Branded call display with logos from TransUnion and ATT
Thursday, February 1, 2024 by Richard Harris
AT&T and TransUnion are now offering outgoing calls for businesses that display a brand name and logo on the receiver’s phone - with two new features to improve consumer trust:
Recipients no longer need a special app on their mobile device to see the caller’s brand logo.
The branded calls with logos are verified with STIR/SHAKEN, a set of st...
Send money across 5 continents with IPSIPay app
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
Innovative Payment Solutions, Inc. announced that it has completed the key integration of its IPSIPay mobile application and back-end payment processing infrastructure through its commercial partners.
This major achievement allows IPSIPay users the ability to easily transfer money and make payments through the IPSIPay app throughout five continents for receipt a...
Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC 2021
Monday, August 2, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Organizers of the 21st annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) have revealed the recipients of this year’s Pioneer Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. Tom Fulp, creator of Newgrounds and trailblazer of the Macromedia Flash games that helped define a generation of indie developers, will receive the Pioneer Award, while influential game designer with 28 years ...
Bitcoin to hit an all time high
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Bitcoin price is likely to hit an all-time high of $60,000 this week as the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass Democrats’ $1.9 trillion stimulus bill this week.
The forecast from Nigel Green, the chief executive and founder of deVere Group, comes as the cryptocurrency hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion Tuesday, as prices reached $54,9...
Token4Hope charity project releases source code on GitHub
Thursday, September 5, 2019 by Richard Harris
DECENT announces that the Token4Hope charity project is releasing its official source code on GitHub. Implemented together with Wiener Hilfswerk, HumanVenture, and Collective Energy, the pilot stage of Token4Hope is responsible for helping nearly 50 destitute families acquire funds to buy victuals and services through an innovative donation platform. The intent is to he...
Two strategic advisors join Findora
Friday, August 16, 2019 by Richard Harris
Findora, the cryptographically transparent public blockchain for building decentralized financial applications, has two new strategic advisors; Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, and Professor Dan Boneh, Head of Stanford Cryptography.
Prior to joining Coinbase, Srinivasan was General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and co-founder of Earn.com,&...
Biometric authentication for messaging apps is now available
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
ID R&D has announced the release of biometric authentication technology for messaging. The new solution, SafeMessage, offers multi-layer continuous authentication across messaging platforms without any impact to the user experience. ID R&D will be demoing SafeMessage, as well as its other voice and behavioral biometric products, at FinovateFall.
SafeMessage p...
Adobe reveals new XD CC Starter Plan
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
The free Starter plan for Adobe XD includes XD for Mac and Windows, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and services to empower users to design, prototype and share user experiences with colleagues. Adobe XD is a cross-platform experience design platform to combine both design and prototyping.The XD CC Starter plan gives professional and aspiring designers, teams and stude...
SendGrid enhances API sending experience
Monday, April 9, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
SendGrid, Inc. has announced enhancements to its API sending experience, providing customers with a historical view of their email delivery and engagement data. SendGrid’s new email activity feed and history enables customers to easily pinpoint a specific email message and troubleshoot email delivery issues quickly. Data insights derived from advanced search and multipl...
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...
How to protect IP communications from telecom fraud
Thursday, December 28, 2017 by William King
Software-based IP communications continue to grow in popularity because of the added reliability, reach and control they allow businesses to have over their telecom resources. However, as more developers continue to transfer enterprise communications from legacy telcos to cloud-based service providers, the threat of telecom fraud and cyber-attacks also rise. Accord...
Community Data License Agreement announced by Linux Foundation
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
The Linux Foundation has announced the Community Data License Agreement (CDLA) family of open data agreements. In an era of expansive and often underused data, the CDLA licenses are an effort to define a licensing framework to support collaborative communities built around curating and sharing “open” data. Inspired by the collaborative software development models of ope...
BLOCKv grants $500K to Science Blockchain during their ICO
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 by Richard Harris
Science Blockchain has announced that it was selected as the first developer-pool grant recipient by BLOCKv, a blockchain-based development platform for the creation of smart, secure and dynamic virtual objects.BLOCKv developer-pool grants were created to incentivize the developer community to utilize the technology and proliferate the digital goods economy, unleashing ...
