Animal Supply Company Releases B2B Mobile App
Animal Supply Company (ASC) retailers are now able to shop, check inventory and track ordersåÊfrom their smartphones.
Bottle Rocket Recognizes Nine Key Leaders Who Are Making a Difference
Animal Supply Company (ASC) retailers are now able to shop, check inventory and track ordersåÊfrom their smartphones.
Bottle Rocket’s 3rd Annual QA Bootcamp Recap
Every year, the QA team puts on an informative and interactive event for testers outside of the company. Interested participants come from all over DFW to learn about a variety of topics covering the test approach to mobile and connected devices.
Bottle Rocket’s 7th Annual Rocket Science Hackathon
Rumblings of fresh features and tools from WWDC and I/O have subsided, but that doesn’t mean we’ve moved on . Quite the opposite, really.
The Most Important Feature for Brands from the WWDC 2018 Keynote
Every year, developers make the Great Migration to Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). This week-long event is where Apple announces all the latest tech and tools coming to the suite of Apple products. Like Google I/O, WWDC kicks off with a keynote that hints at all the things that are to come throughout the rest […]
4 Things Businesses Need to Know from Google I/O 2018
Here are four key things that caught our attention and that we believe will have the greatest impact on business in the next year:åÊGoogle Assistant, App Actions, App Slices, and ML Kit.
Google I/O 2018 Rocketeer Recap– Day 2: A Day for Developers
Google shocked the world with its appointment-booking, conversational AI, Assistant Duplex, when the conference began. They covered new UI elements in Android P, unveiled their new TPU 3.0 servers that power their Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and announced Google Assistant will help teach children to say “please” and free up time on your calendar. […]
Google I/O 2018 Rocketeer Recap– Day 1
During the annual Google I/O event, so much more is released than just what the keynote includes. Sure, most of the big news comes out in the first two hours, but more and more details and announcements come out as Google holds session after session over the course of the three-day event. Google’s goal this […]
Bottle Rocket Expands OTT Offering with Amazon Fire TV
Bottle Rocket has launched into new territory again with our first Amazon Fire TV app. We’re excited to offer our award-winning services to more devices.
The Connected Lifestyle is Here. Are You Ready?
The future of our business depends on our ability to continuously innovate. In the midst of the ever-changing landscape of connected devices, we’re looking back on how on-the-go connectivity has evolved and where we believe the industry could be headed. Understanding all of this can get confusing and complex, but we’ve got your back. The […]
Bottle Rocket Hosts Second Annual QA Bootcamp
Each year, Bottle Rocket hosts a Quality Assurance (QA) Bootcamp, a half-day event covering mobile and connected device application testing.
Addison Software Company Releases Game Teen Designed
Hunter Allis has always loved playing video games. But unlike some fellow 14-year-olds, Hunter’s interest goes beyond simply playing the games. He dreamed of someday creating them. Hunter was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which one side of the organ is weaker than the other. He’s had four open-heart surgeries, which caught the attention […]
A Focus on Responsible Design
Accessibility is so important here that we’ve built accessibility standards into the whole of our business operations, from development to QA
Bottle Rocket QA: How Many Devices Is Too Many?
Testing apps poses an interesting dilemma: Should testing be performed on physical devices, simulators, emulators, or cloud-based devices?
Spectrums of (Virtual) Reality
Bottle Rocket helps brands connect to their customers with the latest technology. Though this tech is being talked about on a wider scale, some of it is still emerging. That makes for a learning curve when brands want to know what’s available for the most compelling user experience. As one of Bottle Rocket’s Senior Engineers, […]
Bottle Rocket and Make-A-Wish® partner to fulfill wish to design a game
Bottle Rocket partnered with Make-A-Wish® to help an 11-year-old boy make his dreams of designing and creating his own video game come true.
