who, as a percentage will continue to rise exponentially next year) in your affiliate efforts (publishers, advertisers or networks), 2012 is the time to get on ball.

If you don’t know how to make an app, it’s time to get programming. It’s not hard, I promise (scroll down to the bottom of the post).