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Say it with a tree

Recently, we added the pillar “our planet” to the overall icapps strategy, and decided to focus on three different focal points. One of them is Climate Action (SDG 13) because we want to become more aware of our impact and take action to reduce our carbon footprint. We're happy to say that we already kicked off the first initiative within this particular focal point. From now on, every icappser gets the chance to plant trees for his or her birthday and/or work anniversary.

icapps 11 May 2021 · 4 min ","classes":" other"},{"card":"

Taking a dive into the world of IoT

This year, one of our innovation tracks is completely devoted to the Internet of Things, better known as IoT. In these tracks, we give our coworkers the opportunity to discover and test a certain new or existing technology. With the possibility in mind to add it to our stack, our developers try to get to know this technology as well as possible, test it out, if possible, even with a real case.

Frederik Leys 27 Apr 2021 · 3 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

User experience of your daily frustrations: The password input field

When you want to start using a new product or application, the first thing you’ll probably need to do is set up an account, and no account is created without picking a password. In most cases, the password field will automatically hide your new password, but if you’re very lucky you can take a look at it by clicking the eye icon. Although, most of the time you’ll just have to hope you didn’t make any mistakes. It’s like the blind leading the blind. Our UX designers gave this process some thought and came up with an idea to improve the password input field and as a logical consequence the registration setup process.

Koen Geerinckx 17 Mar 2021 · 5 min ","classes":" design innovation"},{"card":"

Our recap of the Flutter Engage keynote

When Flutter announced a keynote after 5 months of silence, we wrote a blogpost about our predictions and desires for this new release announcement. We were thinking of three main categories for this release: Flutter for web, focus on Null Safety and Flutter for Desktop. Let's guide you through the changes in this Flutter 2.0 release.

Koen Van Looveren 05 Mar 2021 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Flutter Engage; our predictions and desires

Flutter announced their next keynote Flutter Engage to take place on Wednesday 3/03/2021, and we couldn’t be more excited to find out what the new release will bring us. Normally Flutter has a release every 3 months, but since the last release was already 5 months ago, we’re hoping for a big surprise this time! Will 3/3/2021 be a symbolic date? Maybe they will release a 3rd stable platform, web? Alongside the existing other 2: iOS and Android? We’re speculating the hell out of this one. But let’s hear what our Flutter expert, Koen Van Looveren, predicts, or can we say; hopes for:

Koen Van Looveren 02 Mar 2021 · 5 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

How Reinforcement learning beats us all at Snake

In Machine learning one of the most important parts is your data. In some cases, however, you can generate data on the fly. If so, you might want to consider Reinforcement learning. This is a technique that lets the model make predictions in a secure environment.

William Verhaeghe 22 Feb 2021 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

The new way of onboarding, from shaking hands to waving at your screen.

Sven and Dennis both recently started their career at icapps. Sven with a lot of experience at previous employers, Dennis fresh out of school. Since they both started around the holidays and mid-corona, we were curious about their onboarding experience.

icapps 18 Feb 2021 · 3 min ","classes":" other"},{"card":"

Silvernext, our Golden boilerplate

During Tech Gatherings, our developers take the stage to present their latest discoveries and innovative technologies to their colleagues. In one of these gatherings, Jens, one of our web developers, provided us with all there is to know about Silvernext, our own icapps boilerplate.

Jens De Craecker 09 Feb 2021 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Jeroen Trappers, our new CTO, taking the torch from Wouter Martens

After 3 years as CTO, Wouter Martens takes a step back from his role to fully focus on his new company, Mr. Watts. This icapps spin-off is specialized in mixed reality development for the Microsoft HoloLens. Jeroen Trappers takes the torch from Wouter and became our new CTO at the beginning of November 2020.

icapps 03 Feb 2021 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Tech Gatherings, the power of sharing knowledge

Since knowledge exchange is an important part of both your employee’s and the company’s growth, we value every initiative taken towards this. icapps recently reorganized and started working with product teams instead of technology-oriented teams, which makes it even more important to provide a platform for sharing knowledge. That is why we are a big fan of our Tech gatherings, in this blog we share our best practices and show you why we encourage our employees to set up these gatherings.

Jeroen Trappers 05 Jan 2021 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Our Hackathon, aiming to make a mark

Since 2020 was a year to remember, or better to forget, we couldn’t let the end of the year go by without doing something a little unusual. We wanted to give something back to society and as a digital company, we gladly use our expertise to make a difference. So we came up with the idea to host and give away a Hackathon in which we will tackle a socially relevant issue, idea, or project.

icapps 29 Dec 2020 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

From the moment I "met" icapps, I knew this would be a match!

Last year my professors told me that if I wanted a good internship, I had to start my search early. So there I was, at the end of July, looking for an internship in the marketing business. I started my search on a job site, just to see if there were any companies looking for an intern. I found a few companies that were looking for marketing or communications students, I did some research and icapps just stood out.

