Articles by Nate Swanner

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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…
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  TIOBE: Java, C Losing Favor Among Developers

  [caption id="attachment_142763" align="aligncenter" width="2960"] Java and C are fading, says TIOBE.[/caption] TIOBE has updated its monthly ranking of the world's most popular programming langua…
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  How Apple and Google are Ditching 'Bad' Apps

  [caption id="attachment_138519" align="aligncenter" width="1360"] App Store doesn't want your jenky apps.[/caption] Publishing apps for Android or iOS means you either go through Google’s Play St…
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  Is It Time for the Open Office Floor Plan to Die?

  [caption id="attachment_142748" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] Open Office Floor Plan[/caption] Open offices are widely lamented by developers and others who like their own space, but large co…
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  Facebook's A.I. Improves as New Hardware Looms

  [caption id="attachment_141159" align="aligncenter" width="2385"] Facebook Messenger Bots[/caption] During F8, Facebook’s annual developers conference, there wasn’t much talk around Messenger. Su…
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  Apple's 'BiometricKit' May Go Beyond Fingerprints

  [caption id="attachment_142692" align="aligncenter" width="1592"] Apple may introduce 'BiometricKit' for developers.[/caption] Thanks to some leaked firmware and clever developers, we’re getting…