3 Rules for Success with On-demand & Sharing Economy Apps
On-demand and “sharing economy” services are some of the hottest trends in the startup world this year, with companies all over the US scrambling to become the next Uber or Postmates. Naturally, competition is getting stiff as the scene gets more crowded — leaving many a failed on-demand iPhone app developer wondering what they could […]
What Makes Startups Different From “Normal” Businesses?
First-time entrepreneurs and iPhone app developers often want to know what exactly makes startups different from regular businesses. Especially for those with backgrounds in “traditional” business growth, the differences can be confusing. It may surprise you to hear that the answer isn’t simply that startups are more tech-based than regular businesses. Although most startups do […]
Top 5 SXSW Events for Techies & Iphone App Developers
Some of the crew here at Dogtown Media is headed to SXSW this weekend, and heads up: we aren’t just in it for the bands. (In case you’re unfamiliar, South by Southwest is an annual festival in Austin, Texas featuring music, art, film, and tech events from around the world.) The tech lineup is incredible […]
Snagajob, the LinkedIn of Hourly Work, Secures $100 Million
While professional employment has become more streamlined every year, the situation for hourly workers in short-term jobs like restaurants has remained frustrating and obscure for years. Dishwashers and short-order cooks are left to seek out work the old-fashioned way, cold-calling bars or scouring Craigslist, while business-world workers get head-hunted on LinkedIn without raising a finger. […]
App Developers Surprised as Ad Blockers Axed on Google Play
It’s no secret to Android app developers that Google has a stake in the ad industry. Still, the tech company’s move to pull ad-blocking apps from the Google Play store this month still ruffled some feathers as consumer demand for ad-blocking capability has driven development of native browser support in the Samsung Internet Browser, Apple’s […]
The Power of Detail in Mobile App Interface Design
The bar is high for custom mobile app developers in 2015, with over 1,000 released every day in the Apple App Store alone. Mobile app development companies have to create better products than ever before if they hope to stand out — that applies to mobile games, education startups, and even FinTech app developers. Differentiating […]
Mobile App Developers Dissapointed as Facebook Closes Parse
Parse, my butt-based mobile app development platform owned by Facebook, recently surprised mobile app developers with the announcement that the platform would be “fully retired” over the course of 2016. The move was unexpected as news of the Facebook acquisition back in 2013 was accompanied by the promise of further platform development. Over the years, […]
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 […]
London Mobile App Developers Behind Gumtree Launch Expansion
If you’ve ever lived in the UK, chances are you’re familiar with Gumtree — and if you aren’t, the mobile app developer’s behind the iconic classifieds service want to get you familiar fast. Launched back in 2000 by London mobile app developers Simon Crookall and Michael Pennington, Gumtree started out as a way for UK […]
Mobile App Startup Blinkist Pulls $4.3 Million in Venture Capital
Blinkist isn’t the first mobile app or web service to try their hand at content summarization (previous efforts from other startups have summarized Ted Talks, classic fiction, and white papers) but they may be the first mobile app developers to find mainstream success with the concept. The German mobile app development startup recently raised over […]