Robine Verwilt 22 Dec 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Why Mr. Watts decided to focus on the HoloLens

At icapps we work with innovation tracks and roadmaps, a way to give our employees the opportunity to explore new technologies. Smartglasses have always been on the icapps innovation roadmap so it’s a topic that is well thought out through the years. Since there are big differences between the existing smartglasses, a market study was necessary to find out which were the most interesting ones for us or, in a later stadium, for Mr. Watts to focus on. We came to the conclusion that the Microsoft HoloLens is the best fit for Mr. Watts to start with.

icapps 09 Dec 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Mr. Watts, an icapps inspired company

As you may know, Niels Leunen and Olivier Dupont started icapps together in 2009 and began their journey with only one client on board, Unilever. What was a big challenge at first, turned out to be a great success. At this moment icapps has over 100 employees, working for more than 50 partners. It even led to the creation of a subsidiary company with a very specific focus on the Microsoft HoloLens. So without further ado, let us introduce you to our little brother, Mr. Watts.

icapps 30 Nov 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Machine Learning 101

Situated in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning’s sole goal is to create an algorithm or program that is capable of delivering accurate results, both in known and unknown situations and without being programmed to do so. This is the complete opposite of traditional programming, where manual instructions are written to make the program work.

icapps 30 Nov 2020 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Feeling like a true colleague during your internship

Agnes did her internship as a developer at icapps. During this internship, she felt like a true colleague rather than a student. By not taking the "work hard, play hard" mentality for granted, Agnes both learned a lot ànd had fun during office hours. Read more about Agnes' experience.

Agnes De Pestel 19 Oct 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Discover our new E-book: How to create a cost-efficient app with full potential.

Flutter has only been released three years ago, but the number of users is already mind-blowing. This relatively new cross-platform technology has stolen the hearts of a lot of developers. And what’s not to love, with its expressive UI, fast development flow and native performance, Flutter is a unique cross-platform that is only gaining popularity.

icapps 14 Oct 2020 · 1 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Reopening our icapps workplace

As we are headed towards a more safe, ‘corona-free’ environment, we asked ourselves the question how to safely reopen the icapps workplace. Our primary objective was, and still is to do as much as logically possible to prevent our colleagues and their ‘bubble’ from getting sick or infected. As we value the freedom of everyone working at our company, we added the challenge of not putting a too strict rule set in place...

Olivier Dupont 24 Jun 2020 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

App development for GAIA in times of an epidemic

While the coronavirus is still around, and remote working is still the standard, our application for GAIA: ‘GAIA, help animals in 1 click’, is our very first 100% remotely developed application that has just been launched!

Emilia Van de Maele 22 May 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Introducing Niddler

Most (mobile) applications we develop everyday will interact with other systems through a network. This can be done using various protocols and connection types, we use REST, websockets, mqtt, … And s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ a lot of those days we spent working on those applications, we are debugging these interactions with the server. There are many options and existing solutions, each with their own pros and cons. However, none of the existing tools ticked all of the boxes for us. We needed something more. Enter: Niddler

Nicola Verbeeck 18 May 2020 · 4 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Remote calling: 8 recommendations for an efficient remote meeting

Many companies are discovering the advantages and challenges of remote calling these days. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, video calls have become a popular alternative to physical meetings. Some organizations already have a lot of experience with remote calling, but for most teams it’s like learning how to swim in the deep. This is why we share our own recommendations to make your meetings more efficient.

Emilia Van de Maele 30 Apr 2020 · 4 min ","classes":" other"},{"card":"

The (security) challenges of remote working: this is how icapps deals with it

The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced most companies to close their offices and ask people to work from home. Virtual meetings now ensure the workflow isn’t interrupted. Still, many video chat applications are not as waterproof as you might think. As home offices are part of the future, we take this crisis as an opportunity to make online meetings more secure and efficient. This blog tells you how...

Emilia Van de Maele 30 Apr 2020 · 5 min ","classes":" other"},{"card":"

Designing for TV: Not your usual glowing rectangle

Television has evolved from a clunky box with black-and-white images and a few channels to pick from to an interactive platform. At icapps, we’ve designed apps for Telenet Tadaam, Proximus and Liberty Global. We’ll share our experiences on how to design for TV, including some examples from these projects.

icapps 27 Mar 2020 · 14 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

AR vraagt de juiste combinatie van hardware en software

De technologie voor AR is beschikbaar en heeft een zekere maturiteit bereikt. Toch zijn niet alle stappen gezet. Onze AR designer, Pieter Matthieu, en CTO, Wouter Martens, vertellen waarom in een interview aan Data News.

Emilia Van de Maele 06 Mar 2020 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Comparing 3 cross-platform technologies: Native, React Native and Flutter

One of the biggest advantages of working at icapps is that you get to play with just about everything. Everything in the field of digital development, that is. But that’s plenty of fun already. Lately, for instance, I’ve had the opportunity to compare three cross-platform technologies that we have used for various projects. A very useful exercise, and I gladly share the main findings with you.

icapps 21 Oct 2019 · 4 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Teamweekend 2019

Our full icapps team went on a trip to The Netherlands for the weekend. Food, drinks, parties, surprising day activities... all included! Check out the recap in the after movie.

Emilia Van de Maele 08 Oct 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Our Device Closet, digitized.

We currently have a collection of around 70 test devices and counting. Keeping track of those devices and who has which device in use, turned out to be a bigger challenge than expected. That's why Maarten Van Giel and Koen Van Looveren decided to digitize our Device Closet.

icapps 12 Sep 2019 · 6 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Progressive web apps: how - and why - to build a website on steroids.

