Vision Pro headset and visionOS from Apple
Monday, June 12, 2023 by Richard Harris
At WWDC23, Apple introduced its groundbreaking new technology and operating system, Apple Vision Pro and visionOS. According to Apple the "Apple Vision Pro seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space." The new headset is expected to launch in early 2024 for around $3500 USD. Apple noted that its new OS allows users to "Naviga...
Your digital commerce strategy
Monday, August 29, 2022 by Boris Lokschin
Events of recent years have catapulted the demand for digital transformation, and digital commerce was no exception. E-commerce sales grew 50% over the pandemic, reaching a whopping $870B. With digital commerce booming in all sectors, and demand for excellent digital experiences growing with it, developers’ workloads are bigger than ever. As a result, 83% say...
VR sports app Gym Class secures $8M in funding
Thursday, August 11, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
Gym Class has raised $8 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Y Combinator. Gym Class combines the fun, fitness, social, and entertainment aspects of real-world sports delivered in best-in-class VR basketball. Gym Class is set to launch on the Meta Quest Store in fall 2022.
VR sports app Gym Class raises $8M ahead of a fal...
Crossfield Digital talks sports apps and feature creep
Thursday, October 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
Crossfield Digital, a New York headquartered development stsudio, is a member of the RSE Ventures family of companies. Crossfield boasts clients like the International Champions Cup, Red Bull Global Rallycross and Bleacher Report, but is equally experienced with entrepreneurs in a broad range of industries who are trying to build exciting new products. Last month, ...
Weather apps have the highest mobile ad eCPM finds new report
Thursday, June 8, 2017 by Richard Harris
A new Q1 2017 report from Smaato was just released. Titled the "Global Trends in Mobile Advertising Report", data was analyzed from 300 billion mobile ad impressions served on its exchange each month and found that mobile ad space is more valuable than ever before as global eCPMs grew almost 50 percent year-over-year.Fueled by explosive growth in the Asia-Pacific ...
How Fanatics gets ready for March Madness
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 by Richard Harris
When a team makes the playoffs, signs a player, or wins it all, Fanatics, a sports apparel company, wants to be first with the gear fans want. In order to maintain speed in the cutthroat world of e-commerce, the tools that Fanatics needs to use must be just as fast, reliable, and flexible as the current market trends. That's why Fanatics chose CircleCI Enterprise as the...
Sky Sports partners with GameOn to bring chatbots to Premier League
Friday, December 16, 2016 by Austin Harris
GameOn, mobile engagement platform for fans, has announced a partnership with Sky Sports to bring a Soccer Saturday Chatbot to its English Premier League coverage. Nicknamed the "Jeff Bot" after Jeff Stelling, the enigmatic host of the famed Gillette Soccer Saturday show, it will feature his real-time game commentary and respond to natural language requests from fa...
Extreme Networks to be Super Bowl LI's wifi analytics provider
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Austin Harris
Extreme Networks, Inc. announced an agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to become the Official Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Analytics provider of Super Bowl LI. This announcement follows wired and wireless deployment at Super Bowl LI Stadium in Houston, Texas and marks the first time that Extreme has implemented its wired and wireless solution at a stadium hosting the ...
Top 100 Apps Continue to See High User Engagement According Report
Sunday, August 28, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Opera Mediaworks had released its latest quarterly mobile marketing report - Mobile First Insights (MFI) - which for the Q2 focused on the growth of brand performance including direct response tactics for Fortune 1000 brands. The findings in the report are derived from app usage statistics on the Opera Mediaworks platform.From a user standpoint, the report shows a nearl...
How March Madness Impacts Enterprise Mobile Data Usage and BYOD Security
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
Oversized events like March Madness and the Olympics not only can cause decreased productivity from employees, but also may increase security risks for companies whose employees are using devices that access corporate data. We visited with Michael Covington, VP Product for Wandera, to discuss research the company conducted during the NCAA basketball tournament to learn ...
Study Shows App Publishers Don't Know How to Use InApp Messaging
Friday, July 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
A recent survey conducted by Locaytics shows that app publishers are still struggling to utilize in-app messaging to communicate with users.With a reach of 1.5 billion devices and 28,000 apps, Localytics processes 50 billion data points monthly. For this study, Localytics looked at apps that have integrated in-app messaging across both iOS and Android. For engagement, L...
Revmob Reports Mobile App Installs Jump 250 Percent between November to January
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
It's no secret that mobile gets a lot of attention around the holidays. From apps to devices everyone is either using their mobile, or buying something mobile. Revmob has released some data to show us all just how large the swing is, based on analytics they have collected from their network over the past 3 years.Overall they report that app downloads increase ...
Five Solutions for Common App Development Challenges
Friday, June 6, 2014 by Stefano Sassu
Mobile use among consumers is growing exponentially. Hardware and operating systems aside, new applications are hitting the market every day for everything from commerce and gaming, to utilities and health and fitness. The playing field is wide open for developers of all shapes and sizes, but with it, comes steep competition and common pitfalls that can mean the di...
Localytics Predicts Huge App Marketing Opportunities for Developers in Europe
Friday, February 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Localytics has recently posted its insight into opportunities to market apps to the European market. Localytics data from both European and US markets reveals that the European user base represents a huge opportunity for companies with a mobile presence.The report was posted on the Localytics’ website by Allison Averill, a business analyst and content marketing spe...
App Developers to See Another Fractionalized Market for Smart Wearable Apps
Thursday, December 26, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Here we go again @#$!4! Another market, another plethora of operating systems, SDKs, app markets, and more. Of course, you’ve read our headline and know we are talking about the smart wearables market, specifically the smart watch market, which is rapidly becoming much more mainstream that current glasses options.We recently posted an article commenting on a recent Koru...
MAZ Unveils a Study Showing How Users Share Content From Tablets
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
MAZ, whose publishing platform powers over 600 apps on the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore, unveiled a study today showing how users are sharing content from tablets. Apps created with MAZ include a unique feature called Clippings that allows users to "cut out" anything that they see on the screen to save or share via email or social media.The most inte...
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