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The Ultimate Guide to E-Commerce Mobile App Development
Mobile e-commerce is exploding. Game-changing platforms are disrupting antiquated industries, such as Uber and AirBnB. Mobile shopping is on the rise, with new options such as InstaCart and JackThreads. Retail juggernauts have already made the jump to mobile and are seeing lucrative profits. Games like Clash of Clans and Trivia Crack have hooked millions of…
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Mobile Medical Apps: Finding the Right Development Partner
Medical app development services have skyrocketed. Today, there are twice the number of health apps for Android and iOS than there were just a few years ago. If you ask the experts why that is, they’re not surprised. Not only does active participation in one’s healthcare regimen make patients feel more in control of their…
Read More iOS Bubble Animation
Cheers to a New Year For this year’s ATX Startup Crawl, we wanted to do something really fun for our users to give them real-time information about popular stops. Working with our amazing UI professional Patrick Adiaheno, we designed a “Cheers” button inspired by Periscope’s like functionality. I was given the task of coming up…
Read More Mobile App Design – iOS vs Android
A reference guide – UI and UX on iOS vs Android At Jackrabbit, we design and develop for both iOS and Android, and a big part of making smart design decisions is knowing what users are expecting on both iOS and Android platforms. We put a lot into design strategy and design thinking, and it…
Read More How to Design a Mobile App from the User's Perspective
Flurry released data from their tracking of more than 300,000 apps and found that the average time spent per day on mobile devices is two hours, thirty-eight minutes, of which 80% of mobile device time is spent in apps while 20% in browser. It is not exaggerated to say that mobile apps are not only…
Read More Developer Resources and Staying Current in Tech
When it comes to app development and all the associated skills, developers have their work cut out for them. The languages, tools and best practices in this field are complicated to learn and change at a rapid pace; the latest and greatest can become yesterday’s leftovers in the blink of an eye. Despite this, we…
Read More 12 Tips to Run a User Interview
Whether you are developing a new product or updating an existing one, one of your starting points should be talking to users. Getting to know more about how your product is being used, what the perceived differences between your product and the competitors are, and understanding the “must have” benefit of your product in the…
Read More Rapid Prototyping for Mobile Apps
If you’re working on an internal project, ideating with a new product or in services – rapid prototyping is the way to go. We use it everyday as part of our process – and prototyping can be incredibly efficient – it can also help save you a ton of dev hours and build an experience…
Read More How to Get an App Made
We’ve developed apps for a lot of other companies within the tech industry, as well as those outside of it. For those who don’t have a background in this space, going from good idea to successful app is not a clearly defined path. If you’re taking on a project as big as a mobile app,…
Read More iOS Custom Pull-to-Refresh Control Tutorial (Updated for Swift)
What’s the worst part about any internet technology? Wait times. Loading screens. Progress bars that drive you to smash your printer and spike your iPhone.
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