News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
Our guest this episode was Vanessa Roknic, Senior Commercial Innovation Executive & Digital Transformation Leader. Vanessa joined Reuben Hall to discuss the intricacies of innovation in the pharmaceutical and digital health sectors. “If we had done the right kind of quick testing and experimentation right at the beginning, that’s something that we could have found… Read More
As you have probably heard, Apple has announced the closure of the TestFlight website and is recommending iOS developers move beta testing builds to the new native TestFlight service available in iTunes Connect and the App Store. There have been a lot of opinionated debates within the community about this migration and as a result… Read more
Think different. That’s the story at Canada’s largest daily, the Toronto Star, as they try a revenue strategy that ignores newspaper industry trends and embraces online economics. It’s counter-intuitive, but the Star’s new monetization plan starts with removing its paywall and cutting digital subscription revenue from thousands of subscribers who pay $9.99 per month. Just… Read more
On August 5, 2013, Jeff Bezos bought his hometown paper, The Washington Post, for $250 million USD. While highly regarded, the paper was headed for its seventh consecutive year of declining revenue. Many wondered why he would spend so much for a fading business. One angle is clear: Bezos has a love of the written… Read more
How do people find your app? We know that just submitting an app to the App Store is a sure-fire way for it to get lost in the shuffle. Luckily, alongside iOS 8, Apple has introduced new features you can use to separate your app from the crowd. Let’s talk about two new features in… Read more
At MindSea, we have a passion for creating things. It was an honour to share this passion with others during the MindSea Hackathon this past weekend. Read more
iOS 8 is scheduled to be released this Fall, and we’re excited about the new app development possibilities it brings. Some of our favourites include inter-app communication, home automation, health management, and new location-based services. As of iOS 8, Apple is also giving app developers access to App Store sales and visitor analytics through iTunes… Read more
The International News Media Association (INMA) awarded The Chronicle Herald app a second-place finish in their global competition on Tuesday night. The awards ceremony was held in San Francisco during the 84th Annual INMA World Congress. Read more
Newspaper App by MindSea Ranks Alongside NY Times & Rolling Stone Apps Christmas has come early to our team and The Chronicle Herald! Apple has recognized the new Chronicle Herald App in the App Store “Best of 2013” list. This was a great surprise as we officially launched the app just 7 days ago. Redesigned… Read more
Interested in building mobile applications? Join us for a day of creativity and learning! Developers, designers, and creators of all stripes are welcome. We want to share our enthusiasm for building apps in a low-stress, judgement-free environment. Everyone with an interest is welcome, regardless of skill level or experience. The event will take place at… Read more
MindSea recently developed the East Coast Music Association (ECMA) app that showcases East Coast artists and the Music Week festival. The timeline meant we had to build versions simultaneously for both iPhone and Android. We’ve ported apps from iPhone to Android before, which usually means trying to shoehorn an existing structure to work on another platform.… Read more
In December 2012 we released Etchings 1.5, which includes translations for 7 additional languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. It’s been out for a few months now, giving us a chance to reflect on our effort and observe the results. Read more
Recently we ran an Instagram contest to promote our Etchings App for iPhone and iPad. To help us run the contest we used Statigram which is an Instagram web viewer and social analytics tool for contests & community management. Statigram has over 3.1 million users so their contest platform seemed to be the best way… Read more
In partnership with the East Coast Music Association, MindSea designed and launched an innovative app for iPhone and Android music fans. Co-written by both teams, this case study describes what we did together. Read more
How do you go from mobile pitch to app store success? There’s no single formula, but you can increase your odds of a winning app by following our infographic roadmap and downloading our App Design Checklist. Read more
With the latest release of Etchings, we wanted to support high resolution output. This means reading high-res versions of images from the camera roll, but not blowing our memory limits if the user selects a 30MP monstrosity. We came up with a way to get a smaller version of any ALAsset without having to first… Read more
This year, MindSea created an iPad app for CanaDream, one of Canada’s largest Recreational Vehicle rental companies. We’d like to share some insights into our process for designing the app to meet CanaDream’s goals, for the interest of other developers and potential clients. Read more
This article from The Chronicle Herald Published: 2009-11-29 Shared business-space gamble an adventure IN A CITY filled with people working on laptops in coffee shops, a collaborative workspace like the Hub on Barrington Street seems like a sure-fire business venture. However, potential imitators of this eclectic, membership-driven enterprise might want to have a chat with… Read more
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