Mobile App Startup Blinkist Pulls $4.3 Million in Venture Capital
Blinkist isn’t the first mobile app or web service to try their hand at content summarization (previous efforts from other startups have summarized Ted Talks, classic fiction, and white papers) but they may be the first mobile app developers to find mainstream success with the concept. The German mobile app development startup recently raised over […]
Pinterest Models Diversity for Mobile App Developers
Unicorn startup Pinterest recently ramped up the diversity discussion in Silicon Valley with their first ever hire for the Head of Diversity position. Former Catalyst employee Candice Morgan will be filling the role. The announcement comes following years of initiatives within the startup community aimed at opening up employment to candidates of all backgrounds — […]
IOS App Developers pull over $1 Billion in Christmas Sales
Apple recently announced a record-smashing jump in iPhone, iPad and Apple TV sales for the holiday season: $1.1 billion in the two weeks around Christmas alone. The astronomical jump in sales volume came as a surprise even to veteran iPhone app developers, with the year closing out at around $20 billion in App Store revenue […]
Twitter Files to Patent Drone Selfies for Mobile App Users
Twitter has been turning heads in the mobile app development community the past couple weeks with an unusual drone-related patent application. In a wall of text describing some sort of tweeting drone, Twitter’s patent attempts to nail down the rights to “messaging-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle[s].” Here’s an excerpt from the patent text as posted to […]
Toshl Paves the Way for Financial App Developers
Slovenia isn’t exactly known for its thriving startup scene, especially among San Francisco mobile app developers. But you wouldn’t know it from the splash the Slovenian FinTech app developers have been making in the startup scene since the release of their personal budgeting app Toshl in 2010. With more and more banks and financial institutions […]
Slack Invests $80 Million in Integrated App Development
While some big names in the productivity-enhancement field strive to launch services to cover has many aspects of daily life as possible (a large corporation who’s name begins with “G” comes to mind), relative newcomer Slack just launched an initiative that puts a unique spin on scaling: an $80 million investment in startups and mobile […]
Service, the Customer Intermediary App, Launches for iOS
User retention is notoriously difficult in the iOS app industry, where over 80 percent of users open an app once and never come back. So the claim from newly-launched customer service iOS app Service that their user retention hovers over 25 percent is understandably turning heads among New York iPhone app development companies, and drawing […]
AOL Launches Alto Mail, a New Email Mobile App Alternative
The average user may be happy with a standard email app like Google’s Inbox or Yahoo’s native iPhone app, but power users with multiple accounts between work and play often turn to third-party apps that offer multi-client support. AOL recently jumped into the game with a unique mobile app offering for iOs and Android, Alto […]
Stop Deleting and Start Writing With First Draft Mac App
“Stop deleting and start writing” — so reads the tagline behind a compelling new app called First Draft from the app development team at 96 Problems, a creative app development company. First Draft will be familiar to iOS app users in particular for its similarity to other minimalist writing tools favored by iPad app developers, […]
Duet Turns iPad and iPad Pro Into Second Screen
Ever fantasized about running OS X on your iPad or iPad Pro? Who are we kidding — there isn’t an iPhone app developer in Dallas who hasn’t. It’s tough to go back to a single screen when you’re accustomed to a dual-screen setup at home or in the office. That frustration has become the mission […]