iOS and Android, shipped and scaled.
Native and cross-platform engineering, release process, and the craft that separates a prototype from a product in the store.

4 Reasons Native Apps Are Killing Web Apps
Last week, Yahoo had its annual Mobile Developer Conference and shed some sobering light on the native vs web app debates, and it doesn't look great…

5 Tips When Designing Mobile Apps for Kids
Designing apps specifically for children takes both ethics and a different approach than designing for adults. Here are 5 tips that will help you develop your…

5 Smartphone Features That Fizzled
It's been 8 years since the first generation iPhone arrived and introduced the piece of technology that built empires and ruined concerts. We've learned a lot…
7 Places to Learn to Code Mobile Apps
We're always on the look out for great developers because, to be honest, great developers are hard to find. You'd think in this digital age, everyone would…
5 Reasons to Learn to Code in Swift
Earlier this month, Apple announced Swift 2, an updated version of the app programming language that Cupertino has been pushing for over a year now (to…

5 Reasons to Start Developing Apps for Google Cardboard
Back during their 2014 I/O developers conference, Google surprised us with an ostensibly low-tech product at such a high-tech event: Google Cardboard. Never heard of it?…

The Secret Reason Why 78% of Small Businesses Don’t Have a Mobile App
You'd think by now we've achieved maximum saturation of mobile apps. After all, we have apps that can order a pizza at the press of a…
4 Reasons to Update Your App Every 2 Weeks
When Mike Beltzner, mobile product lead for Pinterest, was asked why the app puts out a new version every three weeks, he had this response: "Because…
5 Reasons Why App Developers Still Choose Apple Before Android
Time.com declared the smartphone app war over and touted Apple as the winner. While we are not so bold, it’s clear that as of early 2015…
How do I love thee? Let me count the Waze.
In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we pen a love letter to one of our favorite apps. There are not a lot of apps that out…

The Top 5 Mistakes When Designing Mobile Apps
Snake aside, no matter how fun it was on your old Nokias, the first mobile apps as we know them today debuted alongside the first iPhone…

Android invasion
Today's post was written by guest blogger Richard Reece. Richard is a senior consultant with Rocket Farm, specializing in both iOS and Android application development. We…