Cryptocurrency donations for churches
Thursday, January 27, 2022 by Richard Harris
Each year, River Valley Church hosts an annual event called Kingdom Builders, where they ask church attendees to give generously to different projects including global missions, future leadership development, and local church investment. With eight campuses spread across the Twin Cities of Minnesota, River Valley Church recently partnered with Engiven, a leading cryptoc...
5 gifts computer programmers want for Christmas 2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
Are you wondering what gifts to get a computer programmer for this 2021 holiday season?
Look no farther, here are 10 great gifts any computer programmer will be sure to love!
What are the 5 gifts computer programmers want this year?
1. Anker Portable Charger, 313 Power Bank (PowerCore Slim 10K) 10000mAh Battery Pack with High-Speed PowerIQ Charging Technology a...
Postal.io redefines offline B2B marketing
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Offline sales and marketing engagement is being redefined by Postal.io, particularly in today’s era of social distancing and remote work brought about by the global coronavirus pandemic. Ushering in a new era of capability and control, Postal’s sales and marketing automation platform enables enterprise B2B companies to effectively manage offline marketing pr...
Tech to expect at CES 2019
Friday, January 4, 2019 by Richard Harris
CES 2019 is almost here, but before the lights come on and the crowds begin to gather, here’s a sneak peek at what Futuresource Consulting expects will be the key tech trends to hit the global consumer electronics stage in January.
Headphones will make a big noise
Headphones have been making a resurgence over recent years and the category’s ascendance ...
Mobile app ad spending predicted to hit $64B by 2020
Thursday, December 20, 2018 by Richard Harris
The app advertising market is poised to grow at a rapid pace over the coming years, surging 136% from $27.1 billion in 2017 to $64.1 billion in 2020, according to a new market research study by AppsFlyer, the leading mobile attribution company.
The new report projects that mobile app marketing spend will grow at an average year-over-year rate of 34%. Growth is foreca...
Best gifts for programmers, developers, and nerds 2018
Friday, December 14, 2018 by Richard Harris
Why is it so hard to buy something for techie people? It’s probably because they seem to just “get” whatever they want at the moment the need arises. Programmers, developers, and designers can be some of the worst about it too, because a lot of what we need to have just to do out jobs, falls in the category of a gift to ourselves too. Yeah - I rea...
Testing your app for the holidays
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 by Eran Kinsbruner
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year and retailers of all sizes have already been busy preparing - and in some cases bracing - for the upcoming surge in traffic that is expected to hit their websites and mobile shopping apps this holiday season. Salesforce is predicting that mobile devices will drive 68 percent of all holiday shopping traffic this year,...
Smart mobile marketing during the holidays
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 by Itamar Benedy
The holiday season is often glorified as the “App Developers’ days”, with dream conditions to send people to the app store and download new apps. The numbers don’t lie. 2016 was the best year yet for apps, with over half a million dollars being spend on mobile apps over the holiday - a 52% increase from the year prior (Sensor Tower). This holiday bump can be attributed ...
Bad iPhone X review: No one cares!
Friday, November 10, 2017 by Richard Harris
LevaData released the results of its 2017 Holiday Study. This study explores the impact of managing the volatility of supply risks and opportunities on market performance and brand reputation. The survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults conducted on behalf of LevaData by Propeller Insights on October 12-16, 2017, determined that product delays affect brand trust - particu...
Call Mom service helps you not to be a loser
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 by Richard Harris
Zang, an Avaya company, announced that its ‘Call Mom’ service is now live and can be used by anyone in the world to send a message to Mom for Mother’s Day. With families spread out over the globe in different time zones - including members of the military deployed overseas - getting Mom live on the phone can be challenging. That’s why Zang launched the ‘Call Mom’ servic...
Screen Time lets parents keep track of kids' tablet and smartphone use
Thursday, December 15, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
For U.S. families concerned about the influx of gadgets and tech overindulgence amid seasonal giving, the Screen Time app provides a solution for parents hoping to avoid arguments and ultimately ensure their kids have a balance of online and offline activities.According to the Consumer Technology Association, 68% of American consumers plan to purchase devices as gifts -...
Meet the Woman Who Is Teaching Salesforce Users to Build and Customize Apps
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Leah McGowen-Hare, Master Technical Instructor at Salesforce, to talk about here experiences as a technology trainer.ADM: Can you tell us about your role at Salesforce? McGowen-Hare: I am a Master Technical Trainer with Salesforce. I share my passion for teaching with Salesforce customers and employees on a daily basis, empowering them with...
