Apple Updates GarageBand App With Innovative New Features
Apple’s iPhone and iPad app developers released a big update to their GarageBand iOS app recently, and the new features could potentially draw the oft-belittled software suite into the limelight — particularly for electronic artists, who will find the new features much more aligned with digital music creation. Garageband has long been familiar to anybody […]
iPhone App Developers at MicSwap Supercharge your iPhone Mic
The iPhone has become slimmer, stronger, and more feature-rich with every update to the original design — but when it comes to sound input and output, the hardware doesn’t always live up to its true potential. Luckily, a group of musicians-turned-iPhone-app-developers is working to solve this small but unnecessary problem. The result: MicSwap, a new […]
Alphabet Profits From Mobile as Valuation Overtakes Apple
The past couple weeks have been huge for mobile app developers and the software industry in general as Alphabet published their earnings report for the past quarter, disclosing an unprecedented $21.3 billion in revenue. With Google under the Alphabet umbrella, it’s no surprise to Chicago mobile app developers that the company would exceed expectations. But […]
Unmute Is an iPhone App Inspired by Old-School Phone Calls
If you’re old enough to remember getting landline calls from your high school date and having younger siblings listen in on the other line, you’ll have no trouble understanding what Unmute is all about. It’s just like that, but with anyone in the world listening in — instead of just your little sister. For teens […]
WhatsApp Mobile Messaging App developers Drop Subscriptions
Mobile app developers behind the popular encrypted mobile messaging service WhatsApp have been in the news the past couple weeks as their service radically changed its pricing structure, dropping their “freemium” scheme with annual subscriptions in favor of a completely free version. This is a great thing for users, many of whom might consider switching […]
Apple Watch Developers at Peel Turn Device Into Universal Remote
Apple Watch development has been slowly gaining steam as the release of the Apple Watch 2 in April 2016 creeps closer. Regardless, critics of the device still have a big voice in the wearables debate, arguing against the “convenience” of a tiny computer on your wrist. Aside from checking notifications and narrating text messages, what’s […]
IPhone App Developers Sign Petition to Return F.lux to iOS
Apple set itself at odds with the iPhone app development community the past couple weeks with an unexpected ban of the F.lux app — suspiciously timed with the release of native F.lux-like functionality to iOS 9.3. Quick recap: F.lux is a third-party app for iOS devices that reduces the blue light emitted from backlit screens […]
London Mobile App Developers Behind Gumtree Launch Expansion
If you’ve ever lived in the UK, chances are you’re familiar with Gumtree — and if you aren’t, the mobile app developer’s behind the iconic classifieds service want to get you familiar fast. Launched back in 2000 by London mobile app developers Simon Crookall and Michael Pennington, Gumtree started out as a way for UK […]
Facebook Mobile App Developers Testing Topical News Feeds
The mobile app development team at Facebook is in the news again this week as users notice an intriguing new feature rolling out: multiple, topical news feeds. Similar to the special interest feeds launched on the web app last fall and the standalone Facebook Paper app, the new feature will allow users to toggle between […]
Facebook Positioning Itself as “WeChat of the West”
Android app developers in the Asian market have been capitalizing on chat apps for years, combining the benefits of social connectivity, the decline of SMS, and the desire for simplicity to turn their chats apps (WeChat, Line, etc.) into one-stop-shops for everything from paying for services to shopping for clothes. Now San Francisco iPhone app […]