Is Apple Making a Dual-SIM iPhone?
If you’re a U.S. reader, you’ve likely never seen the point of having a dual-SIM card smartphone. But for the rest of the world, dual-SIM card phones are very much needed. In fact, combining lack of dual-SIM support with the iPhone’s entry price in most markets abroad has stunted Apple’s growth in countries like India, China, […]
Apple Restricts Developers from Selling User Contact Data
Apple’s trying to avoid a data abuse probe, similar to what happened with Facebook’s recent data scandal. Facebook’s data abuse scandal happened because the company was too lax in what permissions and information it allowed developers to access. Consequently, when a Facebook app developer sold the data he’d mined from a quiz he’d built, Facebook […]
Dogtown Media Talks Tech With Members of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship
At Dogtown Media, we’re absolutely obsessed with the future! We love to learn, ponder, and think of ways to build a better one every day. This forward-focused mentality extends well beyond mobile app development and even technology as a whole. Last week, we had the opportunity to host members of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship at our […]
General Assembly & Dogtown Media Present: How We Changed Careers
Making a change in your life requires courage, especially when it’s your career. Commitment to a better future in the face of uncertainty requires both tact and tenacity. If you’ve been considering making a change in your career, then our next speaking event is just for you. A Candid Take on Career Transformation On Tuesday, […]
AR Apps Allow Users to Practice Virtual Feng Shui
Dallas iOS app developers are excited that iOS 11 is finally here — and with it, ARKit, Apple’s new augmented reality platform. Because apps developed with ARKit are now available to anyone with an iPhone 6 or later, it is the biggest AR platform in the world. Ever since Apple announced the platform at WWDC […]
SpaceX Launches HPE’s Spaceborne Computer Into Space Today
These days it is starting to feel like things are getting a little ugly down here on Earth, so let us turn our attention to space for a moment. Just about every iOS app developer dreams of becoming an astronaut one day, of flying to Mars and establishing some sort of utopian colony there. While […]
Made in the U.S.A.: Is Apple Building Plants in America?
The latest Apple rumor has come from an unusual source, one that has often appeared to be at odds with the tech giant and its values: President Donald J. Trump. If the president is to be believed (and with this president, there is always room for doubt), Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build […]
Has the State Department Dropped the Ball on Cybersecurity?
The Trump administration hasn’t exactly played it smart when it comes to cybersecurity issues. Back in May, the president signed an executive order that bolstered the security of federal networks and our criticial infrastructure, but ever since his administration has made some baffling choices. Perhaps the most notable example was the president’s cockamamie tweet suggesting […]
Apple Wants You to Unlock Your Phone with Your Face
Expectations for the iPhone 8 are almost ridiculously high as Apple fanatics try to guess what the company has in store for its tenth-anniversary phone. Miami iOS app developers are hoping for radical design changes and features, the kind of thing that will remind people that the iPhone is the king of smartphones, the […]
What Can iOS App Developers Expect at This Year’s WWDC?
This year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference kicks off next week, and as always, iOS app developers are buzzing about what will be unveiled this year. Lately it seems that Apple has been taking a drubbing in the press for falling into a post-Jobs innovation slump, so the pressure is on this year to stir up […]