Articles by Nate Swanner

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  iOS Developers Ship Fewer Apps as Non-Native Frameworks Suffer

  According to data from AppFigures, Apple's App Store is in decline while the Google Play Store remains on the rise. There’s a good bit of context to that, and data showing that developers may be…
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  Can Developers Really Avoid Social Login APIs Like Facebook's?

  In the wake of Facebook’s huge scandal surrounding how it handles personal data, a change to its app login API is leaving some apps nearly broken. It’s a reminder that building your own stack is…
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  Gender Pay Gap Narrows for Tech Pros: Study

  The gender pay gap, which some studies suggest is closing, might actually be widening. New data from PayScale shows people who leave their roles for a period of time might disrupt their earnings…
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  If You Want an A.I. Job, Go with Siri or Alexa

  When it comes to artificial intelligence (A.I.), three major players exist in the consumer space: Google, Apple, and Amazon all have their own take on the voice-activated "smart assistant." But w…
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  Apple Reportedly Taking Intel Out of Macs; ARM Likely Incoming

  Intel Inside? Maybe not for long. Apple is reportedly planning a massive shift to its desktop and laptop lineup, potentially moving from Intel-based chipsets to its own processor architecture as…
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  Users Spend More Money in Apps as Mobile Web Use Declines

  Native mobile apps are driving retail, along with consumers ordering from their laptops and desktops. And that means the mobile web, long viewed as a salve for retailers, is being left behind. Th…
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  Swift 4.1 Lays Critical Groundwork for Version 5 and ABI Stability

  Swift 4.1 is official, and lays a lot of groundwork ahead of the language’s most important update, which is coming later this year. While any dot-x release is considered minor, Swift 4.1 adds key…
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  'Idea' Blends IKEA and Algorithms to Teach You Something Useful

  Algorithms are hard. So is putting together IKEA furniture. Yet when you mix the two, things (sometimes) get a bit less confusing. Idea is “an ongoing series of nonverbal algorithm assembly instr…
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  Tech Industry Bursting With Jobs, 2.8 Million Added in 2017: Study

  A new report from CompTIA shows the strength of the national technology sector, with plenty of opportunities and a pretty wide earnings gap between tech and "traditional" jobs. Overall, the repor…
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  Apple Unveils ClassKit API Framework for Teachers, Developers

  As expected, Apple used its most recent event to unveil ClassKit, a framework that allows developers to weave education-facing tools into their own apps. ClassKit is the API framework housing a s…