Headless web architecture will change the internet
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 by Richard Harris
With the rapid shift to a digital-first world brought on by the pandemic, the pressure put on companies to provide strong digital experiences has only accelerated - from the need for fast-loading, responsive websites and highly accurate personalization to providing consumers with a consistent and seamless experience across channels. Delivering on these demands can be ch...
The differences between web apps and native apps
Thursday, October 18, 2018 by Richard Harris
Even in 2018, years past the origional question, the debate rages on across the land, in office spaces and conference rooms every day - should we build a full-blown native mobile app, or is distributing over the web good enough?
By now everyone knows the “mobile-first” mentality because statistics like 50% of web searches being done from a mobile dev...
New reference guide for DevOps teams is out
Thursday, March 8, 2018 by Richard Harris
Perfecto has announced the release of the ninth edition of its FACTORS reference guide, which has expanded its focus from mobile to include both mobile and web platforms. Combining Perfecto’s internal data with current market analysis from 16 countries, FACTORS provides decision makers with a prescriptive methodology to accelerate velocity by defining what's required fo...
The workforequity model as expounded by Loom
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
Critics of companies offering the “work-for-equity” model accuse them of being exploitative; in their minds, “work-for-equity” = work for free. Supporters of the model point to its opportunities for developers to gain a more significant business stake in something they believe in. No matter where you stand, there’s something everyone can agree on: the issue is polarizin...
Mobile marketing trends report from MobileBridge: First edition
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 by Richard Harris
Following the biggest year ever for consumer activity via the mobile channel, an underwhelming number of exec level marketers understand the necessity of keeping pace with the rapidly evolving consumer preferences for mobile engagement, according to MobileBridge’s first edition of its Mobile Marketing Trends Report. “The fluidity and omnipresent change in the way c...
Online Mobile Web Coding Conference to be Held October 1214
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 by Richard Harris
O'Reilly is offering a three day online conference offering training on how to leverage mobile device hardware for responsive sites, progressive web apps (PWA), and optimized mobile interfaces. The conference will be held October 12–14 and training will be from 9AM – 1PM PDT.The interactive workshop focus on creating sites and applications that work across a wide variet...
Cloudinarys CloudBased API Supports Image Creation for Responsive Website Development
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 by Richard Harris
Cloudinary has updated its cloud-based image management APIs which help web developers create image dimensions that best fit responsive website designs. Cloudinary’s responsive image breakpoints technology helps developers automatically find the optimal image sizes needed for the best viewing experience in web and mobile apps on a variety of screen sizes.Developers can ...
The Impact of iOS 9 on User Searches
Friday, August 7, 2015 by Richard Harris
I recently discussed the impact of iOS 9 on how users will find and consume information with Richard Forsythe, the co-founder and CTO of NoteStream, a mobile learning app that encourages personal growth and exploration through the presentation of enriching content in snackable form written by expert contributors on a wide range of topics. NoteStream was launched in...
Progress Releases Latest Version of Telerik DevCraft Toolset for Developers
Friday, February 27, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Progress has made available the latest release of its Telerik DevCraft suite, an end-to-end toolset for professional .NET developers. The new release introduces new document and report management capabilities, new controls for building responsive web and native mobile applications, and increased productivity in Visual Studio. With the new release the platform offer...
Pros and Cons of Responsive Websites vs. Native Apps
Thursday, February 19, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
One of the challenges associated with smartphones is how to provide meaningful content for that small screen. It is a challenge that you’ll have to become adept at because smart phones are now the top devices used for online content. With the significant cost of launching an app on multiple operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, etc), the allure of creating a re...
The Enterprise Mobile Dilemma: I Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry
Thursday, December 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Every once in a while it’s nice to have a good laugh and when I saw the photo shown here on Phunware's blog I had to laugh. It’s a picture from the company’s holiday party and as you can see, they definitely have a sense of humor about mobile development. There is also a grain of seriousness communicated by the image, because the mobile industry is introd...
Bluetrain.io Launches Cloud Content Management System to help Web Developers Launch Responsive Websites
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Bluetrain.io has announced the availability of its new cloud Content Management System (CMS) platform, following a beta early release program with more than 100 developers, marketers and agency partners participating.Bluetrain.io’s new CMS provides a native, multi-site platform that enables web developers, designers and marketers to build and manage multiple responsive ...
A Responsive Website Or a Native App Question
Thursday, September 18, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Every day we host a number of articles and news announcements about the mobile app industry. Sometimes what gets lost in the huge amount of information available is that each business is unique in its goals for communicating with its various constituencies, both externally with its customers and internally with employees.So when deciding on whether your business should ...
raw engineering Releases the contentstack.io Mobile first Enterprise Content Management System
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
raw engineering has released contentstack.io, a mobile-first content management system (CMS) for the enterprise. contentstack.io provides the ability for an enterprises to accelerate content delivery across all web properties, web apps, mobile sites and mobile apps.Built on top raw engineering’s mobile platform built.io, contentstack.io facilitates publishing conte...
DMI Acquires Mobile and Omnichannel Commerce Expert KnowledgePath
Thursday, March 27, 2014 by Richard Harris
Digital Management, Inc. (DMI) has acquired Burlington, Massachusetts-based KnowledgePath, a provider of mobile and omnichannel commerce solutions.With the addition of KnowledgePath, DMI expands its ability to offer a comprehensive, integrated solution set for enterprise mobility, big data, mobile and eCommerce. DMI solutions integrate mobile strategy, user experie...
Visual Website Optimizer now for mobile
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Richard Harris
Do you need to test a mobile website for it's readiness into the market?Visual Website Optimizer now supports testing and optimization for mobile enabled and responsive websites. Just in time for the holidays shopping spree, subscribers of the VWO “Large Agency”
plan and above can now optimize their mobile landing pages and websites
just as they would do for th...