PWAs or Progressive web apps, at its core you could call them "websites on steroids". But what exactly is a PWA? What do you need to make them? And most importantly, why would you use them? Jelle Mannaerts, Lead PWA, brought it all together in this blog post.

icapps 06 Sep 2019 · 12 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Starting a new Flutter project with our template

At icapps we have a couple of template projects to make sure we can start a new project without having to do the setup again every time. One of them is the Flutter template, built by Koen Van Looveren (Lead Flutter at icapps).

icapps 04 Sep 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

This was Full Stack Antwerp August Meetup at icapps

At the end of August we gathered at our Antwerp offices to enjoy some food and drinks,Chris Brown's "Presentation Skills for Programmers" talk and the presentation of Alain Hufkens, Robin Claes and Tom van Laerhoven about building a TV app in React Native.

Emilia Van de Maele 02 Sep 2019 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Working with Augmented Reality: 5 lessons learned

As you know by now, we like to be on top of technology in order to serve our customers with the best possible solution at any given moment. So a number of enthusiasts, including Pieter Matthieu, has been happily using this technology – for customers and for ourselves - and we have gathered valuable experience while doing so. High time to share some of our findings and to translate them into useful tips and tricks.

icapps 23 Aug 2019 · 5 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

icapps translations

At icapps we wrote our own online tool in order to add, edit, delete or verify Flutter translations. Koen Van Looveren, Flutter Developer at icapps, guides you through his journey of developing the tool.

icapps 22 Aug 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Android/iOS emulator: the saga of an invented (and improved) wheel

Diemas Michiels, Frontend Developer at icapps, developed his very own code extension to run an Android and iOS Emulator. The emulator has already reached over 53.000 downloads. Diemas guides you through his journey...

icapps 14 Aug 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps Tech Drinks - Full Stack Antwerp Meetup

Every 4th Wednesday of the month Full Stack Antwerp is organizing meetups on front end, back end, devops and everything in between in the city of Antwerp. On the 27th of August, we're hosting the event. Join us for some tech talk, food and drinks. See you there!

Emilia Van de Maele 29 Jul 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Telenet Hackathon No.2: developers 200% more productive compared to a normal working day

From the 8th until the 10th of July, five of our colleagues drove to the peaceful Flemish Ardennes to participate in Telenet’s latest hackathon. Even though we can’t reveal everything just yet, we would like to share our thoughts about this 48-hour experience…

Emilia Van de Maele 17 Jul 2019 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

ADDC 2019: Synergy as the core of our methodology

Niels Delporte flew down to the sunny city of Barcelona to soak in the talks about UX, development and communication at the ADDConference. Niels came back with a ton of inspiration. This particular blog post will explore key takeaways about communication and collaboration from ADDC.

icapps 11 Jul 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Marmotte 2019: we did it!

Our cycling team went to France to participate in the Marmotte, one of the best known cycling events of the year. The team wrote a blog post to share their experiences.

icapps 08 Jul 2019 · 4 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Innovation Talks: AR - September 24

Would you like to be among the third batch of guests who can enjoy the rare combination of insight, practical advice and food? Are you eager to find out more about the possibilities of AR? Make sure to register in time for the September edition of our Sales Innovation Talks on the 24st. We look forward to inspiring and guiding you!

icapps 03 Jul 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Apple’s SwiftUI: Declarative UI for the win

After the announcements Apple made during WWDC 2019, we immediately dove into the range of new features and updates. Most importantly, we love to see that Apple is working hard to make developers save time and effort when writing UI code, thanks to its new SwiftUI.

icapps 17 Jun 2019 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

WWDC 2019: What to expect

During the keynote on the first day of WWDC, Apple traditionally makes major announcements about upcoming products and details on new systems. Over the last few years no big news was coming from the tech giant. So we would love to hear about this year’s novelties… although we already have some ideas on what to expect. In short, we hope to see new versions of iOS, macOS, watchOS, especially tvOS and some news on Marzipan and Siri.

Emilia Van de Maele 29 May 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps Tech Drinks - Apple WWDC 2019

Come and join the icapps team for some food, drinks, remote tech talks, hands-on learning with Apple experts and discover Apple's latest technologies.

Emilia Van de Maele 22 May 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Flutter, not your ordinary cross-platform framework

We were very excited to dive into one of Google's latest technologies: Flutter. Flutter is a technology to build beautiful native apps on iOS and Android from a single codebase. Fast development, expressive UI and Native Performance... all sounding very promising! To put Flutter to the test, we made a proof of concept together with KBC Bolero. In this blogpost we would like to share our findings.

Emilia Van de Maele 03 May 2019 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps Tech Drinks - Google I/O Extended Antwerp

Come and join the icapps team for some food, drinks, remote tech talks, hands-on learning with Google experts and discover Google's latest developer products. Make sure you get your FREE TICKET in time, because seats are limited.

Emilia Van de Maele 25 Apr 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

How we materialise our mission in Product Teams

Our mission is simple and clear: we are a partner who proactively thinks along to translate our customers’ ideas into valuable digital solutions. Read all about how we materialise these beautiful words in our Product Teams.

