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Our 5 most popular blog posts from 2015

January is a crazy month for us. We get projects spilling over from the previous year and new opportunities rush through in the same time. So for our 2nd blog post in the new year we are posting the top 5 blog posts from the...

Happy New Year 2016

Happy New Year! It's a new beginning. Last year was challenging for many Canadian clients in the resource industry and non-profit organizations focused on science, medicine, and research. We've been hearing news of budget cuts and layoffs every month. It's been stressful! In the meantime, many of...

How to startup by not outsourcing your product development

The business season is picking up, and the mobile app market is humming at a higher pitch again. We are getting a lot of startup app idea inquiries that repeat the three following questions. A lot of them are not good candidates to be taken...

Why Android projects are postponed in early stage startups

Photo by Uncalno Tekno A typical scenario we get to see is when a startup starts building their solution on all mobile platforms at once before figuring out what software design, user experience, or feature set meets the needs of their customers. A startup is working to...

Celebrating yet another app launch

River (on the right saying hi) was visiting us in Vancouver today, so we decided to celebrate with sushi. Yesterday another app that we had developed was published on the app store. The Lafarge ePod iOS was developed by Bosco ( on the left). It...

VentureBeat Roadshow Vancouver Mobile Developers

VentureBeat Roadshow Vancouver Mobile Developers event

We are at the VentureBeat Roadshow Vancouver Mobile Developers event, and John Koetsier just took the stage. He gives some great numbers about the success and failure of mobile apps. More is on the way. Rastin Mehr, our CEO and President, is here. Come and talk...

Keep the Technical Design Specification short to stay creative

Our first-time enterprise clients keep reminding us through their projects that we should read their technical design specifications (TDS). Whenever a detail comes up through the project, they become furious and tell us that this issue was on page x of our 100-page TDS. When that...

Enterprise is still figuring out agile app development

Photo by Dean Meyers Software is essential to Enterprises, and they are still developing agile apps. How so? Until now, they were either obtaining turnkey solutions or subscribing to software as a service (SAAS) solutions. Turnkey solutions require upfront licensing fees, installation, configuration, and certified IT staff...

How mobile apps are improving field service management efficiency

Photo by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Field service management mobile apps are replacing the conventional methods that involve paper trails and manual work. These apps are used by technicians, repair personnel, and inspectors in the oil, mining, forestry, and transportation industries. We even met with...