Category Apps

How do you go about designing an app? Well, first things first: Since there are so many apps out there already, it would be good to know what the curret trends and future prospects of the mobile app market are, right? Also, the process behind building an app should not be underestimated — there are a lot of things to keep in mind. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back!

Introducing New iOS6 Features In Mobile Safari

by Rachel McCollin

11 min read
No meows just yet

December 10, 2012 — If you’ve had half an eye on the tech press over the last few weeks, you’ll be aware of the update to iOS, or at least of its replacement of Google maps with the new iOS Maps app.

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Jeremy Olson wrote

How To Succeed With Your Mobile App

November 7, 2012 — Most apps fail. This cruel reality has led many disillusioned developers to conclude, often subconsciously, that succeeding on the App Store is like striking it rich in the gold rush: you just need to get lucky. The idea of luck is a dangerous sedative to ease the pain of … Read More…

Rosie Sherry wrote

A Field Guide To Mobile App Testing

October 22, 2012 — Testers are often thought of as people who find bugs, but have you ever considered how testers actually approach testing? Do you ever wonder what testers actually do, and how they can add value to a typical technology project? I’d like to take you through the thought process … Read More…

James Brocklehurst wrote

A Guide To iOS App Development For Web Designers

September 10, 2012 — As a designer looking to broaden your skill set, you’ve decided that learning to make native apps for Apple’s iOS platform is an attractive and potentially lucrative prospect. With a frisson of excitement, you start to do some research. The euphoria is short-lived however, … Read More…

Will Hacker wrote

Mobile Prototyping With Axure RP

August 17, 2012 — Validating a design through user testing is necessary for the success of almost any product. And it’s even more critical in the mobile application space, where context and individual devices play an important role in how a product is experienced. Fortunately, interactive … Read More…

Clay Allsopp wrote

Get Started Writing iOS Apps With RubyMotion

August 2, 2012 — Everyone is trying to craft the next beautiful iOS app, but building on Apple’s platform has traditionally required experience in a niche programming language, Objective-C. However, with the release of RubyMotion, anyone can make a completely native iOS app using the power … Read More…

Juhani Lehtimaki wrote

Building, Testing And Distributing Android Apps

June 1, 2012 — When iOS started to gain momentum, soon after the first iPhone launched, many businesses started to pay attention to apps. The number of apps for iOS grew exponentially, and every company, big and small, rushed to create their own app to support their business. Read More…

Julie Stanford wrote

10 Things To Think About When Designing Your iPad App

February 1, 2012 — Like most well-designed things, the magic of an iPad app comes from a union of usefulness, usability and meaning. Games aside, the app must be useful by solving a problem that people actually have through the right set of functionality at the right time. It must be easy to … Read More…

Dan McKenzie wrote

How To Design For Android

June 30, 2011 — For designers, Android is the elephant in the room when it comes to app design. As much as designers would like to think it’s an iOS world in which all anyones cares about are iPhones, iPads and the App Store, nobody can ignore that Android currently has the majority of … Read More…

Kim Pimmel wrote

Making It a Mobile Web App

January 26, 2011 — Ask any interactive agency nowadays what their clients are asking for when they need a mobile experience — the answer will inevitably be “an iPhone and/or an iPad app.” Native Apple apps are a hot commodity, and in today’s mobile application ecosystem, mobile web … Read More…