Emilia Van de Maele 19 Apr 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Why we’re not waiting for technology to be ready for Flemish-speaking voice assistants

Techzine asked the opinion of our CTO, Wouter Martens, about the dangers of the digital language barrier in voice assistants. We give you a summary.

icapps 17 Apr 2019 · 3 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

We got locked up by Telenet & StuBru

To stay ahead of all the fast moving technology developments, Telenet wants to be flexible in their way of working. They want to work faster, more productive, more efficient. One of the best ways to do so, is to organize a hackathon. Partner in crime? icapps!

Emilia Van de Maele 25 Feb 2019 · 4 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

5 lessons learned on Keytrade Bank’s React Native project

React Native has proved its worth: maximum code reuse, live reload (enabling you to immediately see the result of the latest change that you have made to the code), modular and intuitive architecture and it’s superfast. So, let's try it out! The Keytrade Bank app is the first banking app built with React Native in Belgium. As pioneers, we learned a lot. In this blog post we highlight 5 lessons we’ve learned on the Keytrade Bank project.

icapps 24 Jan 2019 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Leaking closures in Swift

Since a few months I have the common practice to directly map closures to a function. It cleans up the code a bit, and moves the actual functionality to somewhere else in your code. But there is an issue with this way of coding. It can cause memory leaks.

icapps 23 Jan 2019 · 0 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

How we use os_log

A nice feature in iOS, that already exists since iOS 10, is os_log . It is a somewhat obscure feature that little people use or know about. That's why I want to give a small introduction on how we use this logging mechanism in our apps.

Jelle Vandebeeck 28 Dec 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Full Stack Antwerp

In about two weeks we are hosting the last Full Stack Meetup of the year. Topic? JavaScript! Bram Van Damme will talk about what 's next for JavaScript. Our very own Jasper Vercammen will be speaking on React Native.

Emilia Van de Maele 10 Dec 2018 · 1 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Bingel Raket, built by icapps & VAN IN, is nominated as Trends Digital Pioneer

Proud moment! Bingel Raket is nominated as Trends Digital Pioneer! We built this tablet app together with VAN IN to fully benefit from the materials available in schools and provide an answer to the needs of a class full of very diverse pupils.

icapps 05 Nov 2018 · 1 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

The 4 highlights of SuperNova 2018

“Embrace the future, because tomorrow is unstoppable”, was SuperNova’s main slogan. It’s no surprise then that we immediately felt at home at the event. What’s more, our hot innovation topics AI, AR and conversational interfaces were very much present in the many keynote talks. We want to talk about the four highlights of SuperNova 2018 which are relevant to our innovation tracks at icapps.

Emilia Van de Maele 08 Oct 2018 · 6 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

How icapps stays on top of its innovation game

Staying innovative is a fulltime job. Embracing emerging technologies is a must, but so is maintaining focus. At icapps, we’ve revamped the way we look at innovation and we’ve determined three key topics that we believe will shape the future.

Emilia Van de Maele 28 Sep 2018 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Find out what technology can do for your business in our Innovation Workshop

Technology keeps evolving at a mind-boggling pace. New technological solutions appear all the time, and often they disappear just as quickly. Some innovations are here to stay, which doesn’t mean it’s easy to determine their potential value for your business at first sight. With our Innovation Workshop, we want to look at emerging technologies from a business point of view. This way, we can help you look through the hype and identify opportunities early on.

Emilia Van de Maele 28 Sep 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

New Innovation Talks coming up in December

Never change a winning formula: new Innovation Talks coming up in December!

icapps 25 Sep 2018 · 0 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Designing with visual impairments in mind

Recently, my colleague Sjoera wrote an interesting blog on developing and designing appropriate interfaces for blind users. It is impressive how many tools there are available today and how we can use them to make these users’ lives easier. By using a few tools and keeping in mind some basic principles, we can really make a difference. But next to the blind, there is a group of people that suffer from other visual impairments, and therefore have different needs. We will highlight a few things to take into account.

icapps 28 Aug 2018 · 4 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

Designing or developing for the blind? These practical tips will help you along

As designers, we know the importance of a well-considered user interface: it should be easy to use and free from distractions. It should also offer a clear overview, have touch-friendly buttons and icons, etc. But when designing for blind people, you should take these rules even more to heart than ever. That’s right, blind users can benefit from a great user experience, on many levels. Blind people can and will use visual interfaces, but their needs are much different from users that are otherwise visually impaired (colour blind, long-sighted, etc). Let’s have a look at the basics and start from there.

icapps 28 Aug 2018 · 7 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

What is the right background for a React Native developer?

