Improve your test automation skills with Applitools new resources
Thursday, November 15, 2018 by Richard Harris
Applitools has launched Test Automation University - a community-driven collection of educational training resources to help improve test automation skill sets. Initial offerings to the platform come from test automation experts Angie Jones, Dave Haeffner, Jonathan Lipps, Joe Colantonio, Amber Race, Elisabeth Hocke, Manoj Kumar,Jason Arbon, among others.
Automat...
Angular 7 highlights, improvements, and gotchas
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
Google recently announced its new Angular 7, which has been noted as a major release spanning the entire platform, including the core framework, Angular Material, and the CLI with synchronized major versions. These benefits along with more, such as CDK virtual scrolling capabilities and drag & drop feature, have developers excited to dive in. Carl Bergenhem, a Produ...
Making your apps accessible to those with disabilities
Monday, July 16, 2018 by Nicolas Esneault
With 15% of the world’s population living with some form of disability, making apps more accessible is an important, but often overlooked, part of the app design process.
Types of disability that might affect a user’s experience include hearing and visual impairments, dyslexia, and physical limitations. As a result, designing for accessibility forces deve...
Open Sesame technology changes the world for paralyzed people
Friday, December 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
Sesame Enable seeks to open a new door to independence for millions of quadriplegics and people with disabilities around the world through the development of the first touch-free smartphone and tablet app called Open Sesame.Open Sesame technology works by tracking user’s head movements using the front-facing camera of a smartphone or tablet. Users activate the app throu...
Clemson students make apps to help people with intellectual disabilities
Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard Harris
Students and faculty at Clemson University have developed two smartphone apps to provide practical, real-world assistance to help people with intellectual disabilities maintain employment and live independently.Roy Pargas, associate professor emeritus in the School of Computing, led the technical aspects of the project devoted to producing the apps. He said the apps req...
Helping tackle the Iranian drug addiction with an app
Friday, June 30, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
United for Iran, a Bay-Area NGO working to promote civil liberties and civil society in Iran, is announcing the release of Haami: a new android app that is designed to provide help for recovering from addiction.Haami, which means “ally,” is a mobile health application that will aid Iranians dealing with addiction by assisting them with dialing back compulsion and offeri...
DocuSign talks about embedding eSigning into your app
Monday, June 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
DocuSign, an eSignature startup, has a reported $3 billion valuation, more than 100+ million users, and a client roster that includes Microsoft, Salesforce, LinkedIn and SAP. Here Marie Huwe, the VP of Developer Programs and Evangelism at DocuSign, tells us about their API and how developers have influenced their growth and success to date. ADM: What is your role at Doc...
The ABBYY realtime recognition SDK for mobile app support
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
In a consumer driven markets, it is all about customer experience. Brands and developers who can deliver a consistently smooth and enjoyable CX have a greater chance to get ahead of the competition. That is why streamlining the input of information is so important - it makes the user’s life easier and your app’s performance - better. Bruce Orcutt, the vice president of ...
The exploratory research to see how VR can help children with Cerebral Palsy
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
Design Interactive, Inc. has announced that it received an Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research by the National Science Foundation to use VR to help children with Cerebral Palsy. The grant falls under the NSF's General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering program that supports research that will lead to the development of new technologies, devices, or soft...
Developers Win Over $100K in Connect Ability Challenge
Friday, August 7, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AT&T and New York University’s ABILITY Lab, through the Connect Ability Challenge, have awarded over $100,000 in prizes to developers of high-tech solutions to improve the lives of people living with disabilities. The Connect Ability Challenge was a three month long technology challenge to spur innovation for people with physical, social, emotional and cogniti...
Android App Developers Can Improve Accessibility with New Testing Criteria
Monday, July 20, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
We recently reported that the App Quality Alliance (AQuA) was creating a set of accessibility tests designed to help Android app publishers make applications more accessible and easy to use for those with disabilities in certain categories including vision, hearing, speech, dexterity and cognition.The organization has now announced that the final version of the testing ...
App Quality Alliance Establishes New Android Accessibility Testing Criteria
Monday, June 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
To help publishers ensure their apps provide as much accessibility as possible for individuals with disabilities the App Quality Alliance (AQuA), with support from the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF), has created a set of accessibility tests designed to help publishers make applications more accessible and easy to use for those with disabilities in certain categories -...
Developers Compete for $100,000 to Create Apps for Individuals with Disabilities
Monday, April 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
New York University’s ABILITY Lab and AT&T are launching the Connect Ability Challenge which will allow developers to compete for more than $100,000 in prizes to design software, wearable and other technology solutions aimed at enhancing the lives of individuals with disabilities.The submission deadline is June 24,2015 and the challenge will be held over the next th...
New IBM Tools Help Developers Create iOS and Android Apps for Users with Disabilities
Monday, March 9, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
In an effort to help app publishers make their apps more accessible for users with disabilities, IBM has released the AbilityLab Mobile Accessibility Checker which allows app developers and designers to automate, document and report on accessibility standards conformance directly within mobile hybrid and native iOS and Android application development environments.The to...
