OSX Vs. iOS: What Merging Ui Standards Mean for Developers
More swiping. Bigger buttons. Tighter integration with mobile operating systems. OSX has been on a collision course with its mobile counterparts for years. Not all iPhone app developers are on board with the “simplification” of the desktop experience, but there are obvious UI wins for non-technical users who’ll never touch Xcode or Terminal. Why this […]
3 Design Challenges Faced by UI-free Chat App Developers
For many mobile app developers, designing simple chat bots is just a step on the path to mastering your programming language of choice. Base-level “artificial intelligence” in the form of task-oriented bots has been a feature of computer science since the beginning. (Just take a look at Twitter, where over 23 million user accounts are […]
How to Write a Tech Press Release That Actually Gets Read
Press releases may be the dinosaurs of growth hacking, but that doesn’t mean they’re going anywhere soon. For iPhone app developers and startup founders, writing stellar press releases is a critical business skill. Having your app featured in Tech Crunch, Venture Beat and the like can drive huge download numbers and brand recognition. The question […]
4 Slackbots to Supercharge Your Startup’s Productivity
If you’re involved at a tech startup or iPhone app development company, chances are you’re at least passingly familiar with Slack, the email-replacing communication and productivity suite for team projects. It’s the backbone of our daily communication here at Dogtown Media. What makes Slack special for app developers is the company’s approach to the tool […]
How to Build Secure Mobile Apps That Keep User Data Safe
VR may have ruled the product side of this year’s SXSW Interactive, but security was the public issue most on the minds of iPhone app developers. The recent Apple vs. FBI court case over encryption very much drew security to center stage, with President Obama commenting that “this notion that somehow our data is different […]
What Will User-generated Virtual Reality Look Like?
Virtual reality dominated the stage at this year’s SXSW Interactive, leading many mobile app developers to place bets on where the technology will take us over the next decade. Applications in gaming and education are obvious, but one less defined prediction may offer the biggest revenue potential to app developers: user-generated VR. To understand what […]
What Twitter’s #RIPTwitter Fiasco Can Teach Young Startups
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ve probably noticed the #RIPTwitter hashtag floating around your Twitter feed. (Whether that feed appears chronological or dynamic is another discussion.) For iPhone and Android app developers, watching the once-promising unicorn startup drop in value from an initial high of $45 per share to today’s low of under $20 has […]
How to Leverage Customer Service to Bootstrap a Beta Product
Bootstrapping is hard. Ridiculously hard. (Trust us, we all worked on startup teams for years before going into iPhone app development full-time at Dogtown Media.) Even if your app idea is completely new and innovative, it’s bound to spawn competing iPad app developers the second you go public — and those competitors will have the […]
Luxury Services the next Frontier for On-demand App Startups
Disagreements between on-demand startup giant Uber and their legions of independent contractors may be dominating the startup conversation as we move into 2016, but at the same time luxury on-demand services are quietly racking up a significant market share — both for iPhone app developers and the workers participating. Take the NYC iPhone app developers at […]
Obama’s SXSW Speech Underscores Encryption Uncertainties
Technology and politics are two of the most complex sectors in the national economy. Huge portions of the population can’t tell you what an electoral college is, or even name the mayor of their town. Outside the community of iPhone app developers — of which their are not nearly enough to meet demand — the […]