It’s been a while but high time to continue our blog series on React Native! Our first two blogs covered the topics of ‘React Native and the five key advantages’ and ‘React Native: a brief history’. We are gradually gaining more and more experience in building React Native apps, and we are looking for new colleagues to join us in this adventure. But what makes a good React Native developer? What is the right background: native or web?

icapps 18 Jul 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

How our Silverback code became a massive time saver

Every application needs a portal for administrator access. At icapps, we build great software for our customers. They expect us to do most of the heavy lifting, but once the software is delivered and installed, they want to take matters into their own hands.

icapps 10 Jul 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

New Innovation Talks coming up in September

Never change a winning formula: new Innovation Talks coming up in September!

icapps 04 Jul 2018 · 0 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

API Versioning Strategy: an overview

When it comes to creating APIs, developers face the eternal dilemma: how can we ensure they are sufficiently stable and reliable, while allowing for the flexibility our (internal and external) customers have come to expect? The versioning approaches below might help. Finally, I’ll propose a versioning strategy which I consider the best fit for “general purpose” use.

icapps 06 Jun 2018 · 5 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Machinebox: ready-to-use on-premise Machine Learning

Machine learning is fun but can be very cumbersome as well. Any tool that can help you get rid of the manual work therefore deserves our full attention. Machinebox promises exactly that, so we gladly put it to the test, and ended up even happier. Read our impressions and conclusion below.

icapps 31 May 2018 · 9 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Accessibility for web

At icapps, everyone gets the chance to do research on topics that are innovative and relevant for our jobs as developers and designers. Think of topics like AR, chatbots and voice UI. The results of these researchers are presented to the other icapps colleagues during the Innovation Lunches, which are organized several times a year. A great way for our team to stay up to date on the latest tech developments and innovations!

icapps 23 May 2018 · 5 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Storyboards revisited - iOSCon 2018

Over a month ago, we visited the beautiful city of London. Not to drink some tea, tea and more tea, but to attend iOSCon 2018.

icapps 15 May 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Innovation Talks: positive reactions have led to next edition

icapps 09 May 2018 · 1 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Taking a chance as an intern at icapps: how it paid off

An internship as a web developer might seem like a strange choice for a student working towards his degree in ‘Graphical and Digital Media', but I’m glad I jumped into the deep and went for it anyway.

icapps 04 May 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps Tech Drinks: 2 tech keynotes live on big screen

icapps 27 Apr 2018 · 1 min ","classes":" events"},{"card":"

Bye-bye iCapps, hello icapps

The past couple of months we have been working hard on rethinking the iCapps brand. First step was working on our vision and mission, which is important if you keep growing at a pace like ours. Once we managed to put our identity and goals into words, the time was right to tackle our logo and branding.

icapps 23 Apr 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Discovering the hidden power of Git in Barcelona

Last month, iCapps’ web development team went to Barcelona. Not to enjoy the nice weather and vibrant city life, mind you: we were drawn there by the relatively unknown Git Merge Conference. Git Merge is an event about all things Git. We all use Git on a daily basis but we were surprised by what we didn’t know yet.

icapps 13 Apr 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Six hands, one keyboard: icapps at the Flemish Programming Contest

For the first time, a three-man team from iCapps participated in the Flemish Programming Contest. A great opportunity to practise our programming skills while learning a thing or two about teamwork.

icapps 05 Apr 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

iCapps Innovation Talks

Learn about the technology of tomorrow, today.

icapps 30 Mar 2018 · 1 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

From intern to colleague: the iCapps-effect

Last year, I started an internship at iCapps as an Android developer. And never left. Here’s why.

icapps 23 Mar 2018 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

How we created our own iOS virtual reality experience

iOS has amazing native frameworks to help speed up development. UIKit and SceneKit are a few examples of the many frameworks we use in our daily development. Unfortunately, a framework with native support for virtual reality applications is not yet available. In this blog we will explain how we combined existing frameworks to create our own virtual reality experience.

icapps 23 Feb 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

icapps Superheroes

While we’re already starting preparations for the next team weekend, it is definitely time to share the video recap of our Team Weekend in 2017!

icapps 13 Feb 2018 · 0 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

The iOS team in the city of (Swift) Love - dotSwift

Last Monday, icapps’ iOS team went to Paris. Besides putting our teeth into freshly baked baguettes and tasting fancy wines, we visited the annual dotSwift convention. The main ingredients of the convention: inspiring talks about the newest progressions within the Swift development world, a whole lot of Apple enthusiasts, and more food. The programme covered a large variety of subjects. In this blog we’ll look back on a few talks that caught our eye and inspired us.

icapps 02 Feb 2018 · 3 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

AI and the human-machine interface: growing too close for comfort?

At the beginning of each new year, people and organizations tend to look ahead to see what’s in store for them in the year to come, and beyond. At iCapps, we aim to stay ahead of the curve, so we invited a visionary speaker late last year: Peter van Hees, Innovation Manager at KBC. His insights were so thought-provoking that we decided to share some of them with you, and offer our perspective on them.

icapps 25 Jan 2018 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Getting Ready for the GDPR

As of May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is in force. Created by the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, it is being imposed on all members, with the aim of creating a harmonised data protection law framework across the EU and giving citizens back the control of their personal data. Strict rules are imposed on those hosting and 'processing' this data, anywhere in the world.

icapps 26 Dec 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Telenet A-Desk: the perfect helpdesk for busy business(wo)men

icapps 18 Dec 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" clients"},{"card":"

React Native: a brief history

A while ago our colleague Anthony introduced you to React Native and the five key advantages. And there’s still so much more to say about React Native. We thought it might be a good idea to share our experiences, the lessons learned and some tips in a couple of blog posts. First one up: since we started experimenting with React Native, how has the framework itself evolved and what have we learned along the way?

icapps 04 Dec 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps nominated for the Deloitte Fast 50!

We’re pleased to announce that, for the 3rd year in a row, iCapps has been nominated for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award. This prestigious competition nominates the fifty fastest-growing technology companies headquartered in Belgium based on their percentage of growth in turnover during the last four years.

icapps 22 Nov 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

The Similarities between Triathlon and IT Projects

After months of intensive training, I recently completed the Almere-Amsterdam Triathlon: a 3.8 swim in open water, followed by 180 km on the bike and a marathon. Looking back on the whole experience, I realized that preparing for a triathlon actually is a lot like running a project at iCapps. Here’s why.

icapps 20 Nov 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Droidcon: always mix business with pleasure

A recap of the Android team's visit to Droidcon 2017 in London!

icapps 14 Nov 2017 · 6 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

icapps conquers Flanders: new workplaces at Corda Campus!

icapps 18 Oct 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Five ways in which AR will change our life drastically

In 2015, researchers predicted that the VR industry could hit $120 billion revenue by 2020. In the meanwhile, we have passed the halfway point of this prediction, and right now all evidence indicates that a revolution is indeed taking place. As has been demonstrated before, Apple is expected to kick off AR for real after the summer. But let’s take a look at what’s in store for you and me.

icapps 09 Oct 2017 · 5 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

How to integrate a basic HLS stream with FairPlay

One of our iOS teams at icapps is currently working on a project where we need to be able to play HLS video streams that are protected. It took a while to find out how everything works from a technical perspective. So once we found a working solution, I decided to share this knowledge in a blogpost.

icapps 02 Oct 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Try! Swift NYC: buddybuild and rich iOS notifications

What better way to start the new school year than by going to a conference in New York City? With a couple of colleagues we headed to the big apple to attend Try!Swift. I must say I was a tad disappointed that the presentations were often targeted towards swift newbies. It would have been a good idea to have a separate track with advanced presentations. That of course doesn’t mean I didn’t pick up any interesting new stuff. Two highlights according to me were Dennis Pilarinos’ talk on Buddybuild and Craig Clayton’s on custom iOS notifications.

icapps 27 Sep 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

What’s new in Android Oreo?

According to Android’s VP of engineering Dave Burke Android Oreo focuses on the “foundation and fundamentals”. His team was guided by a single question: “What are we to make sure that Android is in a great place in the next 5 to 10 years?”

icapps 25 Sep 2017 · 4 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

iPhone X: the beginning of a world without smartphones?

Even before the official announcement of the iPhone X, most details of the new device were already leaked. And, as usual, this generated a huge controversy on the price/quality ratio of this new device. In this heated discussion, people seemed to be unaware of the most important news in this announcement: that we will look back on it as “the moment the iPhoneX taught the world to use AR”.

icapps 15 Sep 2017 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

To the top of the Stelvio

How a bunch of cycling enthusiasts became a cycling team.

icapps 11 Sep 2017 · 9 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Synd-e-cus: our Winning ‘Blockchain for Antwerp’ Concept

At iCapps, innovation is always at the forefront of our mind. We are continuously on the lookout for projects, hackathons and events that give us the chance to improve our knowledge of new technologies.

icapps 07 Sep 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

Digital Design Days 2017: Virtual Reality, Sketch & Happy Employees

A blog by Els De Swert (UX/UI Designer) & Louis Demeester (Digital Designer) Digital Design Days in Milan is an annual 3-day event which offers conferences, professional workshops, digital showcases…

icapps 10 Jul 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Kotlin: Yay or Nay?

The advantages and disadvantages of Kotlin in Android application development A blog by the iCapps Android team A few weeks ago, at its annual I/O Keynote, Google announced that it…

Nicola Verbeeck 07 Jul 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Our Key Takeaways from ReactEurope 2017

A blog by developers Maarten Anckaert, Sam Van Hoof, Jasper Vercammen, Brent van Geertruy and Robin Houdmeyers A couple of weeks ago, we attended ReactEurope 2017 – the largest React…

icapps 19 Jun 2017 · 9 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Why chatbots will break through in a B2B environment

In an earlier blogpost (and Bloovi article), my colleague Sjoera explained why chatbots have made great progress over the last couple of years. Chatbots appear to be on the brink…

icapps 24 May 2017 · 4 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

WWDC. Big screen. BBQ. Burgers. Beer.

WWDC + Big screen + BBQ + Burgers + Beer According to us, the perfect recipe for a CocoaHeads meetup. Like every year, Apple will share all about their new…

icapps 28 Apr 2017 · 0 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

5 key advantages of React Native

Blog by web developers Anthony Madhvani and Sam Van Hoof. In an earlier blog we discussed the who, what, why and when of the Facebook-originated React development framework. We already…

icapps 25 Apr 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Chatbots and conversational UI: podcast with UX Designer Sjoera Roggeman

Right after I published my blog on the linguistics behind chatbots, I was contacted by The Dutchess who was working on a podcast on conversational interfaces and wanted to interview me….

icapps 18 Apr 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

React: an introduction & 5 reasons why you should you use it

When a company such as Facebook starts building its own programming framework, you know that it must be worthwhile investigating. React was created by Jordan Walke, a software engineer at…

icapps 11 Apr 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Try! Swift Tokyo: Android development in Swift

Have you ever seen more than 730 Swift developers together? Me neither! Until I visited try! Swift Tokyo last month. How to develop Android applications in Swift The first day…

icapps 10 Apr 2017 · 4 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Apple App Store finally allows dialogue between users and developers

A huge sigh of relief was heard all through the Apple developer community late last month. With the latest release of iOS and macOS, it finally becomes possible for Apple…

icapps 07 Apr 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Who you gonna call? Team Innovation!

