Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Swift, Go Rocketing Up New TIOBE List

  [caption id="attachment_137468" align="aligncenter" width="2357"] Swift 4 is coming.[/caption] Historically popular languages such as C and Python still dominate TIOBE’s list of most popular lang…
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  How Google and Siri Learn New Languages

  [caption id="attachment_137343" align="aligncenter" width="654"] Apple's Siri digital assistant on macOS.[/caption] You know how digital assistants and translation software work, but have you eve…
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  Apple Warns Developers Using Insecure Third-Party Tools

  [caption id="attachment_139213" align="aligncenter" width="1783"] Apple WWDC 2016[/caption] Apple has begun cracking down on app developers who update apps outside of the normal review process, s…
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  Udacity, Coursera Launch New Courses

  [caption id="attachment_125645" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Google and Coursera have launched a cloud computing course.[/caption] Udacity and Coursera have added new courses to their respect…
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  Amazon Will Hand Over Echo Data In Murder Case

  [caption id="attachment_128330" align="aligncenter" width="1063"] Amazon Echo[/caption] Amazon has abandoned its efforts to keep Alexa recordings related to an Arkansas murder case private. The c…
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  Uber Alums May Have Trouble Finding Work

  [caption id="attachment_140303" align="aligncenter" width="3195"] Uber offices in San Francisco.[/caption] Uber’s hall of shame 2017 continues. On top of yet another blog post claiming deeper dis…
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  IT Pros are Happier at Smaller Firms: Study

  [caption id="attachment_131017" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] IT Pros are happier at smaller companies.[/caption] Just last month, we told you avoiding Silicon Valley may be a better choice i…
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  What an iPhone 'Function Area' May Mean for Devs

  [caption id="attachment_140261" align="aligncenter" width="1684"] An iPhone Touch Bar Concept. Credit: AGVideos[/caption] The next iPhone may present a radical departure from the device that deve…
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  CIRR to Hold Bootcamps, MOOCs Accountable

  [caption id="attachment_131017" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] CIRR wants to help new developers find the right school.[/caption] Coding bootcamps and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a…
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  Is Swift Moving Too Fast for Its Own Good?

  [caption id="attachment_137468" align="aligncenter" width="2357"] Swift 4 is coming.[/caption] Swift is rising fast. In the pantheon of programming languages, Swift is the newcomer, but quickly e…