GitHub Copilot surpasses 20M users
Monday, August 18, 2025 by Austin Harris
Microsoft Corporation wrapped up its fiscal year 2025 on an exceptionally strong note, delivering robust growth across cloud, AI, productivity, and consumer services. The tech giant reported a 24% year-over-year jump in net income for the fourth quarter, amounting to $27.2 billion, while revenue for the same period reached $76.4 billion, an 18% increase. These results u...
App marketing for Indie Developers 101
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 by Richard Harris
As an indie app developer, standing out in a crowded digital marketplace can feel akin to navigating a vast, uncharted ocean. We often find ourselves grappling with the dual challenges of creating innovative apps while simultaneously trying to master the art of marketing them. Yet, despite the odds, there are strategies and tools that can help us carve out a niche and t...
Apple lawsuit filed by UK developers
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 by Austin Harris
A leading competition law expert pursuing a class action lawsuit against Apple on behalf of UK app developers has been told his case can go ahead, with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) certifying his claim for £785m (just over one billion US dollars) on behalf of UK app developers. Today, the CAT made the collective proceedings order, confirming it...
Bitcoin preferred over gold as an investment says deVere Group
Monday, November 13, 2023 by Austin Harris
More than three-quarters of under-40s would rather Bitcoin than gold in their investment mix, reveals a new survey by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management, and fintech organizations.
The deVere Group poll shows that 77% of clients aged under 40 would opt for cryptocurrency over the precious metal in their portfolios to bui...
Gamer's habits changed during lockdown
Monday, June 14, 2021 by Richard Harris
PickFu (a qualitative feedback tool), has run a series of surveys regarding the effect that Covid-19 has had on gaming behaviors. When looking at the data, they found an interesting pattern regarding the effects of Covid-19 restrictions and the hours spent gaming throughout the day. They also were able to pinpoint the main reasons why people have turned to gaming during...
American attitude towards restaurant technology
Monday, August 5, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
When we Americans eat out there are certain luxuries we've come to expect, and some that we are astonished haven't made it to our favorite dive yet. According to a Forbes report in 2018, One-third of Americans on average eat out every night. OnBuy.com surveyed 1,689 Americans about their attitudes towards restaurant technologies as they exist today. Here’s...
User Acquisition: The Hidden Driver Behind the Unbundling Trend
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 by Adam Foroughi
There’s no doubt that unbundling or launching specialized apps has been a sound strategic move for incumbent apps (think Twitter’s Vine and Periscope and Instagram’s Hyperlapse and Layout, not to mention Facebook’s Messenger), as has specializing from the get-go - the extreme examples being Yo, or IFTTT’s Do. This is for good reason. Streamlined, single-function ap...
Localizing Apps: Getting Things Done
Friday, August 1, 2014 by Tobias Scherf
In the first two installments of this series we talked about what localization is and whether you should do it (the answer was a resounding yes if you're interested in profiting from your app). We also explored internationalization and recommended that you definitely internationalize, no matter whether you want to localize your app or not. Now let's talk ...
Huh ReSound LiNX Launches as World's First Made for iPhone Hearing Aid
Monday, February 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
I'm surprised it took manufactures so long to make something so relevant to Mobile wearable technology. The new ReSound LiNX is the first Apple-certified "MFi" or Made for iPhone hearing aid that connects directly to the iPhone or other iOS device without any intermediary devices.Launching alongside the LiNX is a new iOS app that works as a remote for the hearing aid, a...
