Since the first release of the iPhone in 2007 and its hardware evolvement over time, Apple’s operating system has stayed pretty static. Last week during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference XIII, Jony Ive, Senior Vice President of Design, announced some drastic renovations to Apple’s new iOS 7. Apple reserved the basic structure of the iOS, but [...]
AVAI Mobile is featured in Silicon Hills News! AVAI Mobile’s CEO, Rand Arnold, chatted with a reporter from Silicon Hills News about the AVAI Mobile Platform (AMP™). Arnold started his company working in UI/UX design and touchscreen interfaces. With the effects of the recession causing insufficient funding, Arnold pivoted AVAI to mobile to become AVAI [...]
1. Allow the user to feel in control. Make push notifications an obvious opt-in/opt-out feature. Even with the best practices being used for push notifications, it is impossible to make them everyone’s friend. When the app is first installed, send a message to the user allowing them to turn their push notifications off. Yes, [...]
Austin, Texas, June 11, 2013 – Rodeo Austin received a Best of Texas Award from the Center for Digital Government during e.Republic's Government Technology Conference Southwest held in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, June 4. Rodeo Austin won the award for Best Mobile/Wireless Project for SCORE IT!, a new feature within its mobile application. In March 2013, [...]
Six seconds. Only six seconds. Who would ever fret over such a short amount of time? If the barista at my local Starbucks asked me to wait an additional six seconds for my mandatory morning Grande Non-Whipped Iced Mocha, I would not mind in the least bit. That extra wait probably would not even allow [...]