The Enterprise Will Save Windows Phone 8
If you blinked then you might have missed it. Lost somewhere between the debut of Windows 8 and the arrival Hurricane Sandy was Microsoft’s release of its Windows Phone 8…
If you blinked then you might have missed it. Lost somewhere between the debut of Windows 8 and the arrival Hurricane Sandy was Microsoft’s release of its Windows Phone 8…
I really like Flipboard, and would go so far as to call it my all time favorite app for the tablet. How could I not love it? It actually creates…
There are so many great reasons to develop your app. The market for smartphones and tablets is exploding. Already, there are over 500 million users of Apple’s iOS (iPhone and…
I’ve been working on converting our Windows Phone 7 app to use the Windows Phone 8 SDK for the past 1.5 months, and it’s been quite the struggle. No matter…
Well we’re back with a quick tip for all you Appsters out there looking to sink your claws into the brave new world of Windows Phone 8 app development. If…
So you have a money-minting app idea and all you need to do is find a copy of “Learn to Build An App in 21 Days”, crack your knuckles, roll…
The wet dream of every mobile app startup is going viral and not in the Howard Hughes type of way. Going viral means riding a social media-fed tsunami of RTs,…
Tonight beleagured iOS 6 users breathed a collective sigh of relief: Google Maps is here!
I am happy to announce that we’ve just published ‘Appsters: A Beginner’s Guide to App Entrepreneurship’ ! We started this blog because we saw a real need for an easy-to-understand…
It is one of the truths of human nature that we are visual creatures. Seeing an object or color will catch our attention and stick in our minds more intensely,…
Mobile survey apps are fast rendering traditional survey methods obsolete. Their success is due not only to the incredible market penetration of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, notwithstanding…
For those of you wondering if the recent backlash against Apple Maps is justified, let me shed some light for you: Apple Maps feels like watching ‘Battlefield Earth’ . Yup,…
Windows Phone 8 is here! I know, the sounds of children singing and dancing in the streets is being heard across the world. Windows Phone 8 looks very much like…
Hating on Microsoft is en vogue. Lobbing potshots at Microsoft is like knocking down the fat kid in dodgeball, it’s easy and fun. With a pile of high-profile flops that…
Today, I got my Microsoft Surface tablet. I rejoiced with a fist pump to the air, cracked my knuckles and said to myself “let’s build some apps!” I went to…
When you hear ‘app’, you probably think of the program that launches when you tap a icon on your smartphone’s home screen. You might be surprised to learn that many…
(This is the 4th part in an ongoing series on the Mobile App Development Process) We’ve finally reached it, where the rubber meets the road, when things actually get built:…
(This is the 3rd part in an ongoing series on the Mobile App Development Process) Ok, your mockups are finalized, your designers have finalized your colour schemes, and your engineers have…
(This is the 2nd part in an ongoing series on the Mobile App Development Process) Going back to my Commandments of Mobile App Building, when it comes to managing the…
Never judge a book by its cover, especially a Canadian classic. To my Americans, stay for a bit and hear about a great Canadian, and a personal hero of mine.…