Perhaps the most significant announcement from the 2017 WWDC was Apple's new Augmented Reality framework, ARKit. New to iOS 11, ARKit allows you to easily create augmented reality experiences for the iPhone and iPad. It takes app experiences beyond the screen, allowing people to interact with the real world in entirely new ways.
Read MoreIntranets and internal ecosystems of apps, sites, tools, and content often start out with purpose, poise, and utility. However, over time they can become dull, bloated with worthless features, and fail at their fundamental value proposition. Competing priorities in a siloed and politicized environment can make progress difficult. We at Vokal have learned these lessons and have evolved our practice to take advantage of this product landscape by focusing on content, organization, and the people maintaining the intranet.
Read MoreVR has been a technology struggling to reach mass adoption. React VR is positioned to change all that. We’ve taken a look at why.
Read MoreThis past fall I attended the annual Association Typographique Internationale (AtypI) conference held this year in Warsaw. AtypI explores type design, typography, and the many ways we interact with text. Having never attended a conference before, I had some trouble navigating an event of this scale. As I forced myself to interact with others, I quickly gleaned pointers on how to handle this marathon. By the end of the conference, I was fulfilled with a relit passion for my work.
Read MoreUpdate: With the release of iOS 10.3 to the public, Apple has provided documentation on how to manage and respond to users on the App Store.
iOS 10.3 is shaping up to be a significant update and we here at Vokal want to specifically address the updates to the iOS App Store review platform. We want to help you understand what the changes entail, what the impacts are and how to best leverage the change to positively impact your product.
Read MoreThe engineering teams here at Vokal are constantly tweaking and refining our process and tools to ensure that we’re reliably and efficiently producing our best possible work. On the iOS team, this includes ongoing improvement to our continuous build server implementation on Travis.
Read MoreDigital product development is new to many organizations and requires a dynamic approach to be successful. Digital products must to be viewed as organic entities that should constantly evolve and adapt to user needs.
Read MoreEvery app we build is unique, but best practices should be consistent between projects. Here on Vokal’s iOS team, we’ve been baking more and more of those best practices into a template we use for starting any new project.
Read MoreAt Vokal, we encourage and support time away from the office knowing the positive impact that vacations - whether a day at home or time abroad - can have on your wellbeing.
Read MoreIt’s like Christmas in September for the many fans of Apple products. There was a wealth of topics covered at the event this Wednesday - from new iterations of the iPhone and Apple Watch, to App Store releases and enhanced developer APIs. Here is our round-up of some key takeaways from Apple's September 7th media event:
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