Good times. Spring is in the air and business is going well. Our days are filled with challenging projects for a wide variety of customers in all types of industries….

icapps 04 Apr 2017 · 1 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

A good developer is a lazy developer: Node.js tips & tricks

ConFoo is a multi-tech conference hosted in Montreal, Canada, at the beginning of the (still very cold over there) month of March. So after a comfortable intercontinental flight and checking…

icapps 30 Mar 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Webstorm tips & tricks

About 4 months ago I switched my preferred development editor from Atom to Webstorm. Although I really liked my barebones editor being Atom, I always had this feeling it could…

icapps 15 Mar 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

The importance of collaboration between schools & businesses

Blog by Wouter Martens & Stijn Willems In our constant quest for new talent, we closely collaborate with colleges and universities. It’s important for us to be known among students,…

icapps 08 Mar 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

The linguistics behind chatbots

I’ve been working as a UX designer for more than 5 years now, but I actually graduated in Applied Linguistics before I ended up where I am now. Though I…

icapps 22 Feb 2017 · 8 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

More ladies in ICT? Yes, please!

It is flattering and humbling to be nominated for an award. So I was really happy to be nominated for the Data News Young ICT Lady of the Year. But…

icapps 30 Jan 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Tine, our Young ICT Lady of the Year

2017, not unlike 2016, is destined to become a year full of surprises. But one fact did not surprise us at all: Tine Lavrysen, our UX Expert & Innovation Ambassador,…

icapps 23 Jan 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Behind the scenes at icapps: a helpful, empowered and slightly crazy team. An interview with Office Manager Anja

An interview with Office Manager Anja What’s your role in the icapps team? As Office manager I’m in touch with all people at icapps, and that’s quite a bunch!…

icapps 22 Jan 2017 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Kikk Festival: beauty, context, machine learning & some crazy inspirational talks

For the third year in a row, I visited Kikk Festival in Namur. And every time it gets more inspiring! (Seriously, how do they do that?) The festival is a…

icapps 18 Jan 2017 · 11 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

Security Superheroes with OWASP

The Wasp is one of the superheroes from Marvel Comics. Along with the Avengers she protects the world from evil. But we can’t rely on superheroes to protect us from…

icapps 04 Jan 2017 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

icapps BarCamp Recap: The Road Ahead

New projects, new people… This is an essential part of iCapps’ growth. However, we are growing at such high speed that many people are no longer aware of what their…

icapps 15 Dec 2016 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

icapps boards the Blockchain train

Most of you are familiar with the concept of bitcoin, enabling direct payment transactions between users without the need for an external financial institution to validate this transaction. And some…

icapps 08 Dec 2016 · 2 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

KBC Mobile upgrades happy users’ experience with new app

What do you do when you have a perfectly working app that users are pleased with? Ask them how you can make it even better! At least that’s what KBC…

icapps 07 Dec 2016 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

How words influence design, and other things we learned at EuroIA

The impressive Koepelkerk was where most of the magic happened (Photo: Peter Vermaercke) A couple of weeks ago Sjoera and me, representing the UX team, returned enthusiastically from the EuroIA…

icapps 30 Nov 2016 · 8 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

The new Telenet Yelo Play is all about User Experience

The cherry on the cake: that’s what the Telenet Yelo Play web platform is. After the mobile apps were revamped, the web platform as well got a major transformation. And…

icapps 28 Nov 2016 · 2 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

Deloitte Fast 50: how to become one of the fastest growing organizations

Just like last year, we have managed to secure a high position (11th overall, 3rd in sustainable growth) in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking. This annual ranking and the...

icapps 17 Nov 2016 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Bringing the power of Bolero to all mobile users

Last week’s US Elections highlighted the importance of building apps for all mobile devices. How so? Well, the outcome of the US elections was quickly influencing the global markets. For…

icapps 14 Nov 2016 · 0 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

Proud to help Cashfree disrupt the payment industry

The past few months, we have been working with a powerful and promising start-up team to develop Cashfree, a unique and innovative mobile payment app. The app was announced and…

icapps 08 Nov 2016 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Here lies App, may he rest in peace

The title of this blog is a bit misleading. Rest assured, the app is not dead. But the whole app landscape definitely needs to be reinvented. Beautiful apps but…

icapps 02 Nov 2016 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

icapps Team Weekend: piñatas, moles and tons of team spirit!

