Facebook Embraces SMS, but Chat Apps Are Still the Future
Facebook recently turned heads among Android app developers with the rollout of SMS support in Facebook Messenger, a development that flies directly in the face of the companies pushback against what the social media titan considers an “outdated technology.” The feature has been testing since early this spring and the feature — which allows users […]
Some of the Biggest Tech Products Started as Side Projects
What do Gmail and Facebook have in common with a Post-It Note? The fact that they all started as side projects. More than any other industry, tech has offered developers and designers the chance to rapidly prototype their ideas — however off-the-wall or unrealistic — and bring them to market with minimal investment. iPhone app […]
Decoding Healthcare: Congress Pushing for Medtech Progress
iPhone app developers have been pushing for MedTech for years. The value modern, mobile software offers in the healthcare arena is obvious, especially considering the US medical industry’s reputation for high bureaucracy and steep costs. While the vast majority of American don’t know about it, Congress has been slowly but surely pushing for MedTech advances […]
Taiwan-US Investment Conference Builds Bridges in Tech
Taiwan is an exciting place for startups and mobile app developers these days. Long known for hardware and manufacturing, the culturally diverse nation has made huge investments into software development and startup culture in recent years. It used to be that young startups looking to make a name for themselves had to look to bigger […]
Will 2016 Be the Golden Age of FinTech App Development?
The Lending Club IPO in 2014 marked the beginning of a Renaissance for FinTech app developers, with financial app services launching with ever-greater frequency (and ever-larger funding). Today, FinTech app startups like Mint and Robinhood are disrupting the personal finance and stock trading industries respectively, leading developers to wonder: how much more room for growth […]
SwiftKey Latest Microsoft Acquisition in Cloud and AI Apps
Microsoft recently added another feather to its cap in their ongoing drive to build presence in the cloud productivity arena with their acquisition of SwiftKey, a mobile app that replaces the native keyboard on iOS and Android devices with a smarter, faster alternative. The London mobile app development company turned heads in the mobile development […]
Snagajob, the LinkedIn of Hourly Work, Secures $100 Million
While professional employment has become more streamlined every year, the situation for hourly workers in short-term jobs like restaurants has remained frustrating and obscure for years. Dishwashers and short-order cooks are left to seek out work the old-fashioned way, cold-calling bars or scouring Craigslist, while business-world workers get head-hunted on LinkedIn without raising a finger. […]
Apple Cites First Amendment in San Bernardino Court Case
Apple is far from throwing in the towel in their high-profile court case with the FBI this month. While law enforcement continues to portray the tech giant’s stance on creating a “back door” into their products as a roadblock to justice, iPhone app developers worldwide — and much of the American public — believe the action […]
Facebook Mobile App Developers Re-Prioritize your Feed
Tired of dodging clickbait traps while you scroll through your Facebook feed on the subway? So are the app developers at Facebook, who’ve been experimenting for months with new ways to prioritize the stories you see when you open the ubiquitous Facebook mobile app. To date, it’s mostly been a process of tracking likes and […]
Fintech company NextGenVest Helps Millennials Plan Expenses
The New York City mobile app developers at NextGenVest are out to solve a huge problem: the financial traps set for millennial students by predatory lenders and skyrocketing educational costs. To date, organizations aimed at helping students manage money better have failed — particularly when trying to profit in the process — because of the […]