Dogtown Media’s Clutch Year in Review
For years, Dogtown Media has been empowering businesses of all sizes with modern digital solutions. As a go-to provider of development solutions to many clients, we work tirelessly to craft intelligent apps with brilliant, intuitive, and innovative design. Through our expertise in multiple verticals, our team delivers the solutions that our partners need to navigate […]
Everything to know about mHealth Apps
In today’s technologically sophisticated world there’s a major changing happening in health. Enabled by an expansion in technological capability and new opportunities in mobile application development, today’s smartphones are paving the way for users to gain more insight into their health. From fitness monitoring to wellness apps, mHealth – also known as mobile health – […]
The Major Highlights from Google I/O 2018
This year’s Google developer festival, the I/O conference, showed that the shift to ‘AI-first’ for the company was in full swing. Held each year in Mountain View right outside of San Francisco, the event has served as an opportunity for the tech titan to demonstrate why it’s still leading in innovation. 2018’s I/O showcased the recent fruitions […]
Would You Let Google’s AI Make Phone Calls for You?
As tech companies integrate new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) into their products and voice assistants, public backlash is to be expected. Often, these large companies don’t consult with “regular consumers” before proceeding to build out nearly the whole product. This can result in missteps during the release that could have easily been avoided if […]
Why Are So Many Countries Banning Telegram?
When Edward Snowden accused the NSA of spying on American citizens, user trust in apps, websites, and the government was irreparably damaged. In fact, it feels like more users are distrusting of government surveillance and social media. Telegram is a popular messaging app that was borne out of distrust for governments and server authorities. With […]
This High Schooler’s AI App is Rapidly Advancing Visual Search
A high school senior’s app for detecting and identifying objects is putting Google and Apple to shame. Michael Royzen, the mastermind AI developer behind the app, created a tool that is not only accurate, fast, and easy to use, but better than the fierce competition from many tech titans. Taking Advantage of Edge Computing and […]
Mosquito-Packed Drones Are Taking On the Zika Virus
Every year, mosquito-related diseases kill several million people, according to the World Health Organization. Brazil, in particular, was hit with the Zika epidemic in 2015 and 2016. The virus manifests itself by creating birth defects in babies. To combat this growing threat, scientists are releasing sterile mosquitoes into the environment, theorizing that, eventually, the Zika […]
In Light of Recent Backlash, Facebook Revenue Surges
Although new information keeps popping up about the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving Facebook’s data, the social media giant’s profits are surging. Facebook’s Faltering… Or Is It? Recently, it came to light that Facebook signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Aleksandr Kogan. Kogan, the data scientist and app developer involved in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, spilled […]
Do App Permissions Tell Us All We Need to Know?
Granting an app a half-dozen permissions it doesn’t seemingly need is a huge problem for users on Apple and Android devices. You might have noticed, for example, how Pokemon Go requested access to see and modify nearly all information in its players’ Google accounts. Why does it need to be able to edit our information? […]
James Comey Says Apple and Google’s Encryptions ‘Drove Me Crazy’
The U.S. government is in an internal war; the White House and the FBI are pitted against each other by accusations, conspiracy theories, and Russian election meddling suspicions. Besides all of this, the U.S. government is also having a tough time getting along with many tech titans and developers in San Francisco. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg […]