To allow, or not to allow, that is the question: Push Notifications Part 1

A while ago I read an article entitled “How WalMart, Asda and The Rolling Stones use mobile push notifications“, written by David Moth.  The article explored how these mega brands use push notifications to strategically gather their users attention. The article got me thinking about all of the apps that I have on my phones

Mobile Monday – Space Stretch

What better way to celebrate the start of the week than by featuring one of our CollegeMobile-made apps (soon to be Push Interactions-made apps!).  It occurred to me the other day that I never really talked about this awesome app when we launched it last year. The Space Stretch iPad App made for little ones

New Office, New Us!

Back in September we made the move from our shared office at Ideas Inc to our very own office!  I have waited until now to blog about this monumental event because we revealed our new name and identity to the team that morning.  After the big reveal the majority of the day revolved around celebrating

Post-PC Era – Is the PC Dead?!

The PC… one of the most dominant technologies for multiple generations. A seemingly unstoppable power. There were those that said it would never die. If you asked someone before 2007 what the PC meant you would get an entirely different answer than you would today. What was once the dominant computing device in everyone’s home

NSBA Business Builder Team Building Award Recipients

Our company vision is “To improve quality of life, through quality technology.”  We would not be able to achieve this vision if it wasn’t for our dedicated, professional and innovative team.  A few months ago we were nominated for a North Saskatoon Business Association Business Builder Award for Team Building.  The award goes to the

Push Interactions on CTV Morning Live ~ March 13, 2014

Today we made our official TV debut with our new company name, Push Interactions!  It felt great to be introduced as Jess Bonish from Push Interactions!   I was also excited today because we won the North Saskatoon Business Association’s Business Builder Award for Team Building last night!  We were a finalist in the category

How to Monetize Existing App Users

Most companies are jumping on the app bandwagon, including established companies releasing existing products repurposed as apps and startups releasing new products, creating entirely new app categories. Regardless of the company, there is a common problem encountered: how can we make money on the app store? It is incredibly difficult to get noticed when your

Lessons Learned while at Apple and Silicon Valley ~ Tips for Young Engineers

People sometimes ask me what I learned when I was working at Apple. The answers depend on the context of the question and who is asking and is certainly too grand to put into a single blog post. However, I wanted to share some top tips learned while I was at Apple that I would

NSBA Business Builder Awards ~ Team Building Award Finalist

I am excited to announce that we are finalists for the North Saskatchewan Business Association 2014 Business Builder Awards.  We were nominated for the Team Building award and were delighted to find out we were selected as finalists in the category.  The North Saskatoon Business Association supports  Saskatoon’s Business Community and is a member-driven and focused