iOS 11 was announced in early June at the Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2017, and with it came a lot of changes. One of the most drastic changes in the new operating system is its App Store. Apple’s App Store was launched nine years ago and currently has over two million apps, and that…
Canadians’ mobile app usage has been growing rapidly. In fact, it grew by 74% in 2016 according to Flurry, exceeding the global average by 11%. The number of Canadian devices has actually exceeded the estimated number of Canadian residents by more than two million. Which means the mobile app development industry is flourishing in the country.…
by Randa ElBaz If you’re new to app development or are working in a small team with a tight schedule and limited resources, it’s easy to get so invested in the technical details that other critical aspects like mobile app analytics get overlooked. If you want your app to offer the best user experience possible,…
The native vs. hybrid debate in app development has become one of those fallback conversations you have at office gatherings or jump into in forums when you want to procrastinate on your work. What makes it such an evergreen topic, in our opinion, is that there exists no definitive answer. Hybrid development cuts the work and time…
We learned how to get your iOS and Android apps featured on the app stores in the last two posts of our App Hacks series. We also need to know how to optimize your app to keep its discoverability high. Luckily, we’ve got your back. Getting your app featured is like Christmas for your app, but just like…
Welcome to the second post of our App Hacks series. In the last post, we explained how to get your iOS app featured on the Apple App Store. Now, it’s the green robot’s turn. When it comes to distribution, your app competes with 2.2 million Android apps to make its way up to Google Play Store’s golden spots:…
Welcome to our new App Hacks series. In this series we will cover tips build better apps, scale them up faster, and maintain success. Our first post in this series is about how to get your iOS app featured on the Apple App Store. When you finish developing your app or if you’re launching a new…
Welcome to another edition of our Famous Bugs series! In this post, we’ll cover the Google bug that outsmarted one of the smartest companies on the planet. It’s no secret that google.com is the most valuable domain in the world. For one minute in September of 2015, it belonged to one lucky man named Sanmay…
Welcome to another edition of our Famous Bugs series! In this post, we’ll cover the PayPal bug that we really wish happened to us. When Chris Reynolds opened his PayPal e-mail statement for June 2013, he realized something wasn’t right. The Pennsylvania PR executive’s balance blew up to an incomprehensible $92,233,720,368,547,800. For everyone out there…
Welcome to another edition of our Famous Bugs series! In this post, we’ll cover the Facebook bug that we’re (maybe) thankful isn’t an actual feature. If you’re human, you’ve wondered how many people really see your posts on Facebook. Well, thanks to a bug in Facebook’s mobile app last year, for a brief moment of brutal honesty,…
With massive downloads surpassing Tinder and Twitter, it’s as if all hell broke loose when Pokémon Go was unleashed to the public. It literally took seconds to spark the flame of worldwide mayhem, where almost everyone, except me and some rare few, is playing Pokémon Go like there’s no tomorrow. Our office had around 10 Pokemons and I can’t even begin…
Welcome to another edition of our Famous Bugs series! We hope you get a serious laugh out of other people’s pains that came before us. In this post, we’Il explain the fascinating history of the IBM Deep Blue bug. In May of 1997, IBM’s chess-playing computer Deep Blue challenged the World Champion of Chess, Russian…