GirlSpring launches new app

Being a teenager is tough. Some days you want to hide in your room and be invisible. Other days you yearn for attention and validation. The best people who understand teenagers… are other teenagers.  App with purpose GirlSpring’s mission is to empower teenage girls to reach their full potential through inspirational role models, reliable information, […]

Increasing care access with healthtech innovation

Healthtech has already seen incredible innovation over the past five years: Doctors are recommending an Apple Watch for patients who previously would have gotten a prescription for a heart monitor. Primary care physicians can diagnose their patients with common illnesses through telemedicine solutions. Consumers can get preventative and maintenance prescription medication through mobile applications without […]

The Value of Data

Depending upon who you say the phrase “Tick Tock” to, you may elicit various responses. Some might think of a nursery rhyme, and some might think of the fastest growing and most controversial social media platforms, TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform where users are able to post short videos about anything, but most […]

Sam uses Tour Selma to explore the city

VFA Fellows pose for a picture on the Edmund Pettus

VFA Fellows pose for a picture on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pictured left to right: Sam, Ben, Hailey and Edan. Last year we finished building Tour Selma, an app and website for AC, an artist, real-estate developer, and advocate for everything Selma. I always wanted to go to Selma and felt like now was the […]

How MotionMobs built GuideSafe: Developing with Swift

When the team at MotionMobs heard about the new Exposure Notification framework coming from Apple and Google, we knew that it was an opportunity to use our expertise to help manage and eliminate COVID-19. As direct competitors in the mobile market, it’s not often that Apple and Google work together to combine the power of […]