Top 5 TikTok-like Apps with Short-form Video Features to Try in 2021
Riding on TikTok’s coattails, nearly all of the major social apps over the past few months have expanded their services and introduced new live streaming as well as short-form video features. Meanwhile, TikTok continues to lead the social video app space and captivate its audience …
WWDC 2021: Everything Cool & Exciting Announced at Apple Developers Conference
Summers got hotter with this year’s (32nd) week-long Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The event concluded June 11th leaving the tech enthusiasts gushing over the slew of juicy updates and announcements Apple made this year – which by the way were a total turn-on. Before we …
Social Apps: User-generated Content, Misinformation, and the Need for Moderation
From July 1st through December 31st last year (2020) TikTok took down as many as 89,132,938 videos over policy violations. (source: tubefilter) The rise of social media apps like TikTok and their easy accessibility has provided the common people with the power to ‘create’ content …
Restaurant App Development: Choosing Between Custom-built Apps & White-label Apps
52% of diners trust a restaurant’s mobile app over a third-party delivery service and 74% said they wish more restaurants would offer a delivery service of their own. (upmenu) In our interconnected digital world ‘convenience’ and ‘mobile technology’ are the key ingredients to a restaurant …
The Rise of Digital Wallets: 5 Best Mobile Payment Apps for 2021
According to Statista, by 2023, mobile payment transaction users worldwide are projected to be at 1.31 billion, the number’s up from 950 million users in 2019. With mobile payments rising and going upwards on the growth trajectory, is cash still the ‘King’? Not in the …
Tech Meets Toys: 8 Augmented Reality Toy Experiences That Elevate How Children Play
AR features add to a toy’s play value, expand the target age group, and make the play experience magical When it comes to playtime, kids today – Gen Alpha, I-Generation, or centennials, i.e. the tech-savvy children of millennials – seemingly gravitate most to their parents’ …
Why Agora is the ‘Best’ Solution for Live Audio & Video Streaming
With over 2.6 billion downloads worldwide, TikTok continues to take the social media space by storm. Meanwhile, another star player, ‘Clubhouse‘, emerged in the social scene last year, becoming an instant internet favorite. Seeing this audio app’s prominence in the social media landscape, mainstream players …
The Rise of Social Audio: Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, & Reddit to Add Clubhouse-like Audio Features
After TikTok, Clubhouse has taken the stage as the next social media star and it has already won over most of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. What’s more, its popular debut has actually inspired mainstream social mediums like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit to tap into similar …
AR in Retail: How Top Brands are Using Augmented Reality to Personalize Shopping Experience
The ‘buyer’s remorse’ used to every shopper’s biggest fear, until augmented reality cured it with present-day wonders like ‘magic mirrors’ and ‘virtual fashion boutiques’. With augmented reality, shopping – online or in-store – is not only engaging but less hectic and time-consuming. One can only …
Part II: How to Make the Next Big Social Video App
A Sit Down with CitrusBits Engineering Manager, Tayyab Mahmood In part one of our series, ‘How to Make the Next Big Social Video App,’ CitrusBits Former Director of Product Management, Bradley Jefferson, answered crucial questions on how to approach building the next big social video …
5 Ways Gamification & Loyalty Program can Boost Your Restaurant App Engagement
People – especially the millennials and Gen Zers – love good food and they love games. What they love even more is ‘WINNING’. Nothing hits their sweet spot like a good combo of games and food. It’s a core reason why gamification in a combo …
