On Thursday Apple introduced iBook Author, a new authoring tool that makes creating interactive iBooks as easy as putting together a Keynote presentation. By making it easy to bring content to life, Apple hopes to revolutionize learning and revitalize the market for textbooks in education. The business model [...]
Apps are changing the world. Innovative apps combine technology to disrupt established ways of doing things, enhancing our lives in the process. Take Uber, for example. This app lets you use your phone to order a ride. They contract with established limousine services and they have an innovative and transparent [...]
Almost exactly a year ago we went to CES in Las Vegas and met up with many of our app developer members to look at the year ahead. It felt like 2011 was gearing up to be an exciting year of growth, but also when app developers would attract the [...]
"It's a great time to be a developer" - for as long as I can remember, that has been the cheesiest and most common way to start the keynote presentation at a developer conference. It was a mantra that presenters would repeat over and over, even when they didn't believe [...]
Earlier this month, the total number of apps available in mobile marketplaces topped one million. Consumers now are able to easily find the nearest artisan cheese shop, play word games with friends halfway around the world, learn Mandarin Chinese, and check the score of the big game all from the [...]