Tag Archive: iPhone

Jul
10

Creativity flourishes within constraints, from TV to iPhone apps

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The Daily Show generates great material by working within a structure. The same works for iPhone apps and web sites.

Nov
30

Meetup wrap-up: App Savvy author Ken Yarmosh interviewed

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App Savvy author Ken Yarmosh advises iPhone app developers to get feedback from potential users before launching the app.

Nov
20

Meetup wrap-up: Monetize your app this holiday!

The Washington iPhone/Android/Smartphone Developers meetup featured Millennial Media's mobile advertising platform, and more.

Jul
18

Intuitive, minimalist user interface design

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While simple user interfaces can be good, they can also be counter-intuitive. Here are two examples.

Jun
06

How smart is your app? A smartphone app hierarchy

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There is clearly no shortage of iPhone apps. But what kind of mobile applications are most worthwhile, either to develop or use?

May
25

Cross-platform development options for smartphone apps

Developers have been hindered by the need to develop an app from scratch for each smartphone platform. To address this, several cross-platform development tools have come out in the last year or two.

Mar
21

Four reasons why multitasking rocks on smartphones

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Do smartphones need multitasking? The iPhone doesn’t have it yet; Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and Palm webOS do.