Articles by Nate Swanner
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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… -
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… -
'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… -
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… -
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… -
Google and Acer Introduce the First Chrome OS Tablet
After years of speculation and wondering, Chrome OS has finally debuted on a tablet. The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is obviously an iPad competitor, and unsurprisingly made its debut just ahead of Ap… -
Giant GitHub Repo Saves You From Whiteboard Interviews
Hate whiteboard interviews? There’s a (giant) GitHub repo for that. The appropriately named ‘Hiring Without Whiteboards’ Github repository does exactly what you'd think: it tracks companies that… -
Best States for STEM Jobs Opportunities, Ranked
Last year, a study from WalletHub suggested that the United States is spending over half a trillion dollars on research and development, which helps it rank fourth on the Global Innovation Index.… -
Amazon, Alphabet Top List of Where Tech Pros Want to Work
According to a new study, Amazon is the most sought-after employer in the United States. LinkedIn analysis shows Amazon ahead of a pack dominated by tech companies. It compiled the data using a m… -
Software Engineers Really Excited About Artificial Intelligence, ML
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning are shaping up to dominate the tech industry in coming years, and software developers are eager to work with them. This according to a new stud…