How App Developers are Changing the Future of Healthcare
The healthcare system has generated a massive amount of data in the past half-decade. According to statistics compiled by PubMed, a major medical publications organization, the past five years have seen an incredible number of research studies and papers, including: 132,241 studies on hospital morbidity 39,230 studies on medication interactions and side effects 9,745 papers […]
Black Friday Boosts Apple iOS Sales to Soaring Heights
According to the mobile marketing and e-commerce trend-tracking company TapSense, Black Friday 2013 was a major windfall for mobile shopping via Apple’s iOS operating system. Consumers made mobile purchases in record numbers, and once the dust settled, staggering sales statistics emerged from major markets across the United States. The overall numbers showed a huge month-over-month […]
Snapchat Surpasses Facebook in Daily Photo-sharing Volume
Fueled by its unique time limit-based photo sharing system, Snapchat recently surpassed Facebook in terms of the number of photos shared per day, according to a recent report. While Facebook still boasts a robust 350 million photo shares per day, Snapchat has now eclipsed the 400 million photos per day barrier and shows no signs […]
Demand for Smartphones and Mobile Data Set to Explode by 2019
According to a recent report released by Ericsson ConsumerLab, demand for smartphones and mobile data is poised for extremely rapid growth in the next few years. Conceptually speaking, this is no surprise to industry insiders, but even so, the actual projects have raised a lot of eyebrows. Handset sales are expected to increase by 300 […]
New Search Engine Tool Hides Your Activity from NSA Spying
High tech start-up, Disconnect recently launched their newest product helping internet users browse the web without fear of being tracked by US spy agencies. The newly released Disconnect Search is available as a browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome. Disconnect has been developing privacy tools for a few years and currently over 1 […]
Ladies and Gentleman It is Now Safe to Turn-on Your Electronic Devices
After decades enforcing rules barring the use of electronic devices in flight, the bureaucracy running the FAA seem to be getting their act together. Federal regulators inched a step closer to allowing passengers on commercial flights to use their mobile devices, computers, and other electronic gadgets during takeoff and landing. As an iPhone app developer and […]
Blackberry Saved from Bankruptcy, Acquired for $4.7 bln
Once upon a time Blackberry ruled the roost, dominating the global smartphone market. Consumers as well as businesses large and small relied on Blackberry to keep them connected. As a tech head and iPhone app developer I fondly remember services like the company’s secure email delivery system and Blackberry Messenger (BBM). Unfortunately Blackberry stopped in […]
New iPhone Models Expected to be Launched at Apple’s Special Event
The past year has been tough on Apple’s bottom line and public prestige. Since Steve Jobs’ death the company’s stock price has slumped dramatically, losing $280 billion in value. Fierce competitors like Samsung continue to out-innovate the tech titan and gobble up market share. Apple has lost their competitive advantage in several key categories. Android’s […]
Amazon EC2 Hosting Service Outage Knocks Big Name Mobile Apps Offline
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com spin-off company built for software developers, suffered a major outage over the weekend. The outage temporarily knocked a significant number of web sites and mobile apps offline. Popular apps like Instagram and Vine were down for several hours as Amazon’s cloud computing services that they rely on were reported […]
Amazon Launches Developer Friendly SNS Push Messaging Service
Push messaging is a must have for any app that depends upon user engagement for their success. Unfortunately, from a technical standpoint push messaging systems are a pain for mobile developers to integrate, maintain and update. Deploying a cross-platform push messaging solution is an issue that has remained a complex and time-consuming for the Android […]