What Will User-generated Virtual Reality Look Like?
Virtual reality dominated the stage at this year’s SXSW Interactive, leading many mobile app developers to place bets on where the technology will take us over the next decade. Applications in gaming and education are obvious, but one less defined prediction may offer the biggest revenue potential to app developers: user-generated VR. To understand what […]
What Twitter’s #RIPTwitter Fiasco Can Teach Young Startups
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ve probably noticed the #RIPTwitter hashtag floating around your Twitter feed. (Whether that feed appears chronological or dynamic is another discussion.) For iPhone and Android app developers, watching the once-promising unicorn startup drop in value from an initial high of $45 per share to today’s low of under $20 has […]
SXSW Interactive 2016 Wrap-up: Emerging Tech & Mobile Trends
SXSW Interactive has an uncanny knack for guessing what’s next in tech. Ever since Twitter caught on like wildfire at the 2007 gathering, throngs of iPhone app developers have migrated south each year to get in on the ground floor of the latest tech innovations. (And consume a lot of craft beer and Texas BBQ.) The […]
Value & Monetization: A Tricky Balance for App Developers
It goes without saying that when it comes to providing a service, more value equals more money. It’s an equation that has held true since the very first financial transaction — that is, until the mobile economy began turning everything on its head. These days, iPhone and Android app developers find themselves in a much […]
Twitter Files to Patent Drone Selfies for Mobile App Users
Twitter has been turning heads in the mobile app development community the past couple weeks with an unusual drone-related patent application. In a wall of text describing some sort of tweeting drone, Twitter’s patent attempts to nail down the rights to “messaging-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle[s].” Here’s an excerpt from the patent text as posted to […]
Social Commerce in Mobile Apps is the Next Big Thing
For startups and mobile app developers, Christmas represents more than just a break to spend time with family; it represents big opportunities for business growth, with consumers buying more goods and services than any other time of year. Recent years have seen steady growth in e-commerce in general, but this season London mobile app developers are […]
Shopify Launches Sello, Allowing Users to Sell From Their Phone
E-commerce has traditionally been a tough market to break into. The platforms can be expensive, the security issues a headache, the consumer engagement campaigns complex. The mobile app developers at Shopify have already worked around many of these issues with their cutting-edge user-focussed online store building suite, and now they’re taking the idea of simple […]
Twitter Developers Exchange Stars for Hearts
Twitter turned ten this year. Like dog years, startup years tend to fly by quickly — as any experienced iPhone app developer will be quick to report. As growth slows down compared to industry competitors like Instagram and Facebook, Twitter is experiencing some very public growing pains. With over 300 million users, Twitter may not […]
Request for Feedback Brings Twitter Deluge of 5000+ Tweets within three days
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey publicly apologized to the tech community at the Flight conference last week, promising a more open, more inclusive platform for web and mobile app developers. TechCrunch commentators and San Francisco mobile app developers at the conference reported that Dorsey requested the public to submit suggestions via tweet with the hashtag #HelloWorld. […]
Investors and Developers Cautious as Square Goes Public
Square recently filed IPO (initial public offering) paperwork; the current offering is listed at $275 million. Given Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s reinstatement as CEO at Twitter the week prior, investors have voiced some concerns as to how Dorsey’s split commitments will affect operations at both companies. Square’s filing notes that “[Dorsey’s renewed involvement at Twitter] […]