Your Mobile App

Steve and Sid take a look back at this year's CES, iTunes identity crisis and how to create great user interfaces. Sid spoke with Richard White, CEO of User Voice about how companies can empower their customers to better communicate with them. In our tip of the week, Sid picks two favorites: NSCookbook.com, iOS Programming Tutorials in Cookbook Form and Pixate, a successfully funded Kickstarter that enables you to create beautiful native iOS apps styled with CSS.

StackMob has launched a brand new podcast series "Your Mobile App." In each episode of "Your Mobile App," we'll take a look at recent industry news and talk to members of the mobile app community. Whether you're a StackMob customer or not, we hope this podcast makes it into your queue. We've just wrapped on our first episode, with our very own Steve Gershik (VP of Marketing) and Sid Maestre (Developer Evangelist). Here are five great reasons to put on your headphones and take note: 1. Fans of NPR's "Car Talk" will be happy to hear that from now on, I am referring to Steve and Sid as the "Click and Clack" of the mobile app podcasting world. 2. In this inaugural episode of "Your Mobile App," Steve and Sid debunk the top predictions for mobile in 2013. 3. Sid interviews Chris Griffith, Staff Engineer in the User Experience group at Qualcomm to discuss prototyping for mobile app development. Chris shares his tips and tricks for successful mobile prototyping and pitfalls to avoid. 4. Sid's "Tip of the Week." In this episode, Sid profiles Ratchet, a tool for quickly prototyping iPhone apps with HTML, CSS and JS components. 5. Whether or not you're a StackMob customer, "Your Mobile App" is for everyone. Each episode will feature a compelling interview to help developers learn more about the mobile ecosystem and build great apps. "Your Mobile App" is available in the iTunes store.