Social logins can be very helpful, and can enhance the user experience of an app if used correctly. By integrating social media, app developers can ensure increased user engagement, with the use of their app publicised on the user’s social media channels. This can be good for developers and advertisers, and it can be a…
Apple’s iTunes is a grocery store. AppGratis is, you could say, a brand of washing powder on the grocery store’s shelves. It’s up to Apple whether to stock this particular brand of washing powder. It’s really clear. In a grocery store, however, the washing powder doesn’t have the ability when, in a customer’s home, to…
Thinking about getting an app designed can be a bit of a whirlwind if you’re entering into unfamiliar territory. We’ve put together a quick cheat sheet to introduce you to some app design terminology, and we’ve included the standards which are needed for each aspect, based on the sizes necessary for iPhone 5. These are…
App of the Week 29th April 2013 BBC iPlayer Radio app for Android , Free Six months after it came out for iOS, the promised Android version of the BBC iPlayer Radio app is finally with us , and it’s better than the version for Apple.
Builderlinks is a simple to use Utilities App portal for connecting with reliable, competitive and vetted trades people in your local area. Its very simple user interface allows you to browse through the content with ease.
Last week, Business Insider ran an article featuring five questions to ask your app developer before you take them on. So, here at Tradebox Media, we thought we’d answer those questions right now, so that if you do come in for a chat about a project, all of the basic questions are out of the…
Islendingaapp is the Icelandic app designers equivalent of Genes Reunited, with a twist. The app utilises a database that was made of the volcanic islands 320,000 inhabitants and their ancestors dating back to the Middle Ages. By simply entering in a name and a date a trace can be made to an Icelandic relation living…
At the start of the month Apple made the decision to remove the very popular AppGratis app from its app store and in the last week has decided to stop the app from sending any of its existing 12 million users push notifications. AppGratis was an app that you could download and receive push notifications…
You’ve seen the adverts , file sharing between phones by bumping them together, payment for products and services with no cash, cards or even contact. What is it that is enabling this simplified use of our mobile devices, and how can app developers use it? Near Field Communication (NFC) utilises existing radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology…
Technology conferences are a brilliant place to get to meet like-minded tech entrepreneurs, share ideas and make contacts worldwide to help you with projects. Here is a roundup of some of the most important tech conferences that have been announced this year. They are not specific to App developers either, there are some quite relevant…