Check out a marvelous audio recognition app concept made by Anna Gerasymenko with love for music and animation.

https://dribbble.com/shots/3428546--Music-Recognition-App-Concept

Looks like there’s a new big player on the food delivery market. A few days ago, Google launched their own meal delivery app called Areo. Moreover, users can order some home services in the app. It’s only available in Mumbai and Bangalore (India). But it seems that Google plans to expand its service to other countries as well.

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/google-areo-app-order-food-home-services/

Lots of people use fitness and workout apps to be more effective when exercising. That's why there is a bunch of fitness apps floating around app stores. So how can you create something outstanding for the industry? First of all, you should be aware of the latest trends.

https://yalantis.com/blog/what-fitness-and-workout-apps-will-trend-in-2017-based-on-consumer-fitness-habits/

We're keeping up with Facebook F8 2017. And here are the biggest announcements for developers as of Day 1.

https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/18/everything-facebook-announced-at-f8-2017/

Risk assessment apps can help people prevent various diseases. They can be both a standalone mobile application or a web app as a part of a bigger health website. We analyzed the most common types of risk assessment apps, challenges faced by their creators and how to deal with those challenges.

https://yalantis.com/blog/three-types-of-health-risk-assessment-apps-and-challenges-of-developing-them/

Google Home now supports six different accounts and distinguish voices. So you can ask your assistant "What's on my calendar?" with no need to clarify who you actually are. And it's a great chance to avoid undesirable advertisement (if you know what I mean😏 )

https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/20/google-home-can-now-distinguish-between-multiple-voices/

VR is definitely trending right now. We have a lot of accessible devices to enjoy this technology. However, most of the frameworks don't provide simple all-platform solutions. They only make life easier for some particular cases. That's the case of ReactVR. It helps those who know React and want to try VR. It’s not supported by any iOS browser for now. Anyway, it’s a cool idea. And if they play it well one day VR apps for React Native will be a piece of cake.

https://github.com/facebook/react-vr

Google announced nominees for Google Play Awards 2017🏆 Check out a list of 54 apps and games that aspire to be named one of the best apps on Google Play Store. Winners will be announced at Google I/O on May 18.

https://fossbytes.com/google-play-awards-nominees-announced-winners-google-io/

Is your favorite app or game nominated?

Yep😏 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%

Nooo😩 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 42%

👥 12 people voted so far.

Bitcoin price rose higher than gold. What a turn!

There has been a lot of noise around the virtual currency since its emergence in 2008. In 2014, Bitcoin almost sank into oblivion and was considered nothing but a failed experiment. In March 2017, however, the currency let the world know that it's still alive, so everyone and their uncle was like, "Wait, are you sure? More than gold? So what can we do about it?"

If all of the above is about you, then sit back – we have something really interesting for you to read.

https://yalantis.com/blog/how-there-five-types-of-bitcoin-wallet-apps-work/

One of the most concerning issues for every startup is protecting intellectual property. We'll tell you how IT companies can protect their intellectual property and how this process is built at Yalantis.

https://yalantis.com/blog/protecting-intellectual-property-for-technology-companies/

One of the most anticipated news is here! Tech behemoths reported their earnings yesterday: Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and others incredibly raised their profits in the first quarter of 2017. Check out an article to find actual figures.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/technology/quarterly-earnings-cloud-computing-amazon-microsoft-alphabet.html

A monthly digest of the brightest GitHub Swift and Objective-C open source releases.

https://yalantis.com/blog/april-2017-four-new-github-open-source-libraries/

Today Microsoft launched Windows 10 S. It's a lighter version of Windows 10 and focused on the education market. Can Microsoft's brand new Windows 10 S beat Chrome OS? We'll see.

https://fossbytes.com/microsoft-windows-10-s/

Airbnb has acquired Deco Software a company that built Deco IDE for creating React Native apps. The full team of Deco Software is joining Airbnb while their product is becoming open source.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/02/airbnb-has-acquired-partner-deco-software-deco-ide-is/

Healthy, trust-based relationships are the key to your platform's success. Especially taking into account that strong community is one of the most powerful drivers of platform's popularity. So how can you help your users trust each other and use your service? Find out in our latest article.

https://yalantis.com/blog/what-can-we-learn-from-product-hunt-about-building-trust/

Apple updated its App Analytics service for mobile app developers. Now it has more details about users behavior and their opinion about your app.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/04/apple-updates-its-analytics-service-with-new-metrics-showing-how-apps-get-discovered/

Every technology we are used to, looked like a fiction some time ago. The same is about reading someone's mind. Just a few years ago, this sounded like a part of a superhero movie. Now, reading minds is taken seriously by scientists and developers.
And here's a logical question about the practical usage of this technology. Will advertisers be able to find their way into your conscious and provide you with highly targeted ads?

https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/07/will-ads-be-able-to-read-your-mind/

React Native is one of the most popular trends among developers now. With its very emergence, the approach to creating cross-platform apps changed. So we examined how it feels to build a mobile app with React Native being an Android developer and share our experience with you.

https://yalantis.com/blog/react-native-from-an-android-developer-perspective/

Recently, Facebook held their annual F8 conference. The main focus was on VR, AR, and AI. We carefully investigated what all the novelties mean for developers.

https://yalantis.com/blog/facebook-announcements-at-f8-2017-and-what-they-mean-for-developers/