• Its getting harder and harder to be successful with an app. With millions of apps in the appstores its not an easy job to get noticed. Especially in the very competitive gaming apps category. That’s why we are very pleased with the first results of Shackle. Shackle was launched on July 4th and managed to score a top three position in the 'Word Games' category. We are proud to be in this ranking with proven successes like Wordfeud, Draw Something and Ruzzle.
  • We have about 4 months of first hand experience with Google Glass. There is a broad interest in the device. We had several dozens of talks with companies that want an app for Glass. And we gave a personal product demo to more than a 1.000 people at one of the conferences we presented or during internal company sessions.
  • Since the beginning of this year Shareforce owns a Google Glass. As one of the first developers in the Netherlands we have been accepted into the Glass Explorer program and we have immediately seized that opportunity to start developing apps for Glass.
  • Twitter Bootstrap is an intuitive and powerful framework for a fast and easy development of modern websites and web applications. In this article I will briefly explain the basics and give you 10 reasons why you should use Bootstrap for your next web project. The most important advantage of Bootstrap is that is saves you a lot of time and therefore development money.
  • The keynote of the Apple CEO at the World Wide Developer Conference is traditionally the moment at which some new hardware and software is announced. Apple has more than once changed the landscape of mobile, that’s why Shareforce will report on the WWDC keynote with a live blog.
  • More and more websites are visited from a mobile device. A responsive website that adapts to the screen of the visitor is a must and the new standard. A responsive design looks good on a smartphone, tablet and desktop. It automatically adapts to serve an optimal user experience.
  • Even the best app won’t be an instant success. With more than 700.000 apps in both the Apple Appstore and Google Play you have to make sure you will get noticed. Appstore Optimization is one of the instruments you can use to promote your app.
  • Parallax design is a new design trend for websites. In the last couple of months new websites that use this technique keep popping up. In a parallax design all the content of a website is presented in one single page. That’s why parallax design sometimes is also referred to as parallax scrolling or ‘one page website’.
  • OK, you have made the final decision. Your organisation needs an app. But how do you proceed? Where do you start and what tasks have to be completed? Every app must have a clear roadmap with several stages. Complete them all and you will have a good start.
  • It’s by far the most frequently asked question we get at Shareforce. What budget do I need for an app? But this question is as hard to answer as “what does a car cost?”. Because it depends on a large number of variables. In this article I will try to state the most important ones, but also give some averages and price ranges we see at our customers.