Facebook’s Original Streaming Content Is In the Works
The San Francisco mobile app development community has long known about Facebook’s interest in launching streaming content, but until now details were scant. Plans to showcase original content at the F8 developers conference in April and the Cannes Lions advertising festival earlier this month fell through, leaving the tech industry to wonder if the social […]
Waymo-Lyft’s Driverless Car Partnership Is a Threat to Uber
Internet of things app developers are probably familiar with the old saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” That bit of wisdom appears to be behind the new partnership between Waymo and Lyft, two rivals to ride-hailing giant Uber. Lyft has lagged behind Uber in the ride-hailing market, consistently stuck in second place […]
Time to Speak Out Against the Plan to Destroy Net Neutrality
Even before John Oliver took to ranting about the necessity of net neutrality regulations, mobile app developers were passionate supporters of the open internet. We thought the fight for net neutrality was over after the unified outcry from various internet communities back in 2014, but then along came Trump and his new FCC chairman, former […]
Clock In Whenever: The Joyful Anarchy of the Tech Work Week
Eight hours a day. Five days and 40 hours per week. Clock in at 8 and clock out at 5. Regardless of industry or objective, work schedules tend to be remarkably similar. So how come techies, app developers, and startup founders work such odd hours — and can traditional business models learn from their unconventional […]
Dogtown Goes to D.C. for AppCon ’17, Pushes Education Reform
It is Dogtown Media’s belief that laws that are good for tech are good for us all, which is why we’re so excited to be in the nation’s capital for AppCon ’17. Presented by ACT – The App Association and Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, the conference gathers tech execs and app developers from all […]
Trump’s New Executive Order Aims to Re-examine H-1B Program
President Trump signed his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order on Tuesday, which will put the H-1B visa system under review. The order is designed to ensure that tech jobs that could be going to Americans are not being taken by cheaper foreign labor and to tighten restrictions on foreign contractors bidding on government projects, […]
Facebook Eyes LinkedIn with New Recruitment Features
Facebook’s app development team has been in the news lately for their “memorial page” banner error, but there’s something much more meaningful that tech pundits should be focussed on: new features that promote job-hunting on the platform. As LinkedIn adjusts to life under Microsoft, Facebook is seizing the moment to start an unexpected race with […]
Could Mobile Tech Revolutionize Government?
We may not be seeing it in their actions, but at least on paper politicians are starting to come around to the idea of digitalizing government processes. In an age where everything is efficiently available at the push of a button, why should basic functions like taxes still be operating via pen and paper? (Or […]
Does the Apple Watch Need an App for Everything?
The New York Times recently reported that Apple Watch app development professionals have been favoring a “wait and see” strategy when it comes to developing software for the smartwatch. While it is noteworthy that several leading companies, including Facebook, Google and Snapchat, have yet to release apps for the Apple Watch platform, the trend poses […]
Top Trends to Watch in Mobile App Development
With the world of mobile app development continuing to remain in a state of rapid fluctuation, four definitive trends have emerged this year. Driven by research from VisionMobile’s “State of the Developer Nation” report covering the first quarter of 2015, here are four key currents driving the mobile software development industry: Swift has arrived Swift, […]