Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Do Tech Pros Need To Say 'No' When They See Something Wrong?

  At some point in your tech career, a hard choice has to be made. Do you continue down the path your managers laid out, or go against the grain? It’s never an easy choice, but it might be better t…
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  Survey: What Would You Do If Your Company Leaked User Data?

  Picture this: You’re in a meeting, and your manager offers up a solution or service that just doesn’t fit with what you know to be best practices regarding data security. What do you do? Such a s…
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  Apple's New Mac Pro Arrives in 2019. Is It Meant for Tech Pros?

  Apple says its next ‘Pro’ device, the Mac Pro, will launch in 2019. Sometime within those 365 days, we’ll see a modular desktop computer with powerful specs – but who will it be for? Recent Mac P…
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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…