An app for this, an app for that… but at the end of the day, can technology rival a hug? By Jessica Barone (Development & Marketing Manager, Reach 150 Inc) A few weeks back, TechCrunch asked the general unassuming public in a Facebook status, “If you made your own app, what would it do?” Most people responded [...]
Posts Tagged "Mobile Apps"
What’s Coming For Marketing In 2013
January 12, 2013 – 6:00 am
Marketers will reward consumers that promote their brands in the social space. Mobile loyalty apps are also poised to thrive. By Ayesha Mathews-Wadhwa (Founder & Creative Director, PixInk) Some people say that 2013 will be the year of de-tech, but with so many technologies taking off, I tend to think that marketers will want to [...]
Design And The Mobile Startup: Advice From Foodspotting’s Alexa Andrzejewski
March 13, 2012 – 10:56 am
UX Designer and Foodspotting Founding CEO Alexa gives advice on building beautiful mobile designs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) The SXSW panel on the importance of design in the mobile startup hosted Alexa Andrzejewski of Foodspotting. The UX designer found her first angel investor with mockups on a deck she presented at [...]
Good Tools Have Verb-Based Interfaces
February 2, 2012 – 1:00 pm
By Gina Trapani (Creator, ThinkUp & Todo.txt Apps) I’ve switched to an iPhone as my primary mobile device because I’m dogfooding my new iOS app. Coming off of three straight years of Android, one of the toughest parts of the transition was losing the applications drawer. My new iPhone had so many screens of icons, [...]
Free Training For Entrepreneurs New To Android App Development
December 18, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) At the new Android Training site, you’ll find a collection of classes to help you build Android apps. Find best practices in a variety of topics — designers may want to check out how to improve layout performance or designing effective navigation. If you’re in San Francisco, [...]
Grandma Wins “Apps Against Abuse” Tech Challenge
December 12, 2011 – 1:30 pm
By Dr. Val Jones (Contributing Writer, Better Health) There aren’t too many grandmothers developing mobile health apps these days, but I met a charming one (Jill Campbell) at the mHealth Summit. Jill is a 60 year-old woman from Texas who has been actively concerned for the safety of herself and her daughter over the years. [...]
How To Rapidly Prototype A Mobile App In 54 Hours: PhoneGap
December 6, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Karen Zeller (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Interviews done with the majority of teams at Women 2.0 Startup Weekend revealed winning mobile strategies to have in mind for aspiring entrepreneurs. The overwhelming majority of startup teams had ambitions of including a mobile solution as part of their offering. Whether mobile applications were considered so core [...]
Partner event: AppNation III Conference
November 15, 2011 – 5:00 am
Did you know? A typical US mobile device contains 18 apps. 10% of adult cell phone users have downloaded an app within the past week. 20% of those under age 30. 8 in 10 Americans own two or more mobile devices. Mobile advertising will cross the $1B mark in 2011 on its way to $2.5B [...]
Partner event: App Developers Conference and Hackathon
August 26, 2011 – 12:35 pm
App Developers Conference (ADC) and Hackathon are taking place October 26-27, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. The conference addresses key components of app development, discovery and revenue. Coverage focuses on apps for mobile devices and tablets. More than 50 speakers from Pandora, Walmart, Smule, Samsung, AT&T, Churn Labs, Netflix, Nissan, Nielson, BMW, Pulse, Microsoft, OpenFeint, [...]
Building on a Mobile Platform: Why iOS Today, Android Tomorrow
August 1, 2011 – 11:55 am
By Christine Herron (Director, Intel Capital) If you’re figuring out which mobile platform to launch on, here’s a quick sketch on why you should choose iOS today, but maybe start with Android in the future. Are you a designer or a developer? There’s a “cultural incumbency” for iOS with designers, so you tend to see [...]
