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Ever since Samsung released the Galaxy Fold in 2019, a debate has raged over whether flip and fold phones are the future of mobile technology. By 2025, will we all have an elegant flip phone in our pocket? Or is the technology a flash in the pan? Today, flip and fold phones are still a …
Apps are a powerful business tool. They build your brand, help you reach new customers and deliver game-changing digital experiences directly to mobile devices. With a talented team of app developers behind you (that’s us, by the way), you can create apps that benefit your businesses in an almost endless array of ways. Today, we’ll …
The recent controversy surrounding TikTok shows that digital security is becoming an increasingly prominent concern at every level of society. One of the most influential and widely downloaded apps on the planet, TikTok boasts more than 1.2 billion monthly active users and generated $4.6 billion of revenue in 2021 (BusinessofApps). It achieved this despite significant …
Protecting children and young adults from inappropriate content is an important aspect of app design. As more and more kids have access to digital devices and an internet connection, the need to protect them becomes increasingly pressing. Age ratings are one of the most effective ways of achieving this. In this article, we examine the …
In today’s digital society, we place a remarkable amount of sensitive personal data in the hands of digital service providers. From credit card details to our home address, we entrust valuable data to companies, websites and apps that reassure us they’ll keep it safe. But how do they do so? What are the key user …
User Experience (UX) is an essential aspect of modern app design and development. However, not all organisations have a handle on what App UX optimisation is and how it ensures apps meet the needs of the people using them. To remedy this, we decided to write an essential guide to the way developers typically approach …
Following Tim Cook’s keynote speech and a whole host of exciting announcements at Apple’s 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference – the WWDC – the internet has been painstakingly picking its way through press releases, streams and reports in search of the big news. Here at The Distance, we’ve been doing exactly the same. One of the …
Updates to Apple’s App Store Guidelines now dictate that apps must offer users an opportunity to initiate the deletion of their account, and failure to do so will result in submissions being rejected. But what exactly does this mean? This change may be frustrating for some app owners, but it should be generally welcomed, as …
Android 12 is here and truth be told, Google’s most ambitious visual revamp feels like a breath of fresh air. The latest OS sees enhancements on all fronts to the extent that your next software update might have you wondering if you just bought a new phone. At the time of writing this article, the …