How Skills and Passion Can Make Dreams Come True
Bottle Rocket is best known for designing and developing mission-critical mobile experiences for some of the world’s most discriminating brands. But did you know we’ve also been known to create some pretty popular mobile video games as well? (Ever heard of Annoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage?) Most recently, our focus on innovation has allowed us to work […]
Big Design in Our Backyard
This year’s Big Design Conference, celebrating its 10th anniversary, was held near our headquarters in Addison, Texas, so you can bet Bottle Rocket was there. In fact, one of our XD Strategists, Adam Polansky not only spoke at this year’s Big Design, but he’s also a co-founder of the event! The Big Design Conference hosts […]
Blast Off to Planet SRAM
Bottle Rocket is best known for designing and developing mission-critical mobile experiences for some of the world’s most discriminating brands. But for one very special cause, we went back to our roots in mobile gaming to launch a game that is something very special. Now available from Bottle Rocket and the Make-A-Wish Foundation: Planet SRAM, […]
5 Big Ideas from our Product Owner’s Guide to the Universe at MWCA
There were a ton of ideas that came from our speakers during the all-day event, and these are five of the most interesting…
Bottle Rocket Partners with Ravens to Launch Apple TV App
The Baltimore Ravens released their new AWE-Powered streaming app for Apple TV. Fans now have access to more exclusive content. Read all about it here.
Engineering Jedi: Maximize Connectivity in iOS 11
Apple has improved the URLSession API family. In this post, we’ll look at MPTCP support and reachability monitoring built-in to URLSession.
From the Mouths of Interns
Rocket Science 2015, the mobile innovation lab and 24-hour hackathon from Bottle Rocket, revealed new thinking for mobile apps, virtual reality and more.
Engineering Jedi: Preparing for Android O
Android O isn’t coming until later this year, but now’s the time to start planning if you want your app to be ready when it’s released.
Bottle Rocket Strengthens NPR’s Strategy with NPR One for Apple TV
NPR, the country’s most popular public radio platform, announced the NPR One app is now available on Apple TV, thanks to a partnership with Bottle Rocket.
Engineering Jedi: iOS Breakpoint Secret Sauce for Better Debugging
Learn about the top 5 Breakpoints that every iOS developer should enable in their project for better debugging.
Inside the QA Automation Lab
Discover more about Bottle Rocket’s first ever QA Bootcamp.
Engineering Jedi: Why I Couldn’t Resist Echo Show
Rocket Science 2015 from Bottle Rocket is an event, a contest, and an all-out app fest where ideas for mobile innovations are created in just 24-hours.
5 Things Brands May Not Know About Android
Did you know that Android is running on more than 85% of smartphones globally? Learn more about the growing ecosystem powered by Google.
3 Takeaways from Google I/O 2017
Google’s major developer conference, Google I/O, was chock full of useful information. Check out Bottle Rocket’s webinar to recap the top developments.
Engineering Jedi: iOS10– The 4s Awakens
Think you only have to worry about the latest iPhone resolutions and aspect ratios when developing an app? Think again.
Android Developers and Kotlin: A Love Story
Rocketeers cheered at the news (literally). At last! Android devs and Kotlin could be together. But why all the excitement? Let us explain…
Engineering Jedi: Alexa Lingo
Amazon’s Alexa is truly a feat of technology, but there is a whole vernacular surrounding her. Here’s a glossary of Alexa lingo to help code some skills.
Becoming PCI Compliant with Bottle Rocket
Do you have a mobile app that accepts credit card payments? You need to make sure you’re PCI Compliant. Bottle Rocket can help. Read more about it here.
SXSW 2017: The Big Stuff
Art directors, client and sales executives, and our top brass absorbed all they could. Get their top takeaways from SXSW 2017 here.
Bottle Rocket Nominated for Two 2017 Shorty Awards
Big news out of NYC this week: two Bottle Rocket-powered apps have been nominated for Shorty Awards! Find out which apps are now finalists.
QSR Mobile Experiences Customers Want
Three key takeaways for mobile app loyalty with SPG Keyless. See what we found to be the most important features and functions for mobile app loyalty.
AWE Wins at the Mobile Excellence Awards
We couldn’t have done it without our stellar AWE experts who run the show (that’s a TV pun) here at Bottle Rocket.
What’s Next in In-app Purchases | A Mini-Hackathon Recap
Discover the latest from our recent mini-hackathon about in-app purchases.
Virtual Reality is Here – Why Now?
Discover more about John Sanford’s visit to his elementary Alma Mater and how he gave back to his former school district.
Low-Friction Development Environments
Learn about low-friction development environments – what they are, their benefits, best practices, and more – from our iOS Architect.
Key Success Factors of VR – So Far
Virtual Reality is expected to be an $80 billion industry by 2025. A lot will change, but these success factors wont – for another year or two