When we productize an all-purpose technology solution
The purpose of a product is to solve a specific problem for a particular demographic of users. A word processor is for typing letters, papers, and reports. A spreadsheet is for making spreadsheets and charts. Sometimes users decide to use their tools differently, for example, they use a spreadsheet to organize words in a table […]
Some companies are failing at a primary security measure
Some major tech companies are failing at a primary security measure. They aren’t encrypting sensitive data and storing them as plain text. That is concerning! Yesterday the news came out that Freedom Mobile, the mobile telecommunication company that is currently owned by Shaw had a server that was leaking log files containing information in plain [&hel
In praise of DevOps and Release Engineering
Photo by Kaique Rocha from Pexels Ever wonder how your favorite apps and online services update their features without any downtime? It’s all happening thanks to the miracle of DevOps and Release Engineering. There was a time that web designers would launch a website by opening an FTP or SSH program and publish the web pages one by [&hel
Happy 2019 and we are offering new services
Holy ships, it’s a new year already! Happy 2019! Last year passed so quickly for us while we were laser-focused on building and deploying projects for our clients. For those of you who’ve been working and sharing ideas with us, thank you for yet another fabulous year. It’s a privilege for us to be working […]
Conducting user research for a healthcare app
When it gets to building a new product, software development is the easy part. Technology is available and all the parameters are within our control. We get to plan, populate the task list, and hit all the milestones one by one. Development of the Chemora healthcare app has been moving forward consistently, however, at one […]
10 years in business and happy 2018
Happy New Year! It’s 2018 and we are back to work while still having some spiked eggnogs in the fridge. If we say that we didn’t write any code during the holiday season, we aren’t being honest. Holiday Season is the best time for reading books, writing, and coding for fun. It’s also our 10-year […]
How we became the first mobile app development company in Vancouver
End of 2017 will mark our 10 year anniversary. It’s been a fun decade of developing mobile applications for enterprise companies, healthcare organizations, and a number of startups. In early 2008 we published our first two iOS apps in the app store. The first app was an entertainment news reader, the second app was a […]
Wet code makes your app a breeding ground for software bugs
Whenever we add new features to an app, code redundancy is inevitable and software bugs may happen. That is why we invest time in organizing and cleaning up the code. Code redundancy happens when a developer repeats the same snip of code in multiple places. Larger blocks of code can be shortened in order to […]
Yes, upgrading your ObjectiveC App to Swift is a good idea
We get this request quite frequently. Our customers want us to maintain and develop their existing iOS apps developed in ObjectiveC programming language. ObjectiveC was the language of choice for developing iOS app until 4 years ago when Apple introduced the Swift programming language. Swift is easier to read and maintain. It is safer and […]
Do you know a chemo or radio oncologist?
We need your help! Do you happen to know a chemo or radio oncologist? We need their advice for a healthcare iOS app that we are developing called Chemora. This app is for patients who are going through chemo or radiation treatments. How can you help us? After receiving each treatment, Chemora helps cancer patients […]