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…
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.
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…
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…
China is expected to overtake the USA as the largest smartphone market this year, with over one billion mobile phones in the country already. That makes it an obvious target for UK app developers, looking to captalise on one of the worlds largest markets, but it isn’t easy.
TeuxDeux , Free for TeuxDeux users ($24/year subscription , around £16) The name over-complicates a simple pair of two-letter words, but the app itself does anything but complicate things. A fantastically well-organised, neat to do list app, it lets you organize your week in easy-to-read, designed to be as easy to use as a piece…
Before the iPhone hit the shelves and sparked Apple’s monumental rise, there was only one tech company which was a household name: Microsoft. There was no such thing as an “app developer”. The only operating system anybody other than hardcore techies new about was Windows, and that made programming and software development a pretty simple…
Tradebox Media are proud to be members of Cardiff Start, an initiative to help promote the already thriving tech and digital sector in the Welsh capital and to attract more entrepreneurs and investors to the wonderful city! Online magazines, app developers, website designers and digital marketing companies were present at the event to celebrate and…
Facebook may have changed the way we use our favourite apps with last week’s announcement of Facebook Home , a “family of apps” which acts as a “wrapper” for Android. The result is a takeover of your home screen by the social network, with users operating all of their phone’s features, and apps, from Facebook.