Happy people deliver the best work. If you want your company to thrive it’s not just a matter of hiring top-notch employees. You have to make sure people like coming…

icapps 11 Oct 2016 · 1 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

What we can learn from people with different UX backgrounds

Did you ever wonder how to become a UX designer? I often get asked this question by clients or (non-designer) colleagues. And my answer is: there are many different paths...

icapps 06 Oct 2016 · 9 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Digital transformation: 5 things you need to know about

My colleague Jarco and I represented iCapps at the Digital Transformation Forum. The event took place on the 27th floor of The Hotel. With the inspiring view over Brussels, came...

icapps 06 Jun 2016 · 6 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Team icapps at the MS Hackathon

On a Friday evening in May, 10 of our beloved icapps team members hit the road to Amsterdam. They all signed up to participate in the MS Hackathon to take...

icapps 02 Jun 2016 · 7 min ","classes":" innovation"},{"card":"

The new Android phone app for Bolero is now live!

Bolero and icapps have successfully partnered up for a couple of projects in the past. As a result of this cooperation, we were chosen to develop Bolero’s new Android phone app. Today,…

icapps 30 May 2016 · 1 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

Proud to be nominated for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50

The Deloitte Technology Fast50 competition is an annual selection of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies within Belgium. The initiative is designed to encourage and promote entrepreneurial, fast-growing technology companies. See…

icapps 15 Nov 2015 · 0 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Screenshot Automation

Taking screenshots is a tedious process. Everytime your app has an update, you have to take new screenshots, for different resolutions in different languages. I think we can all agree...

icapps 08 Oct 2015 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps breidt uit naar Nederland

Antwerpen – icapps, de Belgische ontwikkelaar van zakelijke applicaties voor mobiel en web, gaat een joint venture aan met Dalosy, een Nederlandse specialist...

icapps 05 Oct 2015 · 4 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Git Bisect

icapps 02 Oct 2015 · 2 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Interview: Tom gaat naar Apple

Onze Mobile Lead Developer Tom Adriaenssen verlaat icapps. Hoezeer we dat ook betreuren, toch zijn we blij. Tom maakt de overstap naar Apple om het UIKit team te vervoegen. Binnen...

icapps 30 Sep 2015 · 5 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

XcodeGhost: verify your Xcode

Recently a malware issue for the iOS app store (which is a rarity in itself) called XcodeGhost made its appearances. I'm not going into the gory details, but it boils...

icapps 28 Sep 2015 · 5 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

UITesting in Xcode 7

For who? Developers writing apps for iOS9. Written in Swift or Objective-C. "It used to be a pain in the ass, but now, with the introduction of UIRecording it has...

icapps 28 Sep 2015 · 3 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Swift Code Review guide

Reviewing code can be difficult. Especially when it is code written in Swift. Swift is a very new language and it is in many ways simular to Objective-C and in...

icapps 24 Sep 2015 · 4 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

Pluralizing your localisations

Pluralizing your localisations Everbody is familiar with how you handle different languages in iOS. Most of the time you have a .strings file with the translations. And in code you...

icapps 15 Sep 2015 · 2 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Swift Core Data Unit testing. Learn about types and modules while writing a non crashable core data unit test

Swift tip of the day Let's use swift in production apps. This posts will be updated as we develop our production app in swift. "Namespaces and Swift. They can result...

icapps 02 Sep 2015 · 4 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Our iOS Developer Hans at WWDC 2015

At iCapps, we have a long tradition of attending WWDC, and this year I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to represent our company at the conference. If...

icapps 23 Jun 2015 · 8 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Design Inspiration - Best of February 2015

The app world is still racing at a roller coaster pace. This applies to mobile apps as well as web apps. Meanwhile people are becoming aware of the positive impact apps…

icapps 02 Mar 2015 · 5 min ","classes":" design"},{"card":"

A Swift Test

At our latest iCapps Monthly Teammeeting, I presented a small Swift test to our developers. It was supposed to be a bit tongue in cheek, but also a bit serious….

icapps 03 Jul 2014 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

icapps at WWDC

Each year, Apple’s WWDC is one of the biggest technology events. A lot of developers dream about getting an entry ticket for this inspiring event in San Francisco. There…

icapps 28 Apr 2014 · 0 min ","classes":" conferences"},{"card":"

Apple releases iOS 7.1.1

Apple released iOS 7.1.1 yesterday, the update involves the next things according to the documentation:

icapps 23 Apr 2014 · 0 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Git branching, a short walkthrough

As developers, we all like to work in a well-structured yet flexible way. Or at least most of us do… At icapps, one of the tools we like most because…

icapps 14 Feb 2014 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

We have exciting news...

We are icapps, a team of enthusiastic mobile guys. We grew to a group of 21 people who share the same passion: mobile apps. Today we can proudly announce that we…

icapps 03 Oct 2013 · 0 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

iOS 7 Keynote, focused on design & how we must rethink apps of our clients

We, the designers and developers community, asked for a refreshment of our beloved OS. For the past 6 years it remained the same and Apple was getting behind the competition instead…

icapps 05 Jul 2013 · 1 min ","classes":" development"},{"card":"

Building a music app

In this blogpost, I’m going to discuss the following things: – Make an app that plays music – Play music when the app is not in foreground – Control music…

icapps 16 Jul 2012 · 3 min ","classes":" "},{"card":"

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