In the near future, Uber may offer on-demand helicopters
The latest rumor blazing through Silicon Valley is the possibility of a partnership between mobile app development company superstars Uber and a European aircraft company called Airbus. Why does that matter? It matters because if Uber enters the airspace market, you could be hailing a helicopter ride the same way you hail an Uber taxi […]
Yik Yak iPhone App Developers Launch Web App
Yik Yak took another step towards social network maturity in the past couple weeks, as the iPhone app developers behind the trending location-based messaging service launched a web app platform. The web app has been in closed beta for several months now; with Yik Yak’s popularity skyrocketing on college campuses across the US the new […]
Uber Out-Maneuvers Sidecar in Transporation App Marketplace
It’s been over a month since Sidecar began closing their doors, marking the end of their stand against Uber with a eulogistic blog post to the company website. While Sidecar’s mobile app development team has been second to none when it comes to innovative solutions to consumer problems, the company still struggled to gain traction […]
Streaming Mobile App Developers at Deezer Raise $110 Million
Mention the term “streaming apps” to a custom mobile app development company, and chances are they’ll reply with one of three names: “Spotify,” “Pandora,” or “Apple Music.” Well, the venture capital sources behind Paris-based music streaming app Deezer seem to believe that there’s a fourth name that should come to mind — and they’ve put […]
Apple Updates GarageBand App With Innovative New Features
Apple’s iPhone and iPad app developers released a big update to their GarageBand iOS app recently, and the new features could potentially draw the oft-belittled software suite into the limelight — particularly for electronic artists, who will find the new features much more aligned with digital music creation. Garageband has long been familiar to anybody […]
iPhone App Developers at MicSwap Supercharge your iPhone Mic
The iPhone has become slimmer, stronger, and more feature-rich with every update to the original design — but when it comes to sound input and output, the hardware doesn’t always live up to its true potential. Luckily, a group of musicians-turned-iPhone-app-developers is working to solve this small but unnecessary problem. The result: MicSwap, a new […]
Unmute Is an iPhone App Inspired by Old-School Phone Calls
If you’re old enough to remember getting landline calls from your high school date and having younger siblings listen in on the other line, you’ll have no trouble understanding what Unmute is all about. It’s just like that, but with anyone in the world listening in — instead of just your little sister. For teens […]
WhatsApp Mobile Messaging App developers Drop Subscriptions
Mobile app developers behind the popular encrypted mobile messaging service WhatsApp have been in the news the past couple weeks as their service radically changed its pricing structure, dropping their “freemium” scheme with annual subscriptions in favor of a completely free version. This is a great thing for users, many of whom might consider switching […]
IPhone App Developers Sign Petition to Return F.lux to iOS
Apple set itself at odds with the iPhone app development community the past couple weeks with an unexpected ban of the F.lux app — suspiciously timed with the release of native F.lux-like functionality to iOS 9.3. Quick recap: F.lux is a third-party app for iOS devices that reduces the blue light emitted from backlit screens […]
Facebook Mobile App Developers Testing Topical News Feeds
The mobile app development team at Facebook is in the news again this week as users notice an intriguing new feature rolling out: multiple, topical news feeds. Similar to the special interest feeds launched on the web app last fall and the standalone Facebook Paper app, the new feature will allow users to toggle between […]