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Mar 16, 2020·Technology

Evolution of location access on Android

In Sep 2008, Android provided developers with the ability to use GPS location with app users' permission as part of the first Android 1 (API 1). Millions of apps have been built using location-based services in creative ways since then. As…

Jul 11, 2019·Technology

How we built a serverless architecture with AWS

Our customers go serverless for live locations with HyperTrack. They use us as a managed service for live locations. They do not need to build and manage the servers to ingest, process, store, provision and manage anything related to the…

Mar 22, 2018·Technology

Movement part 3 — Real-time

This is part three of a ten part series about building movement-aware applications. In the previous parts, we talked about the challenges in generating movement data from the OS and then ensuring accuracy. In this part, we will talk about…

Feb 26, 2018·Technology

Movement part 1 — OS

This is part one of a ten part series about building movement-aware applications. Introduction This article is focused on Android and iOS when talking about the evolution from location to movement because they represent 99.7% market share…

Feb 15, 2018·Technology

Movement — Introduction

This is the introduction to a ten part series about building movement-aware applications. Mobility The mobile phone was invented so users could stay connected while on the move. And then mobile phones got smarter and staying connected…

Dec 19, 2017·Technology

HyperLog: Android Remote Logger Library for Debugging

HyperLog, a utility logger library for Android on top of standard Android Log class for debugging purpose. It is not easy to debug live mobile apps or libraries, or create every possible environment in which your end users use your app…

Jul 24, 2017·Technology

Creating a binding for Swift frameworks in Xamarin

Xamarin is one of the more popular platforms for developers to build apps across platforms. In our goal to make it easy for developers to integrate the HyperTrack SDK into their apps, we were looking to support the Xamarin developer…

Jul 23, 2017·Technology

Practical guide to deploying applications with AWS ECS, ALB, and ASG

If you are new to hosting applications on AWS or considering switching to AWS then this article is for you. An array of AWS services are at play to deploy your production application for the world to use. It gets difficult for a beginner…

Jun 10, 2017·Technology

Real-time location tracking with near-zero battery impact

The HyperTrack SDK is active on thousands of devices through 100+ apps across the globe. Users represent all 6 inhabited continents, 2 major smartphone Operating Systems, several tracking use cases and markets, and a variety of network and…

Apr 18, 2017·Technology

The pitfalls of using location streams as an interface for building live location features

Developers build live location features in their product because it is core to their business. In the process they end up having to build infrastructure. Developers who have built and operated this underlying infrastructure on their own…

Feb 10, 2017·Technology

For designers who want to take over the world

This is one of the first websites I ever designed — cookfresh.in. It’s now defunct but in its glory days it was a food delivery business. Back then I wasn’t even a good enough designer to mock up pretty web pages let alone build great…

Nov 28, 2016·Technology

Battery Efficient Real-Time GPS Tracking

One question we frequently get asked is “How real time is your tracking experience?” When we respond saying it’s near real time (~4 second latency) the follow up is “You must be collecting GPS locations very frequently; what’s the impact…

Nov 10, 2016·Technology

How we ditched HTTP and transitioned to MQTT!

In the field of location tracking, there needs to be lot of back-and-forth communication between devices and the backend. Device transmits location, activity and health data. Then the backend processes this information, applies business…

Sep 25, 2016·Technology

Solving true time at HyperTrack

One of the major problems that affects the operation of real-time location tracking is patchy mobile network connectivity. Our users trust our SDKs by plugging them into their apps that are out in the big bad world. We guarantee…

Sep 11, 2016·Technology

Our framework for real-time filtering of location streams

One of the biggest challenges with movement tracking is dealing with volatile quality of smartphone location. Numerous factors affect location accuracy such as: * Quality of GPS receiver * Source of signal (GPS, WiFi, cell tower…