Is Blockchain Hype, or World-Changing Technology?
As the world continues to grow more interconnected and businesses across the globe move through a digital transformation, business leaders are faced with new unprecedented challenges. With the global fraud economy set to hit 5 trillion by 2024, data privacy concerns reaching an all-time high, and data growth reaching unfathomable levels, businesses are in need […]
What Does the Future of Work Look Like After COVID-19?
COVID-19 has forever changed how we approach work. When the pandemic began, Dogtown Media said goodbye to its Los Angeles-based development headquarters for the past decade. We left this office, moved the entire team to remote work, and don’t have any intention of going back. The future of work has changed, and we’ve changed with […]
Dogtown Media CEO to Discuss 5G Upgrade Order With FCC Commissioner Carr in Virtual Panel
Wireless technology has transformed how we interact with the world around us. But what does the future with 5G look like? It can be hard to fathom. Luckily, ACT | The App Association aims to elucidate this with a special public webinar featuring FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. And Marc Fischer, Dogtown Media’s very own Co-Founder […]
Internet of Things 101: What’s Cellular IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) allows us to send, receive, and act upon data in myriad ways by connecting physical objects. Cellular IoT is a way of connecting these physical things through the same mobile networks that smartphones utilize. Its infrastructural elegance and the arrival of 5G mean that cellular IoT will play an integral […]
How Much Does It Really Cost to Develop an App? — Part 2
Welcome to the final entry in our two-part series on figuring out just how much an app costs to build! In the first part of this series, we covered the stages of the mobile app development process and other crucial factors to keep in mind that can greatly impact your cost calculations. In case you […]
U.S. Senators Criticize FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s ‘Lack of Candor’
The battle over our Internet freedom continues to rage on. It doesn’t take a staunch supporter of net neutrality to see that something smells fishy over at the FCC. Since Ajit Pai became FCC Chairman, he’s been on a warpath to dismantle some of the only rules put in place to protect our Internet usage from […]
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 […]
Can Smart Cities Become a Reality?
What sci-fi work hasn’t had that epic shot or mention of a futuristic smart city, usually adorned in radiant lights and covered with colossal skyscrapers and flying cars? As we edge closer to a future where hyperloops promise to take us from Los Angeles to New York City in minutes and the idea of going to […]
Here Comes the New iPhone (Please Let There Be Surprises)
The day has finally come: it’s September 12th and tech reporters and Apple cognoscenti will soon pile into the brand new Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus to hear all about those new iPhones. But as any iPhone app developer who has not been in a coma over the past few months will […]