Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Chrome for iOS Now Open Source via Chromium

  [caption id="attachment_135701" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Google Chrome[/caption] Google’s Chrome browser for iOS is now open-source, which may make it better for consumers and create new…
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  Google Can't Say How Ads Work for Voice Search

  Google, for all its technological prowess and lines of business, still relies on ads to power its bottom line. Its last earnings call again highlighted that its revenues are almost purely ad-base…
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  Swift: Most In-Demand Language for Developers

  [caption id="attachment_137468" align="aligncenter" width="2357"] Swift WWDC 2016[/caption] Upwork, a website for freelance developers, has released its list of fastest-growing skills for the fou…
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  Is App Store Stand-In 'Setapp' Good For Devs?

  [caption id="attachment_139471" align="aligncenter" width="2748"] Setapp for Mac[/caption] Macpaw, the development company you might know from such apps as CleanMyMac and Gemini, has launched a n…
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  iOS Developers Can Soon Respond to Reviews

  [caption id="attachment_139435" align="aligncenter" width="2962"] iOS Developer slide at WWDC 2016.[/caption] (Update: This article has been updated with new details regarding the review and resp…
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  Citizen Developers Love Creating Apps: Survey

  While professional developers and engineers may never be able to shake the curmudgeonly reputation they’ve earned, a new study suggests citizen developers are more than happy to pick up the slack…
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  Trump Appoints Net Neutrality Enemy to Chair FCC

  [caption id="attachment_139412" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Ajit Pai now chairs the FCC, and he hates net neutrality.[/caption] Among the many appointments President Donald Trump must make i…
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  UX Designers in High Demand, Crucial to AI/VR

  [caption id="attachment_139378" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] UX Designers[/caption] In the tech sector, design can sometimes feel like an afterthought. But as we concern ourselves so fervent…
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  App Economy Changing: Retail and Video Explode

  [caption id="attachment_127167" align="aligncenter" width="500"] App economy set to blossom in 2017.[/caption] In its 2016 retrospective, App Annie makes some interesting points about the state o…
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  Twitter Sells Fabric to Google in Farewell to Devs

  [caption id="attachment_139340" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Google Fabric via Twitter[/caption] In a move that surpised just about everyone, Twitter has sold its developer-facing suite of t…