The Top 5 Reasons Transparency is Important in App Development

  Transparency, in any project, means open and honest communication of a project’s status in as close to real-time as possible. In our agile mobile app development process, it ensures an open forum where stakeholders and the entire delivery team are given total access to the status of all aspects of a project. This includes:   The […]

How To Submit An App To The App Store

This post has recently been updated and can be found here: How to Submit an App to the App Store [Updated] App submission is often an afterthought. But ensuring you submit your app to the App Store properly (a service included in our end-to-end development) is an important first step to ensure exposure and entice users to […]

Open vs. Closed Loop Mobile Payments

  It seems that for any major tech development, both open systems and closed systems are in play and in opposition.   In the hotly contested mobile payments space, once again we are seeing this debate manifest. Except in this context, it is a matter of open vs. closed loop mobile payments solutions.   Before […]

Rethinking “Second Screen”: Social TV and The Active Audience

  Is the future of television social?   Broadcasters and content providers are quickly realizing that not only do they need functional media apps to stay connected with their audiences, they need to provide a platform that offers the ability to interact. People aren’t just passively watching content on the media apps they download – […]

The Importance of Visual Quality Assurance (VQA)

  Designers seek perfection. Attention to detail is our job. And a successful mobile app is a bug-free, pixel-perfect manifestation of our vision. As it turns out – no matter how detailed our style guides may be – this is unlikely to happen right out of the gate, especially if the project is following the […]

What is Tokenization?

  What technologies will drive the evolution of mobile payments?   While by no means a new concept, tokenization has become a salient topic as of late due to the potential role it may play. As technologies like host card emulation become more prominent, tokenization is viewed by many as the solution to helping cloud-based […]

The Next Generation of Media Apps

  We are seeing the next generation of TV playing out.   Applications for Smart TVs and media streaming devices are the next big opportunity for broadcasters and content providers in the media space, and capitalizing on it will be the key to remaining competitive.   All signs point to native and cross-platform apps for […]

Stories vs. Spec Docs

  As any experienced product owner, business analyst, or project manager knows, product definition can be an arduous process. Finalizing product details, prioritizing what needs to be completed, even relaying the specifications to the development team all takes time. The question is, how can all of this be done without compromising timelines? Or worse, having […]