Diffusion 6.0 messaging platform launches
Friday, October 20, 2017 by Richard Harris
Push Technology has announced the release of Diffusion 6.0 - Push Technology’s data streaming and messaging platform is available on-premise, in-the-cloud, or in hybrid configurations. Speed, resiliency, and ease of scalability are the fundamental requirements for Mobile and IoT application development. Challenges created by unreliable and congested networks stand in th...
Mobile mesh networking apps via new SDK from RightMesh
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
A big hurdle for software developers is how to reach the estimated 4 billion people, who currently lack Internet access. Without an Internet connection, huge swaths of potential users are unable to discover, download, and use their applications. The majority of these unconnected people live in developing countries, but approximately 96% of the global population live in ...
Sending out an S.O.S. for SMS
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 by Will LaSala
What a difference a year makes. Just one year after the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued guidance that found SMS is insecure and no longer suitable as a strong authentication mechanism, it has walked all of that back.At the time the original draft was published, it was highly unusual for any US government agency to get out in front of the security i...
Epic Games awards new Unreal Devs with $5M
Friday, August 25, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Epic Games has announced the latest round of Unreal Dev Grants, a $5 million initiative that awards developers with no-strings-attached funding for their valuable contributions to the Unreal Engine community. Spanning a wide array of projects, including video games in development to the work of diligent community supporters, 15 recipients are receiving a total exceeding...
Codeless security integrations by Blackberry and Appdome announced
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
BlackBerry Limited and Appdome, a cloud hub for mobile app integration, announced they are enabling codeless integration of secure voice, video and messaging capabilities. Available under Appdome’s newest service category, Secure Messaging, the BBM Enterprise SDK (software development kit) offers a growing set of secure communications capabilities that mobile app develo...
PayStand customers can now certify and notarize payments on the blockchain
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 by Richard Harris
PayStand customers now have the option to certify and notarize payments (from request to receipt) on the blockchain to ensure that the history of payments is secure, independently verifiable, and free of tampering.Typically, certifying payment records are the domain of third party notaries or auditors. The blockchain, however, enables an independent, dec...
Epic Games Awards $75,000 in Grants to Five Game Developers
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
Five game development teams have recently been awarded Epic Games Unreal Dev Grants totaling $75,000. The grant program was created in February 2015 by Epic to offer a $5 million fund to aid in developer success with no-strings-attached financial assistance. So far Epic has awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants to Unreal Engine developers. The latest recipients include:...
IT Governance of Sensitive Files on Corporate and BYOD Mobile Devices
Monday, June 20, 2016 by Jeff Steuart
Mobile content has brought new agility and efficiency to just about every enterprise. "Mobile communication and collaboration is accelerating and improving enterprise productivity and growth like no other universal technology since the dawn of the Web 25 years ago,” says Josh Bohls, Founder, Inkscreen. But these advantages come at a cost.Says Bohls, “Ask any o...
Epic Games Awards $150,000 in Unreal Dev Grants
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 by Richard Harris
Epic Games has awarded a new round of Unreal Dev Grants to a range of projects built with and for Unreal Engine 4. The recipients are detailed below, and more information on the grant program is available at unrealengine.com/unrealdevgrants. Awesome 2D GamesSpartan is a 2D platformer featuring “old school, tough as nails gameplay with pixel perfect controls,” ...
Epic Games Announces Educational Recipients for Unreal Dev Grants Program
Thursday, September 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Epic Games has announced the first round of the academic and educational category recipients of its Unreal Dev Grants, a $5 million program Epic launched earlier this year to provide funding to developers of promising early-stage projects. The academic and educational category provides grants for class projects, engine extensions, curricula, tutorials, or any other...
Appboy Now Offers Android Push Notifications in China through Baidu Cloud
Monday, June 8, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
With China adding 460 million smartphones in 2014, app publishers are going to find it’s a market that they really can’t afford to ignore. To help developers penetrate the market, Appboy has announced support for Android push notifications in China through Baidu Cloud Push. In a statement released recently, the company commented, “In most of the world, apps sending...
