AI smart mailbox platform Arrive AI lands over 1M in funding
Monday, July 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Launched in 2014 with the idea of providing a secure package delivery point for autonomy, Arrive AI has now raised more than $11 million via individual contributions and three crowdfunding raises, garnering more than $6 million combined over its three raises on WeFunder, StartEngine, and PicMii.
"We could not be more proud of the validation ...
Casual gaming for BMW vehicles is coming
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
AirConsole and the BMW Group announced a partnership which will bring casual gaming into new BMW vehicles, starting next year. AirConsole is a gaming platform which perfectly fits with the BMW Curved Display and offers a large and diverse catalogue of games. The games are run directly inside the vehicle entertainment system. The AirConsole technology enables games to be...
How eSIM iPhone 14 could be a disaster for unprepared carriers
Monday, September 12, 2022 by Richard Harris
The news that Apple has launched an eSIM-only iPhone 14 model in the US is an eSIM turning point in the mobile carrier industry, essentially signaling the start of a new era of digital connectivity competition, says GlobalData.
According to the leading data and analytics company, the consequences are many and varied, as the eSIM-only smartphone model represents myria...
Advanced barcode reader from Dynasoft is here
Thursday, January 16, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Dynamsoft has introduced its Dynamsoft Barcode Reader version 7.3 software development kit for advanced barcoding that intelligently restores physically missing parts of barcode images and that improves on the difficulties of scanning crumpled barcodes. The new SDK version also adds optical character recognition capabilities for processing text that may accompany a barc...
JavaScript API edition of Dynamsoft's barcode SDK released
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Dynamsoft has updated its Barcode Reader Software Development Kit as a pure JavaScript API Edition, based on WebAssembly, to enable cross-browser and cross-platform online barcode scanning.
These new features will empower developers with new conveniences for users. Users can scan barcodes in real-time from a browser using their smartphone without requiring an a...
What the iPhone X and iOS 11 mean to app developers
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
The excitement of Apple launch day always reminds me of the Willy Wonka “opening of the gates”, you know - where the public gets a peek inside Apple's secret factory for a brief moment. But this year the Apple event feels a bit different. Maybe it’s the recent leaks, maybe it’s because we all know Apple is facing a ceiling of innovation they have to punch through - and ...
iOS 11 developer tips to maximize your opportunities
Friday, August 4, 2017 by Mark Price
One decade after the launch of the first iPhone, Apple is set to introduce the latest iOS. Deemed by the tech behemoth as the world's most advanced mobile operating system, iOS 11, still in public beta test, is packed with capabilities designed to help developers create cohesive and immersive user experiences. Following are new features and long-anticipated upgrades inc...
Explaining RCS and how it could kill the need for some apps
Friday, May 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
Throughout the past 20 years, we've become well acquainted with the traditional text message. We've seen it evolve from a method of communicating with friends and family, to a way for consumers to interact with businesses in order to receive updates and relevant information. As 4 billion people worldwide use SMS, this traditional method of communication continues to evo...
The intersection of AR, IoT, and Apps in the legal realm
Thursday, April 27, 2017 by Adam Grant
In 2007 the Apple gave us the iPhone and Apps became the rage. While the term “Internet for things” was first coined 1999 by Kevin Ashton (one of the founders of the original Auto-ID Center at MIT), in 2013 the Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things defined the term as “the infrastructure of the information society.” AR, or Augmented Reality, unlike virtual r...
7 Facts About Push Alerts That Will Help You Not Be Annoying
Thursday, September 29, 2016 by Richard Harris
Push notifications are like stepping into the same space as your user, wherever they may be: at any moment you can reach out and tap them on the shoulder. But just as in real life, a notification risks interrupting or annoying users if not done right. Every misstep reduces open rates, and in turn, retention and engagement. Notifications, in short, are both a powerf...
