We try to gather all the important news regarding the mobile development industry in a (almost) monthly digest.
Hope you like it and help us make it better.
Launches & acquisitions
Everything Facebook announced at F8 2016
Microsoft bought Xamarin and made it open source and free for everyone – hooray!
Apple launched CareKit to let people develop their own health apps
First Romanian mobile games incubator just launched. Bulent Duagi, our co-founder, is one of the mentors.
The Emergency Situations Department, part of the Internal Affairs Ministry launched its first mobile app.
Events & announcements
Google is said to be considering Swift as a ‘first class’ language for Android
Facebook gives developers better analytics and a powerful notification platform
This is UEFA official fan guide and mobile app. Everything you need to know about football and EURO 2016
Good to read
Why emerging markets are dominating mobile browsing – all of a sudden, it’s become affordable for a large percentage of the planet to have a supercomputer in their pocket.
2015 Gaming Report: Mobile Widens Its Lead Over Other Platforms
Mobile app UX design: What strategies work and why – some usefull info from Alon Even, VP of Marketing & BD at Appsee Mobile Analytics
How Heineken’s Bond-themed mobile campaign uncapped 14 million ad impressions
Everything You Should Know About Location-based Marketing Technologies – beacons, geo-targeting, geo-fencing and other subjects presented
Presentation: Mobile is eating the world – why mobile matters, where it is and how it changes everything from cars to productivity to search. Author: Benedict Evans from Andreessen Horowitz (‘a16z’), a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley
Inside Liam, Apple’s super-secret, 29-armed robot that tears down your iPhone
Another great article from TNW: Why mobile designers must focus on creating ‘micro-moments’
