Productive app updates while prioritizing the customer
Monday, February 25, 2019 by Richard Harris
Product innovation is essential for companies that want to have a high-performing app. Top companies that stay ahead of the curve are constantly changing, experimenting and creating new ways for users to engage with products. However, when implementing new app features or experiences, customers need to be at the center of the innovation process.
Companies can use tes...
July is the deadline for all iOS apps that don't support iOS 11
Monday, May 7, 2018 by Richard Harris
Apple reminds us that iOS 11 is now in the hands of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and starting July 2018, all new iOS apps and updates submitted to the App Store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK, plus support iPhone X. Also, all new iOS apps and updates for iPhone, including universal apps, must support the Super Retina display of iPhone X.iOS 11 SDK...
Urban Airship launches in app automation engine
Friday, March 16, 2018 by Richard Harris
Fast-following the announcement of AI Marketing Orchestration for cross-channel messaging coordination, Urban Airship has unveiled an in-app automation engine. In-app messaging is a proven lifeline for apps to engage all users, but limitations in triggering and delivery timing meant there was always the possibility for messages to be seen as irrelevant, annoying or inte...
Fantastic Caverns shoots for the moon with new app update
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Fantastic Caverns - “America’s only ride-through cave” company has chosen to partner with professional mobile app studio, Moonbeam Development of Springfield, Mo to update their popular Branson Entertainment Guide app. The new update is to include all new features coming in early 2018, that aim to make finding great Branson area attractions, and destinations even e...
Travelport Hotelzon app gets a facelift with new features
Sunday, February 19, 2017 by Richard Harris
Travelport Hotelzon has upgraded its hotel booking app with the addition of numerous new features and additional content. Designed to meet the increasing consumer-driven demands of the ever-connected corporate traveler, the updated mobile app version of the Hotelzon site enables travelers to easily search, book, amend and cancel hotels whilst on the move and within thei...
Work out with Neymar Jr. in NABUFIT's latest app update
Thursday, December 8, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
NABUFIT Global Inc. has announced the debut of its workout routines and videos of Neymar Jr. in its app. Additional exercise videos will be released throughout calendar 2017. Also - the Company released its premium version of the app where users can subscribe for 12 months for the price of 8 months. They are expanding their business model from subscription to include ad...
Four Key Considerations to Get Past App Replacement
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 by Chris Klotzbach
Today, with over three million mobile apps available for consumers, app replacement - the deletion of an app due to alternative options - has become a major issue for developers looking to increase, let alone maintain, retention. In fact, according Yahoo’s research, nearly 50% of smartphone dominant users replace apps on a weekly basis. Furthermore, most apps are d...
Google Play, Mobile Ads and AdBlocking: The Macro View
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 by Janis Zech
Google quietly rolled out an update to the Play Store a few months ago, but the change sent ripples through the entire mobile developer community: the company started clearly labeling the apps that include ads. It’s a small change, but one that has greater implications for every participant in the mobile app ecosystem - from developers and end users, to mobile ad platfo...
Remember Apple's Holiday Break From December 2229
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
If you plan on getting a new iOS app approved or want to submit an update before the end of 2015 you better do it soon as Apple will not be accepting new app or app update submissions from December 22-29. Other typical iTunes Connect and developer account functionality will remain available.That basically means if you plan an app release before the end of the year you h...
Appery Hybrid Apps Can Now Get Automatic Updates Without Resubmitting
Thursday, November 5, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Developers who use Appery’s App Builder platform to create HTML5 hybrid apps will no longer have to resubmit updated apps to the app stores due to the platform’s new Automatic App Update capability. Appery’s App Builder offers a cross-platform mobile development environment with a single codebase for creating mobile and responsive apps that run on all major device ...
Getting Your App Ready for Apple Watch
Thursday, April 9, 2015 by Richard Harris
If you want to have your app interact with the Apple Watch, you need to get things in gear because the release of the watch is just around the corner on April 24. To help jumpstart your efforts, the Apple developer portal has a section named “Preparing Your App Submission for Apple Watch.” Included are the following guidelines.Optimizing Your WatchKit AppYou’ll need to ...
Pebble’s Latest Updates: Firmware 2.8, Redesigned Android App and More!
Monday, November 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
Have you heard the latest news from Pebble? Pebble just released a array of incredible updates which includes a new software update (Firmware 2.8) and redesigned Android app (2.1.0).“Kochamy cię!” Pebble’s updated firmware 2.8 includes full character support to a broad set of languages such as Swedish, Catalan, German, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Lithuanian...
Windows Mobile App Ad Mediation Solution Now Available
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Windows Mobile team has announced the availability of Windows Ad Mediation, a solution designed to help Windows Phone developers manage multiple in-app advertising SDKs.The solution allows developers to increase fill rates by deploying multiple ad networks in a way that when one ad network is unable to deliver ad inventory, the app calls a second or third ad network...
New Era: Apple Turns On Analytics and Attribution For Developers, Finally!
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 by Thomas Sommer
Among the myriad of announcements made at WWDC14 around iOS 8, one of them didn't get the attention it deserved. In one of the smaller developer sessions, Apple announced that they had started offering both an analytics and attribution platform to developers through the iTunes Connect console. In terms of analytics, developers will now be able to track the whole user li...
LeadBolt Adds Visual Bubbles to Its Mobile Ad Network
Friday, January 31, 2014 by Richard Harris
LeadBolt has introduced its new Floating Ad technology, which overlays a mobile app with highly interactive, branded “visual bubbles” containing branded messaging that float over the screen. Users are encouraged to pop the bubbles to reveal an ad message or URL, much like a game.Supported in HTML, Android, and iOS, developers can integrate these ad formats upon app...
Apple Developer Website Hacked!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 by Richard Harris
In an unprecedented absence from the world, the Apple developer website (developer.apple.com) is going on a week of being offline to developers and the chatter is starting to come to a rumble as anxious apple developers await the re-opening of the portal that breathes life into many of their apps.
It all started sometime last week when the developer website suddenly ...
