Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Google Wants 64-Bit Android Apps Starting in 2018

  [caption id="attachment_144613" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Android Bot[/caption] Much like Apple did with iOS, Google is set to demand all Android apps support more recent APIs, and is mak…
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  IBM Shuttering Swift Sandbox January 2018

  [caption id="attachment_142486" align="aligncenter" width="2567"] Swift at the Dice Offices in San Jose[/caption] Swift Sandbox is shutting down in January 2018, as IBM ‘deprecates’ it to focus o…
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  What Augmented Reality Will Mean to Devs in 2018

  [caption id="attachment_143220" align="aligncenter" width="3090"] Augmented Reality (AR)[/caption] Augmented reality (AR) made a big impact in 2017. Since its debut, it seems everyone in tech has…
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  The Most Popular Bad Passwords of 2017

  [caption id="attachment_145480" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Weak passwords hurt us all[/caption] Every year, we are inundated with a series of hacks that remind us of the importance of stro…
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  Google ARCore Is Killing Tango

  [caption id="attachment_143175" align="aligncenter" width="2480"] Google ARCore killed Tango[/caption] Google Tango is dead. Long live ARCore. With a single tweet, Google has publicly announced i…
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  Trump Administration Going After H-1B Spouses

  [caption id="attachment_139183" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] H-1B under Trump is under fire.[/caption] As many wait for the Trump administration to make a big move on H-1B visas, it seems th…
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  Which Developer Languages Will Be Hot in 2018?

  [caption id="attachment_145390" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Developer IDE[/caption] For many developers, 2018 won’t bring much change to their day-to-day workflow. Their language of choice…
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  How to Get Started with Blockchain in 2018

  [caption id="attachment_145371" align="aligncenter" width="5700"] Blockchain[/caption] If there’s one thing 2017 has taught us, it’s that we have some serious security issues in tech. Hacks, leak…
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  Apple Changes Let Developers Target Downloads

  With two significant moves this week, Apple is making sure developers get quality users, not just a lot of them. First, App Store ads are changing just a touch. Instead of one option to buy ads a…
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  The iMac Pro is Here, but Which Pros Should Buy It?

  The iMac Pro, first announced at WWDC 2017, is arriving this week. It comes in Space Gray, starts at $4,999, and has some great specs. But is it really a ‘Pro’ device? The screen is the most fami…