Digimarc Explains How Companies Are Moving Beyond QR Codes For Mobile Engagement
Saturday, July 2, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Ash Fortune, Digimarc’s Product Manager Mobile Products, to discuss how Digimarc is transforming the way brands connect with consumers. There is a revolution going on in the palms of our hands, with mobile devices quickly becoming the “remote controls of our lives.” Mobile technology enables consumers to access information they...
Study Shows Companies Want Apps to Directly Impact Their Bottom Line
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Mark Lorion, Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Product at Apperian, about the ramifications of the results of Apperian’s recently published the 2015 Enterprise Mobile App Trend Report, which analyzed nearly two million app deployments across hundreds of thousands of enterprise users.Lorion is the CMO and Head of Product, whose responsibility...
Convert Windows Applications To Android Apps With hopTo Work 2.0
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
hopTo has announced the launch of hopTo Work 2.0, which offers a non coding option to evolve current Windows applications into touch friendly iOS and Android mobile apps.The new release offers a feature set called MAX - Mobile App eXperience - a mobile technology allowing users to transform their existing Windows based applications into touch-friendly, useable mobile ap...
Make Your App a Hit: a Three Part Checklist for Mobile Developers
Friday, August 29, 2014 by Li-at Karpel Gurwicz
For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that want to make mobile a key part of their business strategy, it is crucial to create an app that is downloaded and used by the right audience.A winning app strategy and effective app store optimization (ASO) set the groundwork for success, but in order to really tap an app’s potential, focus on these specific keys to app p...
Twinsprite Brings Physical Toys and Other Objects to the Digital Mobile World
Friday, June 13, 2014 by Richard Harris
The Twinsprite Platform, currently under private beta, provides developers with the ability to manage the identity and attributes of physical objects so that they can be used as active elements inside a game. For examples, these objects could be toys, action figures or trading cards.Although the platform primarily targets products like toys, basically any physical objec...
Metaio Releases New Beta Version of Augmented Reality SDK Providing Enhanced Game Development Capabilities
Friday, May 9, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Metaio’s newest Beta version of its augmented reality SDK has now been optimized for wearable computing devices like the Epson Moverio BT-200. Instead of utilizing a camera view, Metaio’s technology allows the user to perceive reality itself with digital and virtual content directly overlaid onto their surroundings potentially providing game developers wi...
How to Make Business Apps Without the Need to Code
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by Alex Bakman
Today over 90% of Americans who own a smartphone while close to half own a tablet. These mobile devices have become the de facto standard devices used in virtually all aspects of our lives today displacing our dependence on laptop and desktop computers. There is, however, a major dilemma taking place in this transition which we have witnessed before. When the IBM ...
Skylight SDK Lets You Create Smart Glasses Apps
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
Skylight is a software platform from APX Labs that can be used to create smart glasses applications for scenarios where it is desirable for hands-free, in-context, real time information right where work is getting done.It is a complete system managing the user experience on the smart glasses itself and it is the back end platform which powers the business...
A Working App Prototype in Less Than 10 Minutes
Thursday, November 7, 2013 by Richard Harris
Introduction to AppGyver Prototyper
When it
comes to effective prototyping nothing counts more than how accurately you can
represent your idea. For app prototyping specifically, that means delivering a
sense of look, touch and responsiveness. We’ve all been put in the position
where we’ve found ourselves defending a great idea just because it...
App Marketing 101 Crush the Competition and Rule the App Store
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 by Matt Palmer
When you’re wrapped up withwriting code or testing your appone last time, thinking about marketingit might be the last thing inyour mind. After all, building anapp is a big accomplishment.But it is just step one on yourpath to achieving your goals.Whether you’re building an appbusiness or just want more peopleto buy your game, there are manypowerful marketing tactics yo...
Is there going to be an iWatch
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Richard Harris
Mobility comes in all flavors and it might just be coming to your wrist in the form of a new watch by Apple deemed and (rumored) the "iWatch".Former Apple employee and human interface developer Bruze Tognazzini posted a recent blogthat covers what he thinks the watch would have in the way of functionality." The watch can and should, for most of us, elimin...
