Is Airbnb Going Public After Its Massive Funding Round?
In the wake of Snapchat’s IPO earlier this month, the big question for mobile app developers is what unicorn will go public next. Airbnb always seems to come up in these conversations, and after a SEC filing last week revealed that the company raised $1 billion in a funding round that began last summer, many […]
Research Shows Huge Growth in Millennial use of Mobile Apps
Research firm comScore recently released their annual report on mobile app use. The results? Millennials still love mobile apps, to the tune of a whopping 90 hours per month spent on smartphone apps alone. Don’t worry, they love tablets too. Just not as much. Of usage growth across all platforms, mobile represented 65 percent, followed […]
Ignoring Tech Education for Generation Z Is a Mistake
America has a tech education problem. According to government reports, over a million tech positions went unfilled in 2015, forcing many companies to outsource or bring in outside help rather than hire locally and participate in their local economy. Meanwhile, the average salary for technical code-centric careers like mobile app development hover between $90,000—$100,000. Multiply […]