Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Amazon's Next Echo Suggests In-Home A.I. is Broken

  [caption id="attachment_138540" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Amazon Echo[/caption] Amazon is reportedly set to bring a new-look Alexa to your living room. According to Bloomberg, the e-comme…
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  Should Apple Kill the Mac App Store?

  [caption id="attachment_138519" align="aligncenter" width="1360"] Mac App Store WWDC 2016[/caption] Dig into the Mac App Store, and you’ll probably find what you’re looking for – or something sim…
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  This GitHub Repo Tracks Free CS Video Courses

  Learning Computer Science principles such as machine learning and data structures is often necessary, but finding resources can be tricky. Fortunately, there’s a helpful GitHub repo that's gather…
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  Facebook's Keyframes Animates Almost Anything

  [caption id="attachment_138440" align="aligncenter" width="736"] Facebook Emoji[/caption] When Facebook redesigned the ‘Like’ button to reflect a variety of moods, many were smitten with the tiny…
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  Apple and Professionals: A Mixed Message

  [caption id="attachment_127158" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Apple Store[/caption] Something has been stirring in the undertow of the developer and creative communities. It started when Apple…
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  Is It Time to Kill the Whiteboard Interview?

  Tech interviews are hard enough, but for many tech pros there’s an aspect that’s downright unbearable: the whiteboard. Developers complain about it often (and have for years), while some tech com…
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  Apple's Hour of Code Features Swift Playgrounds

  [caption id="attachment_138340" align="aligncenter" width="3840"] Hour of Code[/caption] Apple is bringing its Hour of Code initiative back, and extending the learning to its new Swift Playground…
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  Open Source App Shows Devs Must Be Kinder

  [caption id="attachment_138324" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Open Source App Dash[/caption] Recently, Dash developer Bogdan Popescu found himself on the losing end of Apple’s war against fak…
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  Nokia Moonraker: The Better Microsoft Band?

  [caption id="attachment_138307" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Nokia Moonraker[/caption] Thanks to a newly discovered video, we know what a smartwatch from now-defunct smartphone manufacturer…
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  Apple: Mac Touch Bar a 'Part-Time' Experience

  [caption id="attachment_137961" align="aligncenter" width="880"] MacBook Pro Touch Bar[/caption] Though Apple routinely says a touchscreen Mac would be a bad idea, it turns out the company has te…