Walmart Launches Mobile App Payment Option
Mobile payments are officially mainstream. Wal-Mart has launched “Walmart Pay,” a Wal-Mart-specific mobile app for payments via debit, credit, and gift cards. (You know, like PayPal.) Spokespeople at the company say the mobile app development team is hard at work integrating even more cutting-edge mobile payment options, to include features like mobile wallet integration in […]
Architecture of Radio App Visualizes the Networks Around You
“The infosphere, Visualized,” reads the description to the new Architecture of Radio app on the iTunes App Store, a new iOS app that functions as “a field guide to the world of digital networks.” But can a simple app really allow you to see the Wi-Fi, radio, and cell tower beacons all around you — […]
Figma is Google Docs for App Designers
Google Docs has been a part of the app developer toolbox for almost ten years now. The real-time editing, team collaboration, version control and commenting features all enabled by a cloud-based web app structure have revolutionized businesses from Mom-n-Pop storefronts to London mobile app development companies. …So what’s holding up the cloud revolution for other […]
A Language for App Developers: Apple Open Sources Swift
Apple recently open-sourced Swift, the Apple-brand programming language, allowing developers to apply the language outside the context of iOS app development. Swift has seen runaway success since its debut at the WWDC 2014 developer conference, quickly becoming an essential part of the modern app development company’s toolkit; as well as a solid first language for […]
Facebook Instant Articles Launches in Asia
Although it’s been less than a year since Facebook Instant Articles launched in the US, the company has been aggressively pushing growth of the of the enhanced mobile app media feature. Instant Articles are now live throughout Asia, only two weeks after launching in India. As the name suggests, Instant Articles is a Facebook feature […]
Google Debuts API for Image Recognition Tech
Google recently launched a limited preview for Cloud Vision, an API (application programming interface) for their in-house image recognition tech. The debut opens up huge opportunities for mobile app developers eager to introduce sophisticated image recognition to native apps — particularly for Internet of Things app developers, where real-world interactions are so critical. While the service […]
Wayfinder Brings Map Tech Indoors for App Developers
When it comes to indoor navigation, the options in the mobile app development toolbox are few and far between. The main roadblock has been the scale — mobile app developer toolkits like Google Maps can determine routes intelligently using widely available satellite imagery, but getting a feel for the layout of a building is much […]
Social Commerce in Mobile Apps is the Next Big Thing
For startups and mobile app developers, Christmas represents more than just a break to spend time with family; it represents big opportunities for business growth, with consumers buying more goods and services than any other time of year. Recent years have seen steady growth in e-commerce in general, but this season London mobile app developers are […]
How WeChat Leverages Chat UI to Offer Diverse Features
WeChat doesn’t look like much from a western mobile app developer’s perspective. Is it WhatsApp for Asia? Is it Google for China? Then you see the staggering statistics behind the chat app’s wild growth since its 2011 launch: above 90 percent of the population in all first-tier Chinese cities use the app regularly. Beijing alone […]
Tinybop App Developers Discover Key to Apps for Kids
Raul Gutierrez, the entrepreneur and iPhone app developer behind Brooklyn-based childrens app startup Tinybop, has a lot to say about the problems with mobile app options available to children. And while the surprise success of the startup’s purposefully “weird” apps for kids come as no surprise to parents of the Tinybop target audience, New York iPhone […]