Articles by Nate Swanner

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  AWS CodeStar Wants to Be Your Everything

  [caption id="attachment_141118" align="aligncenter" width="1823"] AWS CodeStar[/caption] Amazon Web Services (AWS) is basically the Internet, as it handles so much hosting that a brief outage can…
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  Facebook Launches Camera Effects AR Platform

  [caption id="attachment_141086" align="aligncenter" width="2588"] Facebook Camera Platform[/caption] “Even if we were a little slow to add cameras to all of our apps, I’m now confident that we’re…
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  Facebook Makes Changes to React, Adds VR

  [caption id="attachment_136636" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Facebook HQ[/caption] At F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, the company announced it was adding a VR library to the React…
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  Should Developers Use Third-Party Libraries?

  [caption id="attachment_131017" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Third-party libraries seem great to developers, but are they?[/caption] Libraries are part of every developer’s workflow, but wri…
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  Apple Officially Working on Self-Driving Cars

  [caption id="attachment_139213" align="aligncenter" width="1783"] Apple WWDC 2016[/caption] Apple has been cleared to test self-driving cars in California, according the state's Department of Mot…
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  Three Years In, Is Swift Ready for Android?

  [caption id="attachment_141020" align="aligncenter" width="5228"] Swift WWDC 2015[/caption] Swift is a big deal in the world of iOS development, but will it catch on elsewhere? Linux has its mome…
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  It's True: Tech Workers Want to Work From Home

  [caption id="attachment_138950" align="aligncenter" width="5333"] Tech pros love working from home.[/caption] Working from home (or at least not going into the office every day) is important to m…
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  A.I. Assistants Handy, But Not Great: Study

  [caption id="attachment_128330" align="aligncenter" width="1063"] Amazon Echo A.I.[/caption] Many of us have a voice-activated, artificial intelligence (A.I.) digital assistant, but how do we use…
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  Google's New A.I. Tool is a Lot Like Apple's Old One

  [caption id="attachment_140952" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Google Federated Learning[/caption] In the name of privacy, Google is turning to ‘Federated Learning’ to help its artificial inte…
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  How to Choose the Right App for Your Business

  [caption id="attachment_140927" align="aligncenter" width="3600"] Do you want a white label or custom app?[/caption] Native mobile apps are a good investment for many businesses, but they can pro…