As mobile App developers, we get approached everyday to create apps for companies. Often, they tell us they want an iPhone app, Android app, iPad app, or all of the above. We respond by telling them that we’d love to work with them but we have a few questions first. Ultimately, we ask why they [...]
Recently, I was sitting with my friend, Julian Daly, of G8Four discussing our businesses. I don’t remember what made me say it, but it occurred to me that when our customers think about developing an iPhone App or an Android App, they aren’t fully aware that they are creating custom software. So I pulled out [...]
Recently I read a blog post from another app developer discussing what makes a great app. They said that a great app is fun and makes a game of things. It immediately struck me that this wasn’t a complete answer! As a mobile App development company, we ask a number of questions to determine the [...]
As many of you know, I recently attended SXSW in Austin, TX. I can’t say enough about it. It was a fun, exhausting, thought-provoking, draining, and exciting experience! While at SXSW, I had a chance to listen to and meet someone who I really respect. Many of you still haven’t heard of Gary Vaynerchuck, but [...]
Many of you know that South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive officially wrapped up on March 15th. No doubt you’ve heard about it if you are active on Twitter or in Social Media. For those that haven’t heard about it, it’s one of the largest conferences in the world covering interactive topics such as mobile, social [...]
The App Innovation event for ProductCampRTP was very aptly named, as it was truly one of the most innovative nights I’ve been a part of. Participants were given two hours to come up with a complete product idea for an iPhone application, and present it to the judges. The resulting products were more than I [...]
We’ve finally taken the plunge and moved into a real, professional office space. Brian will now be working full-time out of a space we’ve rented from Innovation Depot in Birmingham, AL. In addition to this being our office, it will also be home to several other companies which will make up Sparkbox. Sparkbox is a [...]
Tonight, we’ll be attending the Big Black Book of Business networking event hosted by the Birmingham Business Alliance and Birmingham Magazine. It’s a FREE networking event where the 2011 Big Black Book of Business will be officially released. Expect to be surrounded by a lot of BBA investors, local companies, and plenty of networking contacts. [...]
Apple announced today that they will be putting out a lot of new products. Among these will be a completely new lineup of iPods, as well as a completely revamped Apple TV device. Just when I think I’m getting caught up with all of the new technology, they drop a bomb like this. It used [...]
There are so many things I like about the iPad that it really is hard to know where to start.
Beautiful screen: The screen is absolutely stunning.
Natural Feel: The gestures like pinch & zoom and flicking pictures really shine on this device.
Last weekend we held the first ever iPhone camp in Birmingham at Daxko. Many people have asked for the slides we used so we have posted them to Slideshare so that you may have them.
All in all, this was a great conference. We had a good time and we came back with so many tips and tricks that it is some what overwhelming. We can’t wait until the next one in San Jose
1000 Words is a Facebook-connected, digital photo-frame style, slideshow app for the iPhone. You can choose photos from your iPhone or iPod Touch, tagged photos from your Facebook albums or any of your friends’ Facebook albums. You can attach a playlist from your iPod/iTunes library to use as background music for the photo slideshow. If [...]
Appsolute Genius has released another iPhone app, College Football Gameday Countdown, and it is now available for download on the app store. Are you a huge college football fan? Can you hardly wait until the college football season begins? Then you should have this countdown on your phone, so you always know how much longer [...]
We got back today from Atlanta and going to the iPhoneCampAtl / mobileCampAtl. It was the first time that they did the camp and @widgetpress did a nice job. It is a lot of work to organize a conference. We saw many presentations including: Best practices for user interface design iPhone Analytics Increasing App Awareness [...]
Appsolute Genius has released its first iPhone app, Alarm Clock Nightstand, and it is now available for download on the app store. This is a very full-featured alarm clock which will help even the heaviest sleepers wake up right on time. You can customize it to work and look exactly how you want. So check [...]
I ran across this news article today and it really got me thinking. Is Apple the only truly innovative company out there? They came up with the App Store, it became hugely successful, and now every other major player wants to create their version of it as well. Microsoft and Nokia are the latest to [...]
The iPhone has change the game of mobile application development.