Shopify’s ‘Ping’ App Streamlines Customer Conversations for Merchants

As an entrepreneur, time is your most valuable resource, especially when you’re in a highly competitive market. Shopify is now helping businesses maximize their time with a new app that manages customer conversations across multiple messaging platforms. The company recently rolled out…

How to Get Shoppers to Download and Use Your Retail App

Now that the holiday season is fast approaching, retailers are doing everything they can to attract consumers. But what they’re not doing is getting consumers to shop using their retail apps. According to the latest Pulse of the Online Shopper report…

Lyft Adds Precision Pickup at Venues Nationwide

All of us that use Lyft or Uber have been frustrated with trying to awkwardly communicate to the driver which door you at when exiting an arena, only to have to walk a block to meet the car. Lyft is…

GoDaddy Launches Collaborative Business Idea App

GoDaddy launched a cool app today called Flare, so that entrepreneurs can gain needed feedback on new business ideas from their friends, experts and other small business owners. Flare is available immediately in the Apple App Store. It will launch…

Target Black Friday 2014: The New In-Store Map App

Just in time for Black Friday 2014, Target has updated its mobile app to include in-store maps. In October, Target, previously named the 2013 Mobile Retailer of the Year, announced that they would be doing a complete revamp to their…

Hunger Games App: Will The Odds Be In YOUR Favor?

If you’ve always wanted to know how you would fare in the Hunger Games universe, then there is good news. Kabam, an interactive video game company, recently announced plans to bring the popular series to mobile devices everywhere. Lionsgate will…

Twitter Updates Its Mobile Apps With Login Verification

In late May, Twitter finally launched two-step verification. The tool was introduced as a way to hopefully cut down on the number of high profile Twitter account hacks that left many celebrities and brands dealing with minor PR disasters. Now…

NTIA Introduces Mobile App Code of Conduct For Privacy

The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week announced that its stakeholder partners for an app transparency process will soon begin testing a voluntary code of conduct for mobile app privacy. The code implores app developers to, “where…

Need Help Designing An Android App? Watch This

So, you just downloaded the Android SDK and you’re ready to make your fist app. You have a great idea, but you just don’t know what the design of the app should look like. Google has a few guidelines and…

Facebook Releases “Pages Manager” App

As Facebook readies its IPO, some investors have been frightened beyond the general terrors afforded by founder Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to remove his rebellious-yet-comfy hoodie – they fear that Facebook might run into a bit of an issue concerning the…