MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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Mobile App Research: What Do Millennials Want From An App?
When you’re launching an app, ideally you’ll launch something people will want to use. That might seem like an obvious statement, but it’s something that too few app makers, app agencies and founders spend time thinking about. Before publishing an app, every app maker must understand the problem they’re solving. That’s the starting point. Once Read more
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The 3 Frameworks You Need To Design & Launch An App That Sticks
You probably already know that Google Play and the Apple App Store have helped app makers make millions… …and created a huge, untapped opportunity for so many brands and makers. In fact, last December, a report claimed that games alone in the App Store brought in $1 billion in revenue. Today, I’m going to share Read more
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Brilliant Product Managers & The Philosophies That Led To Some Of The Most Engaging Products Ever
“Product leaders don’t play the game, but they are judged by the record of their products,” Adam Nash proclaimed in a presentation to AirBnb and Dropbox in 2013. Adam Nash is the CEO of Wealthfront and previously served as an executive in residence at Greylock Partners and vice president of product management at LinkedIn. In Read more
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5 Things Every Startup Should Know Before Hiring An App Agency
TL;DR – Building apps is hard. App Agencies can help. Every day I hear from tech startups planning to build apps – and every day they tell me their biggest hurdle isn’t knowing what they want to build, it’s figuring out how best to build it. Typically this is where MindSea comes in. I get Read more
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7 Product Design Books Every Designer Needs To Read
Imagine if you could tap into the library, or mind of the best UX designers or Product designers in the industry to gain knowledge that could shape your career. Or better than that… What if you could tap into the library of seven great startup and product designers and dive into the books that Read more
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Engage users, create rich and actionable notifications
Notifications not only provide you an interactive channel to engage users, they have also become one of the most highly used features of iOS. As a result, Apple announced a significant investment in notifications this year at WWDC. Notifications not only provide you an interactive channel to engage users, they have also become one of the most highly Read more
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Push notifications, personalisation make apps more social than home page
Instead of re-creating the front page of a Web site in the form of a mobile app, Bustle and Breaking News engage users with personalisation and push notifications that have resulted in high App Store ratings and increased usage. It’s no secret publishers have an on-again, off-again relationship with apps. They’re de rigueur one minute, Read more
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Native App vs Web App: Which One Is Best For Your First App?
Mobile Web outpaces mobile native app growth, but those who use apps tend to remain engaged in the content, on average, 18 times longer than on mobile Web sites. Reposted from the INMA Mobile Strategies Blog. Last month, INMA offered news publishers a glimpse at a collaborative and interconnected future on the Microsoft campus in Read more
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How To Use Xcode To Prototype A New Mobile App
We’ve used a number of mobile prototyping tools over the years to go from initial concept to interactive prototype. We’ve used a number of mobile prototyping tools over the years to go from initial concept to interactive prototype. Most of them were decent enough, but they were all lacking in some way which kept us Read more
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Mobile App Support: Tools and Tips
What sets apart the good from the great? In our experience it’s great design and an unparalleled user experience, improved further with helpful mobile app support. What does customer support currently mean to your business and it’s unique needs? Mobile app support tools offer options with seemingly every feature pre packaged. It can be difficult to Read more
