Meet Our Team – Robert

How long have you worked at Push? I’ve been working at the company for close to 4 years now and counting.   Why did you become a developer? I chose to be a software developer because I have a small love-affair in challenging myself with logical problems (given x and y, solve for z-kind of

How to justify the text in Android CheckBox

Hi everyone This is the first post in a new “How To” series in our blog. In this post I am going to show you how to justify the text of a CheckBox (or TextView) in Android. As you might know, an Android’s CheckBox is a view that includes a TextView and a box-shaped Button,

How to stay updated on the latest mobile news

In our line of work it is important to stay up to date on all of the hottest things in the mobile industry; hottest phones, tablets, apps, development practices etc! I thought I would share our top 3 sites that we use to keep us up to date on all of the latest mobile news:

Meet Our Team – Teresa

How long have you worked at Push? I’ve worked at Push Interactions for about 1½ years. Why did you become a developer? Well… one of my classes was cancelled… I was originally pretty gung-ho about going all-out as a psychology student; hopefully ending up doing interesting research or some such. Anywho, one of my profs

Push Interactions on CTV – Sports Apps – An App Review

Since many sports seasons are getting underway we thought it would be good timing to review some of the best sports-related apps out there.  After taking a poll in the office it was concluded that these were some of the favourite sports apps: 1. Formula 1 Base app FREE for iOS and Android. $10.99 for

iPhone 6 Plus vs. Galaxy Note 4

Apple recently announced two new smartphones, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Both are larger than any of Apple’s previous smartphones. Also last week, Samsung introduced its latest Galaxy Note phone, the Note 4. During the last 4 or 5 years, Samsung has popularized the large screen smartphones devices and Apple has seemingly always

Meet Our Team – Francis

  How long have you worked at Push? I started at Push in August of 2011. Before that however, I was a Chad Jones’(our CEO) student in one of the early offerings of the Smartphone Programming Class at the University of Saskatchewan. Why did you become a developer? I almost didn’t! After high school I

Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Software Idea

Building an application for smartphones is a lot like constructing a house. It requires meticulous research & planning, time, energy, and resources. But what if someone else builds a near-identical version of the perfect house you envisioned, undercuts the price, and puts it up for sale right next to your lot? Sadly, unless you are

Use These Smart Apps to Make Your House Smarter

Technology for home automation such as climate control and lighting is considerably popular. Over the last few years, this technology has made homes smarter and improved functionality. The use of smartphones, tablets, and innovative apps can help homes function more efficiently. It is important to add that the use of an app or a smartphone