Facebook and Google Own 8 of the 10 Most Popular Apps
The American appetite for apps has plateaued since last year, but mobile app developers should have no fear: 57% of our digital media usage is spent in apps. It goes without saying that mobile apps are now an integral part of our lives. But which ones are the most used? The answers are, well, less […]
Leaks Reveal Strain Inside Apple’s Self-Driving Car Project
iPad app developers are all too familiar with grumblings about what Apple’s next great innovation will be. For a little while, the tech giant seemed to believe that its self-driving car would be its Next Big Thing. When Project Titan, Apple’s autonomous car project, kicked off in 2014, the goal was not just to build […]
DOJ Softens Warrant Requesting Info on Trump Protesters
Since the tragedy at Charlottesville a couple weeks ago, the nation has had to deal with some ugly truths about itself. That kind of soul-searching and moral inventory is never easy, but it’s a lot more painful when the president is Donald Trump, who equivocates while denouncing hate groups and talks about the “alt-left,” a […]
Google Officially Debuts Android Oreo During the Eclipse
This afternoon, while everyone was looking skyward to catch a glimpse at that solar eclipse (including the president, who couldn’t resist the urge to look up without his special glasses on), Google officially unveiled the eighth version of Android. Called Android Oreo, the updated OS transitioned today from its developer preview to the Android Open […]
More Drama for Uber as VC Firm and Shareholder Files Lawsuit
It appears as if Uber might be closing in on a new CEO, General Electric’s CEO Jeff Immelt, but the drama that has kept Bay Area Android app developers gossiping about the company is far from over. If anything, it appears that a new chapter of chaos is beginning. The ride-hailing company’s seemingly unending run […]
Shonin Is the Body Cam for Citizens We May Need Right Now
Over the past few years, a depressing series of shaky smart phone videos have pushed the issue of police violence against the black community into the mainstream conversation. As a result of those videos, the idea of police officers wearing body cams has grown in popularity. What better way to curb abuses of power than […]
Tech Companies Stamp Out Neo-Nazis After Charlottesville
The events this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, shocked the nation, and Trump’s equivocating response threw salt in the wound. For many years now, the trend of political polarization has made common ground harder and harder to find, but it used to be that denouncing Nazis was as American as hot dogs, sparklers, and apple pie. […]
Medium-Cost App Subscriptions May Be the Way to Go
One of the most nagging questions that faces mobile app developers is how much to charge for a subscription for an app. Set the subscription fees too low and you may go into the red; set them too high and you run the risk of scaring away potential users. Obviously mobile app developers have to […]
Dogtown Media Earns INC. 5000 Ranking: Fastest Growing Companies in America
Since its founding in 1979, the magazine Inc. has chronicled all the major developments in American entrepreneurship. It has often been ahead of the curve; in 1981, it was the first magazine to feature Steve Jobs on the cover, claiming that he “changed business forever” (that definitely checks out). As app developers probably already know, […]
SpaceX Launches HPE’s Spaceborne Computer Into Space Today
These days it is starting to feel like things are getting a little ugly down here on Earth, so let us turn our attention to space for a moment. Just about every iOS app developer dreams of becoming an astronaut one day, of flying to Mars and establishing some sort of utopian colony there. While […]