Request for Feedback Brings Twitter Deluge of 5000+ Tweets within three days
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey publicly apologized to the tech community at the Flight conference last week, promising a more open, more inclusive platform for web and mobile app developers. TechCrunch commentators and San Francisco mobile app developers at the conference reported that Dorsey requested the public to submit suggestions via tweet with the hashtag #HelloWorld. […]
Flywheel Aims to Replace Taxi Meters With TaxiOS Platform
While all the buzz in transportation apps and the sharing economy focus on big-picture services like Uber, the mobile app developers at startup Flywheel have quietly launched a smart new platform targeting a more humble issue: the old-school taxi meter. According to company sources over 80 percent of San Francisco taxis are already working with […]
Investors and Developers Cautious as Square Goes Public
Square recently filed IPO (initial public offering) paperwork; the current offering is listed at $275 million. Given Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s reinstatement as CEO at Twitter the week prior, investors have voiced some concerns as to how Dorsey’s split commitments will affect operations at both companies. Square’s filing notes that “[Dorsey’s renewed involvement at Twitter] […]
End-to-end Encryption Reaches Line Messaging App
Line, the Japanese chat app well known for it’s cute stickers and bubbly mascot characters, has just adopted a more serious feature: end-to-end encryption. 211 Million people use the app currently, but with only about 10 million users in the United States it’s fair to say adoption outside their target audience in Asia (54 million […]
Fighting Churn: Localytics Solves Problem for App Industry
Getting users to download an app is notoriously difficult for San Francisco mobile app developers. Getting them to stick around for the long haul is even trickier. Even an enthusiastic user has dozens of other apps competing for their digital attention span, and the average app loses around 80 percent of signups. The “churn” in […]
Apple Now Accepting Apps for Apple TV Platform
Apple TV, Apple’s new television device, is a hot item this year — so IOS developers will be pleased to hear that the company is now accepting app submissions for the new platform. Apparently they don’t want consumers to have to wait for a thriving app ecosystem, so anybody with an idea for a game […]
Security Remains Primary Concern Effecting Widespread Adoption of IoT Devices
Security has been a focus for Internet of Things app developers throughout the growth of the trend, and particularly now as industrial and medical applications become more prevalent. The effects of a hacker on your smart vacuum cleaner or cloud-connected thermostat may be negligible or annoying, but the situation obviously becomes more serious when considering […]
USA Giving Away Governing Control of the Internet
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an American-controlled non-profit entity that manages the names and addresses of websites. Since 1998, ICANN has been the sole holder of a contract to administer and manage domain names. It is led by a consortium of technology experts, academics, advocates, government and private industry representatives, […]
Facebook Using Drones to Blanket the World in Internet Connectivity
Facebook recently unveiled the specifics of the company’s plans to launch a series of solar-powered drones that will broadcast wireless Internet signals to remote areas. The laser-connected drones are expected to bring Internet access to people who live too far from existing wireless infrastructure to get a wireless signal. Estimates suggest that approximately 10 percent […]
Medical App Development Industry Not Yet Producing Results
While medical app development has often been cited as one of the major growth areas of the mobile software industry, recent figures suggest there is a great deal of room for improvement. A recent global survey from Kentico Software found that 50 percent of users are not happy with the current generation of mobile health […]