App Developer Challenges: Writing Helpful Bot Dialogue
The chatbot trend has been burning for a while now, and one of the biggest challenges facing app developers who jump into the fray isn’t entirely a question or programming. Instead, it’s a question of writing. Dialogue isn’t simple, and the trope of the anti-social hoodie-and-flip-flops San Francisco app developer doesn’t exactly lend itself to […]
Facebook Launches “Lite” Messenger Version For Old Devices
Designing for a cross-platform world can be difficult for startup app developers, especially when you consider the severe limitations of “legacy” devices compared to the incredible computing power, memory and storage capacity of the smartphones now considered standard by the US public. Facebook recently launched a standalone app for messenger users on older devices, showing […]
Stepes Applies Mobile Messaging Interface to Translation
Mobile messaging interfaces are quickly becoming the Helvetica of the mobile app world, with applications in every app industry from mobile payments to IoT security devices. Now the crowdsourced translation experts at CSOFT are bringing mobile messaging to translation services with Stepes, the “world’s first chat-based translation app.” While London iPhone app developers might expect […]