AWS Releases Amazon Lumberyard and Amazon GameLift for Game Development
Monday, February 22, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
AWS has launched two new products for game developers, Amazon Lumberyard and Amazon GameLift.Amazon LumberyardAmazon Lumberyard is a free, cross-platform, 3D game engine for developers to create games, connect their games to the compute and storage of the AWS Cloud, and engage fans on Twitch. With Amazon Lumberyard’s visual scripting tool, even non-technical users can a...
New Survey Shows the Potential of IoT is Being Driven by Consumer Demand
Saturday, December 5, 2015 by Richard Harris
In the end, the future of the Internet of Things (IoT) may be driven by consumer demand. While there is no doubt that IoT solutions for the enterprise are going to be a primary IoT driver, a recent survey by myDevices offers another indicator that consumers are intrigued with the prospect of connectivity in their everyday lives.The Harris Poll conducted the “IoT for the...
Google Expands Player Game Analytics for Mobile Game Developers
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Google is expanding its Player Analytics platform with two new analytics reports, Player Time Series Explorer and the Events Viewer, that provide developers with better visibility into time-based player activity and custom game events. There are also improvements to the player retention report.Google is also introducing a new Player Stats API to let developers tune a ga...
The Impact of Windows 10 on the Game Industry
Monday, August 17, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
I recently discussed the impact of Windows 10 on the game publishing industry with Ethan Clark, Game Insight’s North American Manager of Strategic Partnerships. Founded in 2009, Game Insight is one of the world’s leading innovators of mobile and social games, creating exceptional gameplay experiences across casual to hardcore titles. With more than 300 million play...
New AWS Amazon Machine Learning Platform Takes on IBM’s Watson
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 by Richard Harris
AWS has introduced Amazon Machine Learning, a new service that helps developers to embed machine learning intelligence into their apps. Developers can build and fine-tune predictive models using large amounts of data, and then use Amazon Machine Learning to make predictions - in batch mode or in real-time - at scale. Amazon Machine Learning provides visualization t...
Americans Think iPhone 6 Will Not Be Available For Holiday Shopping
Thursday, December 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
Americans are in belief that hot gift items such as the iPhone 6 will not be available for this holiday shopping season. Among a recent survey conducted, 42% of Americans believe the iPhone 6 will be unavailable, 33% of Americans believe the iPhone 6 Plus (33%) will be unavailable as well as other results for devices such as the Xbox One Console (24%), Samsung Galaxy S5...
Tablets generating more web traffic than ever before
Sunday, August 31, 2014 by Richard Harris
With the launch of the first iPad back in April 2010, the mobile market welcomed one of its major traffic drivers, a tablet computer. At that time it had only been 3 years since the first device capable of generating mobile traffic was introduced, the iPhone. The iPhone was launched in the summer of 2007 when the mobile device traffic was not even close to the...
Google Provides Android Developers With New C++ Cross Platform Tools
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Google has updated new tools that are now available to game developers to facilitate cross platform development. These include: updated Play Games cross-platform C++ SDK, updated Play Games SDK for iOS, and new game services alerts in the developer console.Updated Play Games C++ SDKGoogle has updated the Google Play Games C++ SDK with more cross-platform...
Vserv.mobi and Microsoft Woo App Developers on Nokia X
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 by Richard Harris
Vserv.mobi and the Nokia X Developer Relations team at Microsoft UK have announced a new competition as part of their ongoing global DVLUP collaboration, to boost the efforts of the Nokia X developer community in Europe.The competition is designed to help and encourage app developers expand their Nokia X development efforts and maximize their monetization opportuni...
Google Play Services 4.4 Offers New Features in Maps, Location, Games Services, Mobile Ads, and Wallet API
Thursday, May 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
The latest release of Google Play Services includes a number of updates, including an enhancement to Maps with the introduction of Street View, as well as new features in Location, Games Services, Mobile Ads, and Wallet API.What’s new in of Google Play services release 4.4:Google Maps Android APIDevelopers can now embed Street View imagery into an activity, enabling use...
Hurry, You Only Have Three Days to Register for the 2014 Google I|O App Developer Conference!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The 2014 Google I/O conference will be held from June 25 – 26 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco.This year Google is making some changes to this year's registration process. The window to submit a registration application will open today (April 15th) and stay open until April 18th. Google will randomly select applicants after the window closes o...
New Google Play Services Are Rolling Out for Game App Developers
Monday, March 17, 2014 by Richard Harris
With GDC at full steam already this week, Google has kicked off the week announcing new services for its Google Play developer program including the new game gifts incentive program and enhanced engagement and discovery options.Highlights of the New Offerings- Google is introducing game gifts, a new service that lets players send virtual in-game obje...
