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Learn how to build an iOS barcode scanner that can scan machine readable codes and about what approach might be best for your use case.

Learn more about Swift's new set of APIs allowing developers to write regular expressions (regex) that are more robust and easy to understand.

How does Android 13's new notification permission affect the ability of apps to post notifications? Learn more in Phunware's latest dev blog.

We break down iOS 14 upcoming changes and provides recommendations on how best to handle the new privacy-related permission prompts.

Last month at WWDC 2019, Apple released a heap of information to continue building on their software platforms. This year’s event was jam packed with new features such as user profiles on tvOS, [...]

Until recently, using machine learning inside your products was not a small task. It required a data center with servers running all the times: dedicated space, memory and bandwidth. Now, using [...]

The world was watching earlier this month as Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated a world first: a very realistic phone call made by a Google Assistant, booking a hair salon appointment on [...]

(Originally published on May 25, 2017) Here at Phunware, we are dedicated to making accessible and beautiful apps for an international audience, spanning all languages and locales. We also [...]

When users open an Android app, what they see is the result of Android developers assigning data from various inputs (databases, the internet, etc.) to elements of the app user interface. Until [...]

Have you ever encountered a door whose usability signals are so poor that signage is needed to clarify how the door works? A glass door with a vertically-oriented grab handle, for example: does [...]

Nobody defines themselves by only one thing. I’m really into design, for instance, but I’ve also always been interested in computers and what makes them tick. These somewhat divergent [...]

For most organizations, building a mobile app is not a small endeavor. It takes a lot of time, energy and money to get your app out into the world. So what do you do when that mobile app isn’t [...]

Let’s face it: when you’re looking for the right partner to help you create a mobile app and win across the application lifecycle, app content management is probably the last thing you’re [...]

Returning to work after an action-packed conference is always an effort, and for the Phunware team that attended Google I/O, that felt especially true. This year, our group of ten attendees [...]

Because the mobile world moves so fast, everybody at Phunware works hard to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies. I’m sure it’s the same in your world. That’s [...]

Requests for proposal (RFPs) are an important part of any major custom mobile initiative. It’s common for large or complex businesses to use RFPs to solicit mobile solution ideas and [...]

It’s December 24th. I’m staring at this year’s hottest gift, the Barbie Dreamhouse™. There are hundreds of pieces spread across the living room and instructions written in eight [...]

Enterprise technology is exciting again. (ZDNet even calls it “sexy.” Who knew? Well, actually, we did.) How did this happen? After a sleepy couple of decades, several factors aligned [...]

Photo by Kyle Mills Hall When it comes to digital and mobile technology, an awful lot of acronyms get tossed around. Everybody just nods and smiles, but many of us don’t really know what [...]

While much of iOS 7 may seem cosmetic and surface level, mobile application developers now have access to amazing new capabilities for enhancing user-experiences to keep people coming back for [...]