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Instagram Introduces In-App Shopping for Brands
Published on November 4, 2016If Twitter is the poster child of angry users and poor monetization attempts, Instagram is…
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What Would Happen If Capital Hill Ran the US Like a Startup?
Published on November 3, 2016Government is often slow and difficult to understand. Tech moves quickly and is relatively simple…
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The NYPD Just Got Smartphones: Not the Brand You’d Expect
Published on November 1, 2016The Windows Phone accounts for less than 1% of the US smartphone market. That might…
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Want to Get into Y Combinator? Check out This Data.
Published on October 27, 2016Jared Friedman of Y Combinator has shared a fascinating talk that looks at formerly closed…
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What’s better for developer productivity: music or silence?
Published on October 27, 2016The question of what music is best for triggering app developer productivity — if any…
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How and Why to Create User Personas for your App
Published on October 25, 2016User personas are one of the most mysterious parts of the app user experience (UX)…
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Dogtown Media Tackles Tech Education with Jikei University
Published on October 24, 2016In a continuation of Dogtown Media’s commitment to tech education, CEO Marc Fischer accepted an…
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How to Perform a Competitive Analysis for Your App Idea
Published on October 21, 2016Would you go spelunking without a headlamp? What about mountaineering without a map? Well, pursuing…
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MACRA Medicare Update Fails Patients, Doctors, and Startups
Published on October 21, 2016The Los Angeles app development community has been cautiously optimistic the past few weeks about…
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Anki’s Cozmo Shows the Humanistic Potential of AI Products
Published on October 20, 2016When most people think of robots, they think of the tropes played out in popular…
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