Spotify Beats Out Apple Music for Top Grossing IPhone App
Apple may be having a heyday with the impressive subscriber numbers for their Apple Music service, but Spotify has surprised the app community by securing the elusive No. 1 spot for top grossing apps in the U.S. While Spotify has managed to reach this status before in the U.K., their previous record in the U.S. […]
Twitter Adding 8 New Services to Fabric Platform
Since Twitter launched Fabric in fall of 2014, the platform has grown to reach over 225,000 developers and over a billion devices. Needless to say, the announcement of eight new services caused quite a stir among mobile app developers in San Francisco. Developers at Fabric commented that they’ve been “blown away” by the response to Fabric by […]
Facebook Launches Instant Articles to IOS
iPhone users getting their news through the Facebook mobile app will start to see more lightning bolt icons alongside their reading options — the icon signifies “instant articles,” Facebook’s push to boost loading time for articles on mobile by allowing select publishing partners to post articles using a highly optimized format that will make them […]
Apple Now Accepting Apps for Apple TV Platform
Apple TV, Apple’s new television device, is a hot item this year — so IOS developers will be pleased to hear that the company is now accepting app submissions for the new platform. Apparently they don’t want consumers to have to wait for a thriving app ecosystem, so anybody with an idea for a game […]
Security Remains Primary Concern Effecting Widespread Adoption of IoT Devices
Security has been a focus for Internet of Things app developers throughout the growth of the trend, and particularly now as industrial and medical applications become more prevalent. The effects of a hacker on your smart vacuum cleaner or cloud-connected thermostat may be negligible or annoying, but the situation obviously becomes more serious when considering […]
Major Update brings iWork Apps for iCloud out of Beta
Apple has just rolled the iWork suite out of beta and added some major upgrades to all three core mac apps in OS X, iOS, and iCloud. Included in the updates are some highly-anticipated features that put the apps on-par with major competitors in the cloud-based productivity suite market like Google Drive apps and Microsoft […]
USA Giving Away Governing Control of the Internet
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an American-controlled non-profit entity that manages the names and addresses of websites. Since 1998, ICANN has been the sole holder of a contract to administer and manage domain names. It is led by a consortium of technology experts, academics, advocates, government and private industry representatives, […]
Facebook Using Drones to Blanket the World in Internet Connectivity
Facebook recently unveiled the specifics of the company’s plans to launch a series of solar-powered drones that will broadcast wireless Internet signals to remote areas. The laser-connected drones are expected to bring Internet access to people who live too far from existing wireless infrastructure to get a wireless signal. Estimates suggest that approximately 10 percent […]
Ad-Blocking Software: A Threat and an Opportunity for Mobile App Developers
Apple ruffled some feathers at the 2015 Developers’ Conference when the company unveiled an upcoming “content blocking” feature aimed at blacking out unwanted ads. The conference schedule used the following wording to introduce the session: “Safari in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan delivers new ways for your app to extend Safari’s behavior. […]
Dedicated App Developers Are Now Sleeping Where They Work
WeWork, a startup with a multibillion-dollar valuation, is set to cash in on the emerging trend of co-living work spaces in the tech industry. The company is spearheading the development of what it calls “WeLive spaces” in San Francisco and Washington DC, where dedicated app development professionals can literally live where they work. The Washington […]