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Sencha Touch Customer Spotlight: Nervana Group
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Excerpt: Nervana Group is an interactive innovation firm that focuses on developing solutions for clients who want to interact better with their customers. Nervana Group won the Chicago Innovation Awards based on our hospitality technology and was featured as one of the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in Chicago. We use Sencha Touch to build mobile apps and large format touch screens for many different clients including Hard Rock Hotel, Swissotel and DePaul University. What’s unique about the applications we build is our methodology and approach to make emotion a key element in scoring our software before delivering to the client. Our five pillars of measurement are Features, Functionality, Design, Usability and Emotion.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Mobile, Showcase
Work Out Hero Makes Your Crossfit “Easy”
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Excerpt: Crossfit, and its now-ubiquitous companion, the Paleo Diet, have spread across the world like wildfire over the past several years. With so many devotees to the two, and with each having certain needs and guidelines, it’s no surprise that despite their low-tech appearance, apps would spring up to support people following the regimens. Parse customer StoreBoughtMilk Apps leads the charge with these tools, producing apps that have seen thousands of downloads as well as being embraced not just by the Crossfit community, but also by official Crossfit events. We spoke with Andrew Bucchin, CEO of the company, about their Parse-backed app, Workout Hero. Tell us a little bit about your company, Andrew.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Showcase
AppsGeyser App Success Stories Written by You
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Excerpt: Thank you once again for those of you that have contacted us in the past week with your success stories, it makes me so happy to read your comments and proud to see that the AppsGeyser App building tools have allowed you to escape from the daily rat race into the app industry. The app industry is very competitive, and making your app a success in not always as simple as you think. There are some very simple steps that you need to make in order to ensure your app empire becomes a success. Appuniq App Empire of 6 apps Today I want to show you the lovely feedback we received from a wonderful app maker named Appuniq.... read the full post.
Tags: BaaS, Showcase, Story
Guest Post by James Sweet: How Parse Saved Me Time and Money
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Excerpt: It’s always refreshing to see mobile technology being used to help people. Today we have a guest post for you from developer James Sweet, who used Parse to build a prototype of a mobile app that helps people in emergencies by connecting them to nearby EMTs, medical professionals, and other first responders. He is based in Virginia, near Washington D. C. His idea was recently selected as one of three finalists out of 2,000 competing companies to present their disruptive ideas at the The Economist’s Innovation Forum in Berkeley, California on March 28, 2013. The lowest offer I got from any mobile app development company to build my Minimally Viable Product was $10,000, and it would take at least a month to build.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Case Study, Showcase
AnyYolk: A Parse-Powered HTML5 Game
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Excerpt: It’s been truly amazing to see the tremendous breadth of apps that have been built on Parse. These talented developers have used our platform for everything from utility apps, to social networks, to games. But creating great apps is not without its trials. It requires weeks of research, hard work, and constant learning. At Parse we strive to make this process as easy as possible, not only with our powerful platform but also with in-depth sample apps and tutorials. Today we are releasing AnyYolk, the newest member of our sample app family. AnyYolk is a web based game built using cutting edge HTML5 technologies. It’s built on top of Backbone.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Gaming, Showcase
Mobile Commons Connects Citizens to Senators with Twilio
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Excerpt: Mobile Commons is giving citizens the communication tools they need to spark political action. They’re powering the communication technology behind Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ (MAIG) campaign to pass more comprehensive gun laws. Mobile Commons and MAIG’s joint effort called, Demand Action, allows citizens to contact their local senator’s office directly via Twilio. When you call Demand Action’s Twilio number, you’ll be prompted with talking points for your senator’s office in addition to information you need to show your support. Then you’ll hear the friendly Twilio voice alerting you that you’re being connected to your senator’s office.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Civic, Showcase
Disqus Integrations: Engaging Superusers with Batchbook
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Excerpt: As the web’s community of communities, Disqus has come to know first-hand about the importance, and benefits, of identifying and engaging with your most active users. They’re called by different names — superusers, ambassadors, evangelists — but they all have something in common: they are passionate about and loyal to your brand or site, and are probably the most useful connections you can make within your community. But how do you engage with these users to ensure a lasting and mutually beneficial relationship? One of the latest applications to embrace the Disqus API, a social CRM provider called Batchbook, has a solution.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Showcase
Featured Developers – OpenRest
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Excerpt: Today’s featured developer story comes from the guys at OpenRest. OpenRest was founded in 2010 with the intent of revolutionizing mobile online food ordering. With the help of Titanium, Danny Leshem and Yoav Amit have delivered over 300 restaurant apps. Read more about their story and how they’re leveraging Titanium. Interview with Danny Leshem and Yoav Amit from OpenRest What is your background as mobile developers? OpenRest was founded by Danny Leshem and Yoav Amit in late 2010 in order to revolutionize online food ordering. The company originally focused on web development, but quickly realized that the future of the business was in mobile and that a tremendous opportunity exists for great products in this field.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Showcase
RETZ Brings Telephony To The Theatre with Twilio
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Excerpt: Typically, the  telephone is the enemy of live theater. When someone’s phone rings in the middle of a climatic scene, it distracts the audience and disrupts the story. However, one U. K. based theatre troupe, RETZ, is encouraging audience members to use their phones during performances. RETZ is using Twilio in their current production of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, to add another dimension to the story. Audience members can unlock a pre-recorded Twilio Voice message that builds on Kafka’s work. We talked with Production Manager Rachel Butcher, of RETZ about Kafka’s The Trial, the role technology has in theatre, and RETZ’s work with Access All Areas. What is RETZ and when did you get started?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Showcase
Social Samba Builds New Avenues for Storytelling w/ Twilio
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Excerpt: During SxSW I got a text from The Mad Hatter. “Next time I yell ‘I am a golden god! ’ and jump into a pool, I’m checking my pockets so my cell doesn’t drown in that pool drool,’” he wrote. As much as I’d like to believe that the text came from The Mad Hatter himself, it actually came via SocialSamba, a new interactive storytelling platform focused on finding new avenues for the art of storytelling. The SocialSamba team at SxSW used Twilio to share The Mad Hatter, Huck Finn, and Nikola Tesla’s SxSW escapades with attendees via SMS. Attendees could choose who they wanted to receive text updates from. I chose The Mad Hatter, and I was not disappointed.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Showcase

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