Black Bear Solutions

17/05/2016

Here's a new article focusing on fintech disrupting retail banking
https://blackbearsolutions.nl/fintech-vs-banking/

The banking industry is facing a big challenge. It’s related to technological advancements and how they continuously alter consumer behavior. Two major trends are noticeable – transitioning from physical to digital money and a lot higher demand for convenience on the customer side. Gaining back mark...

03/02/2016

Fresh from the App Store – the Downdetector App! This is our latest assignment whereby we’ve completely rebuilt the initial version improving the core, design and adding new features such as in-app purchases.

https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/downdetector/id816223770?mt=8

The Downdetector service offers real-time status and uptime monitoring of over 2,700 services in 25 countries.

The outage detection is based on a real-time analysis of user reports from multiple sources, including social media such as Twitter, the Downdetector website and reports filed through the app.

25/01/2016

Our own project - Impasto Art, a Chromecast enabled app that brings artworks from the museum collections to TV screens - is now also available for Android Users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.blackbear.impasto&hl=en

20/01/2016

At the beginning of the year we would like to present some interesting developments in commercial robotics

https://blackbearsolutions.nl/robots-changing-the-ways-we-conduct-business/

The new generation of robots is already here, mainly in warehouses and factories, having huge impacts on productivity and logistics. These machines are using the latest developments in software and artificial intelligence, revolutionizing the way goods are produced and distributed. One other notable…

23/09/2015

An interesting article covering today's hacking environment and how this very profitable business is following the steps of many other legal ones - becoming more centralized

When asked “How do you think a hacker looks like?” most people will definitely associate it with any of the movies they’ve seen depicting that world. In reality they are experts in covering their identity, but you definitely won’t imagine a neatly dressed executive working for a well-organized busin…

09/07/2015

Food for thought: an article examining the possible effects of work automation and some economic and societal consequences deriving from job computerization
https://blackbearsolutions.nl/is-job-automation-the-next-big-threat-to-our-global-economy/

In their paper “The future of employment: how susceptible are jobs to computerization?”Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne research 702 occupations in the US labour market concluding that 47% of the whole workforce is at risk of computerization in a time span of around 10 years from now. Out of t…

29/06/2015

June was quite rich in releases! We've enhanced the Nieuwsbite, Bebeboek and Impasto apps, all live in the stores:

Nieuwsbite
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nieuwsbite/id966119518?ls=1&mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.blackbear.yipiy&hl=en

Bebeboek App:
https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/bebeboek-app/id969487178?l=en&mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.blackbear.bonbebeapp

Impasto:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/impasto-art/id960686001?l=nl&ls=1&mt=8

12/05/2015

When the Dutch Team visits Plovdiv, even the development routine, like daily’s and grooming, becomes fun!

It gets even better in the evenings … especially since our Bulgarian colleagues became the lucky owners of the PlayStation®4, a present from the YipiY team to celebrate the launch of the Nieuwsbite project.

11/05/2015

Following iOS, now also Android version of the Bebeboek App has a new functionality - mothers can keep records of their baby’s height and weight which are plotted in the growth graphics.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.blackbear.bonbebeapp

29/04/2015

Google has updated its Android Wear with the some pleasant and useful features. This includes Wi-Fi support that gives you more freedom to roam around and always-on screen view (no tapping, twisting or shaking required to see what time it is).

If you get into artistic mood, a watch can recognize the on-screen drawings and turn them into emoji icons. More on: http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2015/04/android-wear-wear-what-you-want-get.html

24/04/2015

Impasto Art (one of our projects) was featured among five most innovative art apps to sample by Art Radar!

http://artradarjournal.com/2015/04/17/5-innovative-art-apps-to-sample/

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20/04/2015

Here is a good article from Dave Evans giving us some food for thought of how important it is to get things right with the Internet of Things (IoT). Now.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/19/we-need-to-get-the-internet-of-things-right/

Nowadays, it seems that everything is connected to the Internet. There are connected socks, shoes, shirts, hats, glasses, appliances, beds, homes, drones,..