MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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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
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A UX Designer’s Review of iPad Pro
iPad Pro, along with Apple Pencil has completely changed the way we work. It’s saving us time by allowing us to iterate on designs much more quickly, and it fits into our current workflow like a glove. Read more
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MindSea Named Top App Developer In Canada: 5 Things We Learned Along The Way
Last week, we were thrilled to see that MindSea was again ranked as one of the top app developers in Canada. We were honored to be included in this list of some of the top Canadian mobile app developers in the industry—it’s always exciting to be recognized among peers. But even more important is the validation… Read more
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How To Make An Apple TV App (4 Strategy Ideas)
Reposted from the INMA Mobile Strategies Blog. When Apple had its big new tech, the advent of apps for Apple TV was an interesting development and one that might have piqued media companies’ interest. There’s a lot of “wait and see” as to whether adding apps to the traditional television experience heralds a new heyday… Read more
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4 Questions to Ask when Creating a Mobile Strategy
As media companies create their mobile strategies, they should think about available niche opportunities, what audience members and advertisers want, and how much user experience is valued. Reposted from the INMA Mobile Strategies Blog Along with their flagship app properties, news media companies have entered the mobile mix with a plethora of app products. We’ve… Read more
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TestFlight Beta Testing: What Is It & Why Should You Care?
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
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What Is A Hackathon & Why Should Your Startup Host One?
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
