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The sudden popularity of Hamster Kombat earlier this year gave rise to interest in Telegram game development. Mind Studios games tried our hand in this trend and here’s what we have to say about how to make a game for Telegram. Telegram introduced the opportunity to launch games inside the messenger ecosystem quite a long time ago, in October 2016, as part of their Bot Platform 2.0 update. So it’s not exactly a new thing. The recent boom of interest in creating games for Telegram is — at le

If you’d like to know how to develop an Uber-like app for a logistics business, catch a ride with us as we explore the world of on-demand transport and delivery services. Recently, we described the process of developing an app for on-demand grocery delivery services. You can read more about how we implemented the essential as well as custom features in our case study of an online delivery app, James, for Denmark. In this article, however, we’ll dive into the less crowded category of logisti

Up to 73% of customers consider customer experience extremely important when buying. Companies seeking customer satisfaction should use custom relationship management systems. This article will explain why these solutions are often better than off-the-shelf ones. We'll also discuss important considerations and best practices for creating a CRM that integrates with your existing systems. Tod͏ay, h͏aving a ͏suitab͏le ͏CRM sy͏s͏tem is essentia͏l ͏f͏or ef͏ficien͏t operations. Howe͏ver͏, many ͏b

There’s a huge difference between a $30.000 and a $200,000 budget for a mobile application. However, both numbers can be an accurate answer to the question “How much does it cost to create an app in 2024” The thing is, there are countless factors that can affect mobile app development costs. Do you want to build an app for both iOS and Android? What country is the app development team you want to hire from? What type of app do you want to build? Depending on the answers to these questions, the

It can take a lot of work to secure mobile app funding. Many ideas fail because the founders can't effectively pitch them to investors. Even if you have a working idea already, you need money to plan it out, design it, develop it, test it, and launch it, and that's only a portion of what you need financing for. Read on to learn how to get funding for your app development, what stages you have to go through, the most common financing sources, and the importance of having an MVP. We will also gu

If a game developer tells you that mobile game analytics aren’t important — run away. Yes, seriously. The mobile gaming market is expected to generate a revenue of $98.74 billion worldwide in 2024 and to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.39% in the next three years. That totals to a projected market volume of $118.90 billion by 2027. However, there are millions of games in app stores and on digital game platforms. If you plan to join this market, you need a product that’s not

When a top-shelf game idea springs into your mind, one of the first things you will probably think about is “How do I hire a game development team that can help me bring this to life?” Game ideas can come to anyone who loves games — gamers, developers, artists, writers, and business people alike can get an inspiration. However, some of us are lacking the experience of finding proper contractors to entrust these ideas to. Where and how to find a game development team? What specialists to includ

The difference between single-player and multiplayer game level design is one of the biggest gaps game designers need to jump over in their upskilling. You can use the same art or 3D models for both single-player and multiplayer games. And while the job of developers will be considerably more tricky when dealing with networking functionality and state synchronization, it’s not that different at its core. We do, however, get a whole new set of rules and specifics to keep in mind when it comes t

Highlights: * Mental health apps offer privacy, flexibility, and affordability, making them increasingly popular among users. * With mental issues becoming more common and traditional therapy often being stigmatized or inaccessible, mental health apps serve as an accessible solution to a wide range of users. * The mental health app market is expected to reach $3.7 billion by 2027, presenting a huge opportunity for businesses to create impactful solutions with mental health app development.

Highlights * Today, Millennials and Gen Z are turning to reading apps, with the biggest part of them reading even more than previous generations. * Busy lifestyles of people are driving the growth of ebook reader app development, which creates a blooming market for digital reading apps. * Ebook application development not only helps you tap into a growing market but also gives readers comfy access to books, and offers authors and publishers a powerful platform to both reach and engage with

How many messenger apps can you count off the top of your head? Probably more than one. They’re quite varied these days, and users have a range to choose from. At the same time, there’s always something lacking—just a little bit—but users always crave something else. That’s why there’s still space in the messaging app development market. Creating a WhatsApp-like app presents various obstacles for businesses. First, effective app security measures to protect user data and user privacy are criti

In 2024, a grocery delivery app development project remains a lucrative business opportunity. The reason is simple: with global digitalization, online shopping has become a standard practice for all customer segments, including older adults. With a convenient and user-friendly app, grocery shopping is no longer a chore but a simple task that can be completed within minutes. According to data from Statista, 58 percent of millennial consumers in the UK would buy grocery products mostly via e-com

So you’ve come up with an app idea. That’s cool. You’re cool. Now you need to take that abstract idea and turn it into an actual application. The mobile app design and development process requires a lot of work (and time and money). But what about the details? How should you approach it? Where should you start? How do you maintain it, monetize, and market it? We have answers to these questions and many more. With more than a decade in business, we at Mind Studios successfully delivered various

This year, the market size value of the healthcare IT market reached $192.2 billion, making more and more people wonder whether it’s time to enter the niche and seize some of that profit. To do that on the US market, you need to not only come up with an innovative app idea but also to make sure that your solution will meet the HIPAA compliance software checklist. There are laws of this kind in countries all over the world but in this article, we will specifically focus on HIPAA. HIPAA (Healt

If your business is in any way connected to information technology and software (and you probably wouldn’t be here reading this if it weren’t) you must have heard of massive layoffs in tech companies in 2022 and 2023. You must have also heard that, contrary to the fact that layoffs took place, there’s actually a shortage of tech talent on the market. One of the solutions for the latter is IT staff augmentation. Mind Studios provides IT personnel augmentation services alongside other cooperat

In our fast-paced digital era, new trends and technologies are emerging every day, making websites more interactive, fast, and engaging. As a web development company, we’re interested in keeping abreast of these things. MyMP3Pool, a digital music streaming platform for DJs, was suffering from a significant decrease in user traffic when its owner came to us. We completely rebuilt the platform, which skyrocketed user engagement. According to the post-launch poll, 67.9% of MyMP3Pool users were sa