Articles by Nate Swanner
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Salary Levels in Metro Areas on the Rise
[caption id="attachment_144343" align="aligncenter" width="3936"] Tech salary in major metro areas is on the rise.[/caption] Salary will always be the main driver for job seekers. A new study fro… -
AR Not Changing the App Economy (Yet)
Ahead of its launch, Apple's ARKit, which lets developers build augmented reality (AR) apps, was billed as a transformative new technology for mobile devices. Meanwhile, Apple CEO Tim Cook has ta… -
Good AR Headsets Still Not Ready, Says Apple CEO
Augmented reality (AR) has become part of our digital culture. With Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore making the technology available for mobile devices such as smartphones, it’ll soon become ubi… -
No A.I. Assistant Smarter Than a Six-Year-Old: Study
[caption id="attachment_142250" align="aligncenter" width="3029"] A.I. assistants are actually pretty dumb.[/caption] Big tech companies want us all to embrace digital assistants in a big way. Wh… -
Google, Apple Top Best Internship Study
[caption id="attachment_137877" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Tech internship[/caption] According to industry intelligence firm Vault, tech once again tops the list for most prestigious inter… -
Python Devs: Where Your Salary Goes Furthest
Python developers have their hands full: it's a discipline on the rise, and routinely in high demand. Python has become heavily utilized as a data-science tool, which, considering how many busine… -
Swift Makes Objective-C Devs Wring Hands
[caption id="attachment_142486" align="aligncenter" width="2567"] Swift at the Dice Offices in San Jose[/caption] A lot of the iOS development conversation now centers on Swift, but Objective-C i… -
Do Contract Workers Hurt Full-Time Tech Hiring?
The conversation around tech employment tends to focus on the linear process of interviewing and hiring full-time employees. But contract workers are also a huge issue. Should tech pros be afraid… -
Will Android or iOS Development Pay You More?
[caption id="attachment_139435" align="aligncenter" width="2962"] Developers can make more on iOS[/caption] With Microsoft taking its official leave from the mobile landscape (goodbye, Windows Ph… -
Amazon Updates API for New Alexa 'Routines'
[caption id="attachment_143837" align="aligncenter" width="2469"] Amazon Echo Plus[/caption] In addition to several new pieces of Echo hardware, Amazon has announced a new feature for users and d…