Google Launches New Developer Kit for Beacon App Development
Google has set its sights on competing with Apple’s iBeacon geolocation platform. The company recently introduced a series of new products that deploy Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technologies, including new open formats, APIs and tools for developing beacon-based services and apps. The new products afford beacon app developers a great deal more control over […]
Watch International Cyber Attacks Take Place in Real Time
Security issues have become a hot-button topic for Toronto iPhone app developers and software developers around the world. With cyber crime and hack attacks continuing to make headlines, several new websites that claim to track hacking activity in real time have cropped up. These sites feature maps that show both the targets and the sources […]
Test Apps on Multiple Mobile Devices from a Single Tablet
Despite the massive growth in the mobile software market, app developers are still beset by testing limitations that make it difficult to simultaneously test products on multiple platforms. With the appearance of Nativetap, that problem appears to have been solved. Emerging during the Disrupt NY 2015 Startup Battlefield, Nativetap allows software developers to run comprehensive […]
Facebook Helps Developers Test Apps on Slow Data Networks
Ask any iPhone app development company, and they’ll tell you that network speed has a big impact on mobile software performance. Because apps can behave in unusual and unpredictable ways when they’re being used on slow networks, it’s vital for software developers to test their products and correct any underlying issues before they go to […]
Apple iPad and iPhone Are Bankrupting Finland
With his country currently experiencing some economic turbulence, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said that Apple was partially to blame for Finland’s problems. In an interview with CNBC, Stubb said that several traditionally strong Finnish industries were in decline, and pointed to Apple as a major reason why. Finland was once one of the world’s […]