Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Amazon Still Won't Say What Alexa Skills Pay

  Amazon has expanded the number of Alexa skills categories that developers are able to monetize. There are now seven total categories in which to make money via an Amazon Echo or other Alexa devic…
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  5 Tips for Becoming a Great Developer

  [caption id="attachment_139435" align="aligncenter" width="2962"] iOS Developer slide at WWDC 2016[/caption] Every developer wants to be at the top of their game, but how do you get there? CodeFi…
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  Subscription App Pricing May Be Wrong: Study

  [caption id="attachment_124853" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] App subscription pricing may need to change.[/caption] As the subscription vs. paid monetization debate staggers along, one compa…
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  Want Remote Work? Follow These 5 Twitter Bots

  [caption id="attachment_138950" align="aligncenter" width="5333"] Remote working gains steam[/caption] Working remotely is something that many strive for, and it’s fast becoming a benefit tech wo…
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  When Should We Get Upset Over App Copying?

  [caption id="attachment_142888" align="aligncenter" width="1592"] Is it ever okay to copy apps?[/caption] It goes without saying that copying someone else's app is never all right. Yet some parti…
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  Facebook Watch Built for Ads, Not Broadcasters

  [caption id="attachment_142875" align="aligncenter" width="1444"] Facebook Watch[/caption] If you believe App Annie, most of the two-plus hours we spend daily on our smartphones involve just thre…
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  5 Programming Languages That Should Die

  [caption id="attachment_142485" align="aligncenter" width="5669"] Programming Languages Popularity[/caption] Everyone has a favorite programming language (and probably one they just can’t stand).…
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  H-1B Visa Program is Great for Everyone: Study

  [caption id="attachment_138030" align="aligncenter" width="4913"] H-1B Visa[/caption] According to a new study, the H-1B visa program has left everyone in a better place. It asserts that, althoug…
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  Swift 5, ABI Stability Coming 'Late 2018'

  [caption id="attachment_142486" align="aligncenter" width="2567"] Swift 5 is on the way![/caption] Swift 5 is coming. This time, iOS developers will be happy to know, ABI stability will be a majo…
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  Was Google Response to 'Manifesto' Good Enough?

  [caption id="attachment_140298" align="aligncenter" width="4766"] Google[/caption] For all the hand-wringing over one Google engineer’s ‘male rights manifesto’ discovered over the weekend, the co…