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The market for mobile games just keeps growing and growing, with new overnight successes emerging every day. In Q4 2013, more than 75% of consumer app spending in both the Apple App Store and Google Play was spent on mobile games, a “significant increase” from Q4 2012, according to a statement from Bertrand Schmitt, CEO…
Continue ReadingWhen we hosted our first FutureStack conference last year, our goal was to bring together leading developers, futurists, and creatives to build, break, and hack the future of software. We had speakers like Twitter Systems Engineer Ben Hindman give us a deep dive into the evolution and future of computing architecture, Fastly CEO Artur Bergman…
Continue ReadingThere’s a surprising new market for contract app development that many app developers haven’t tapped yet: the federal government. Despite a reputation for being slow to change, government agencies are making progress on incorporating mobile apps into their business operations, and furthermore providing their mobile code to app developers for changes and improvements. In fact,…
Continue ReadingSome call Ireland the Emerald Isle and others call Dublin’s tech community “Silicon Docks,” but to us, it’s our new second home. Today we opened our first-ever international office, located in downtown Dublin. We already have nearly a dozen people working hard to bring New Relic’s awesome customer experience to more people in our Europe,…
Continue ReadingA couple weeks ago, we published our latest Browser Wars infographic, which revealed Chrome as the most popular browser on desktops/laptops and Safari as the most popular on mobile/tablet. What really got people talking, though, was the data showing BlackBerry 5 as the fastest mobile browser. Some people were shocked; others claimed to have known…
Continue ReadingOn the surface, 2013 looks like the year that Google and Apple in tandem crushed all the other smartphone operating systems. Google and Apple accounted for 94 percent of smartphone sales in Q4 2013, and the trend looks like it will continue in 2014. 2013 also looks like the year Google finally beat Apple. By…
Continue ReadingLast week, I had the opportunity to attend Apps World North America, the developer conference focused extensively on the growing mobile app industry. It was a very energized conference with representation from lots of up-and-coming startups, as well as a good number of enterprises. I happened to view a panel discussion with executives and mobile…
Continue ReadingCreating a mobile app is a significant investment of time, money, and resources. Companies might be tempted to skip a mobile app and simply create a mobile optimized website, because they make the mistake of thinking mobile apps and mobile sites reach the same audience, and have the same level of engagement. But it turns…
Continue ReadingMobile app development has exploded over the past few years, and it’s no surprise that 2014 looks to be an even bigger year for it. Better technology, better tools, more developers, and better ideas, are contributing to the rapid growth in the industry. Here are some trends to keep an eye on in the year…
Continue ReadingNonlinear dynamics is one of the most useful methods I have found for building stable software applications. However, many engineers I speak to are not familiar with this technique, so I took it upon myself to spread the word. Once you’ve gone through my brief intro and a few examples below, you should be able…
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