This Sunday marks one of the biggest sports traditions of the year, the Super Bowl. This year, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the New England Patriots in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In terms of broadcasting, the Super Bowl rotates between NBC, Fox, and CBS. This year, it’s NBC’s turn to broadcast the big game. But what options do you have for streaming, Read on to find out.. In a somewhat generous move, NBC is streaming the Super Bowl to everyone for free - regardless of whether or not you have a cable login. All you have to do is download the NBC or NBC Sports application from the tvOS or iOS App Store and start streaming. This works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Mac users can stream via the NBC website. If you have issues streaming via the NBC app, whether it be bugs with the application or issues with the server or stream quality, there are other options. While in past years, mobile iPhone streaming of the Super Bowl was limited to Verizon customers. That exclusivity period ended this year, however, so this year you can stream the Super Bowl directly on your iPhone via the Yahoo Sports application. Furthermore, you can stream the game via the official NFL application on iPhone and iPad. Last but not least, the Super Bowl will also be streaming on the host of streaming TV services, including DirecTV Now, Sling TV, Hulu with live TV, and others. All in all, this year marks the most open year for streaming the Super Bowl. The game is easily accessible via iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV - without carrier restrictions of any sort. Here’s hoping this becomes a trend moving forward. Will you be tuning in, Let us know down in the comments!
How Much Will my Mobile App Cost to Create, What will my mobile app cost me or my company, This must be one of the toughest questions in the hottest IT market right now; mobile application development. I field this question every single working day and many weekends as well. As you can imagine there are a multitude of factors that have to be considered when looking at developing an iPhone, iPad, or Android application. The most important factor in answering this question is simply thinking the project scope out thoroughly. I’ve seen individual entrepreneurs and large companies rush into a mobile project without properly scoping out every important angle in the proposed project. But What if I don’t have a Project Scope, I have no idea what this will cost, so let’s build a scope of work and find out what vendors will charge. I have a set budget of XYZ, here is my scope of work, can this project be accomplished within my budget,
If you have no idea of a budget to begin with, don’t panic. Start with generating a solid scope of work and send it out to several vendors (at least three) to see what kind of budgetary feedback they give you. But be careful to cover yourself with a Non-Disclosure Agreement and make sure that you are comparing like vendors. Many vendors use freelance or outsourced talent, make sure you ask them if the project management, design and programming resources are in house or not. You should also ask if you will be able to communicate directly with everyone on the team via phone or email. While you may save money going with firms that use freelancers or outsource projects overseas, you have to look at the opportunity cost and how much longer your project will take in development. You will likely receive a wide range of bids, typically the range can vary (from high to low) by tens of thousands of dollars. Again don’t panic, there will be reasons for this, not all of them will be logical, but some factors include overhead, market served, technical scope of project and design requirements.
Generally speaking there are two main types of mobile applications, static and dynamic. A static app is normally just informational, with the entire app residing on the mobile device. There is no automatic updating of fresh content unless the developer submits an update. A dynamic app contains information that can be continuously updated via RSS or web services feeds via Wi-Fi or cellular phone service. So what does all this mean for my budget, We have worked on many dynamic apps that have to be deployed on multiple platforms (iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Mobile Web) in which case the cost can easily go above six figures. How can I Keep the Budget Down, Many companies can shave the budget cost down by leveraging in house talent to lend a hand in the project. We encourage our clients to leverage such talent in areas of wire-frames, design and writing web services scripts. You can get lower quotes by going with small outfits or freelancers who are hungry to prove themselves. Just make sure to check references and keep in mind that most freelancers have other jobs so you are not the most important client that they have.
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