How to Use Traditional Marketing Channels to Propel Your App Marketing
Monday, April 6, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Traditional marketing channels have been getting a bad rap in the last few years as mobile marketing opportunities have continued to explode. However, as most app publishers will tell you, it continues to be more difficult and more expensive to market your app with mobile marketing strategies. To grow your app you need to leave no stone unturned. And many app publi...
How to Use Traditional Marketing Channels to Jumpstart Your App Engagement and Installs
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Traditional marketing channels are dead right? If that is true, why did three mobile games - Clash of Clans, Game of War, Heroes Charge – run ads for this year’s Super Bowl? The answer is because there was a huge audience available and these companies have the financial ability and scale to pay for the ads to reach out to a new crop of users.In fact, I defy you to...
BluBox Games Launches Feed My Alien in Select Territories
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 by Richard Harris
BluBox Games and Promineo Studios have announced that the new, original IP Feed My Alien is now available in select areas on the App Store and Google Play.Feed My Alien follows a stranded extraterrestrial, Munchee, as players are treated to a unique new take on the tile-matching games. By finding paths between fixed points on the game board, players will be able to feed...
TigerText Offers PaaS Messaging Platform for Enterprise App Development
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
TigerText had released its new platform-as-a-service (PaaS), which allows developers to integrate secure messaging capabilities into any application. TigerText’s encrypted messaging platform keeps communications safe, improves workflows, and complies with industry regulations.The platform provides a secure messaging SDK that gives developers full control over the user i...
Attend the Failure Workshops at GDC to Learn Why Some Developers Fail
Thursday, February 26, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AT GDC there is a strong success bias – you are not going to hear a lot of companies trumpet their failures. Failure, however, can be often be more instructive than success. That’s why you might want to consider attending the GDC “Failure Workshop” and hear first hand experienced game developers who will speak candidly about those times when development didn't go well, ...
Parse Now Offers Push Experiments to Allow App Developers the Ability to AB Test Push Notification Marketing Campaigns
Friday, November 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Parse is launching Push Experiments, a new feature to help developers evaluate push messaging ideas to create the most effective notifications for an app. With Parse Push Experiments, developers can conduct A/B tests for push campaigns, then use the app’s realtime Parse Analytics data to help decide on the best variant to send.For each push campaign sent through the Par...
Apple Announcement Goes As Predicted With iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, New Apple Watch, iOS 8 and Apple Pay
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
As most pundits predicted, there were no shocking developments with Apple’s news announcement as the company introduced two new iPhone 6 models, a new smart-watch, dates for the availability of iOS 8 and a new payment system, Apple Pay.We’ll have more coverage of each aspect of this announcement, however here we are providing exerpts from the Apple press announcements f...
DataDyne is Now Magpi: Launches Updated Mobile Data Collection and Messaging Application Suite
Saturday, August 30, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
DataDyne, which offers a mobile data collection and messaging application suite, has announced it has rebranded as Magpi. The company has also announced the release of Magpi 2.0, with enhancements for creating form-based mobile apps and outgoing SMS and voice messages. Magpi helps businesses in need of surveys, inspections, compliance audits, research, supply chain...
Riley vs. California: A revoltin development or recognition of the importance of digital privacy
Saturday, June 28, 2014 by Adam Grant
On June 25, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in David Riley vs. California 573 U.S. ___ (2014) which addressed the question of whether the police properly searched Riley’s mobile phone as part of a traffic violation stop. The officer accessed information on the phone and noticed the repeated use of a term associated with a street gang...
41 percent of US Mobile Business Users Have Used Unsanctioned Enterprise Services
Friday, May 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
Enterprises continue to struggle with security issues as IT departments fight what seems to be a losing battle as they struggle to protect data.On specific problem is unintentional data compromises caused by sloppy employee mobile practices. A report by Harmon.ie outlines this ‘Rogue IT’ phenomenon, which occurs when workers circumvent organizational controls by exploit...
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...
