Why You Should Let Your Kid Build The Next Great App
Nearly five years ago, Apple opened up iPhone (and iOS) to developers, and launched the app revolution. Today, we have hundreds of thousands of apps to choose from, and app…
Nearly five years ago, Apple opened up iPhone (and iOS) to developers, and launched the app revolution. Today, we have hundreds of thousands of apps to choose from, and app…
Despite all the sales, the breathless reaction amongst the blogosphere, and despite seeing an iPad everywhere, it seems, I think that for app developers the iPad opportunity can hardly be…
My name is Michael Jacobs, I’m a 20-year-old app entrepreneur and this my app story. Over the past years I have been following the entrepreneurial path and it has…
Over 40 billion apps have been downloaded since Apple opened its iOS App Store in 2008. More than 20 billion have been downloaded in just the past year. There are…
Friends and fellow geeks, I hope MLK day was kind to you and that your employer gave you the day off. This week we got a bit lighter schedule than…
Finding the right app developer is a lot like finding love. While you may not be planning on dating your developer any time soon, the entrepreneur-developer relationship is all about…
As a startup the choice between launching your app on Android or iOS is an agonizing decision that will lock you into 1 of 2 worlds. From a marketshare perspective,…
Iteration is the beating heart of the app development process. Of all the apps we’ve built, I can honestly say that none have come out looking or behaving like the…
Ever wondered which apps top the charts around the world? We did too. So here’s what we came up with. What other app trends have you noticed around the world?…
For users of Facebook’s mobile app you might have recently noticed advertisements appearing in your news feed for apps which look like this: This is no regular Facebook sponsored story…
I used to think Lotus Notes was the worst software I’d ever have to use, but then I met the “Good for Enterprise” mobile app . It’s not just the…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…