Anton Baryshevskiy

image made by Mind Studios' Lead Interface Designer Arsentiy Design is not a profession - it is the way of thinking, living and breathing. And it used to be ever more complex than it is now - in the “before Sketch era”. But a few years ago Sketch was delivered, and turned all the designers to take on the “vector” course in their work. What’s so good about Sketch? What are those Sketch symbols? As well a how to make custom Symbols in Sketch - these matters are going to be highlighted in this ar

As our apps are defeating rades of notorious hacker attacks, seeming to rise out of nowhere and out of blue to challenge our mobile app payment security, the strive for mobile application security in big and small businesses has already started to take off. Everywhere, from an e-commerce shop and up to the higher institutions’ financial systems people request an online payment security app development. The top-searched request these days is: how to build up something with a higher protection lev

Same like every house has a solid basement, every software project, has a software architecture it is built on, and each project has its own app structure. The types of architectural patterns may vary, but there are 4 most commonly-used ones - the ones whole IT world continuously criticizes but keeps using at the same time: MVC, MVP, MVVM and Viper (the last one as iOS architecture pattern mostly). The comparison of these patterns and choosing a better fit for each Swift-written project’s case w

It's not about huge, ridiculous things that we need to do. It's about tiny things that can make a huge amount of difference. Paul Bennett, TED-talk “Design is in the details” It is not only about the devil who hides behind the details - it is also about the design itself. We often hear that the less design - the better, and the top-meeting our expectations design is the one which is totally unnoticeable to a user it interacts with. But what are the best practices for ux design these

Every innovative idea that enters the world’s tech market today needs a support - in either acceleration or incubation forms; nonetheless, these two often get confused and mixed up. What is the difference between business incubator and accelerator, and which one is a better fit for your case? This article highlights the key figures of accelerator and incubator comparison. Spotify, Product Hunt and Uber - what do these three have in common? The answer is at your fingertips - these 3 amazing

An article aimed to highlight the main beauties that programming language Swift has. Here I would love to start from a quick quiz. Question: What is the programming language the iOS apps are written on? a)C# b)Objective-C c)Swift Apparently if you have chosen all of the above - you are 100% correct, all of the mentioned languages are of use when it comes to iOS development. Though, it would not be odd to mention all of them are different due to a huge “generation gap” that separates t

How many iPhones have already been sold worldwide? Frankly speaking, more than we could imagine: Apple has sold over 700 million iPhones already. According to Networkworld magazine, Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that Apple has sold this amount of iPhones in March 2016, so right now, although there are no recent updates about the sales wave of Apple, we recon 800 million of freshly-made iPhones have already found their loyal owners. Read also: Port iOS App to Android This, and a bunch of

Do you often go on business trips? Are you always short of time and travel options? Despite the two facts mentioned above, are you still eager to get some delicious dishes and drinks, and also some brainfood (museums, exhibitions, galleries, etc.) in every city you visit? Then you’re probably an avid user of location-based mobile apps like Foursquare and Yelp because they have made travel life easier for people like you. Digging into the specifics of such apps will help you estimate how much the

Did you know that the top reason for Apple to reject an app is the inaccurate performance of the application? On average, App Store rejects about 1.7 million apps annually, according to Apple. Most of them haven’t worked successfully due to internal errors, instant crashes, and empty websites being removed from the application's internals. And this also happens to be the first place holder in the nomination “Top reasons for app suspension” this January. What about the other reasons for App sto

Flats For Pets is a newly-released social platform designed for both pet owners and animals as a social space where you can find a comforting place for your beloved Fluffy. Airbnb for pets. The original concept our customer approached us with was completely different to an animal-friendly solution for the whole pet-owning population of Poland we have now. The idea our clients - a young and animal-loving pair of Nikita and Victoria Valetovi have originally approached us with was “Airbnb f

In this article, we’re going to talk about the four different types of clients for counseling and how to deal with each type. This information will be useful for sales managers, project managers, business owners and anyone who needs to engage in negotiations from time to time. Everyone can be divided into 2 categories (logical and emotional) and 2 subcategories (dominating or adapting). Logical people have great memories and analytical thinking skills. They are talented in mathematics and lang

Have you come to the point when you want to earn money and you need to choose a Payment Service Provider (PSP) to integrate with your app or website? How do you choose the right one? Is it secure? Easy-to-integrate? If so, you are on the right page. Here we will share our Mind Studios experience to help you to make the right choice! What Is PSP? Let’s start from the explanation of what PSP is? “A payment service provider (PSP) offers shops online services for accepting electronic payme

How do apps make money? According to the latest research, people nowadays use mobile devices more often than desktops. So if you want to succeed with your own startup, you should consider mobile application development. When you come up with a great idea and decide to build your own app, you’ll be faced with an issue: “How to monetize your mobile application?” In this article Mind Studios team would like to share our extensive experience in mobile app monetization strategies for your mobile ap