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iOS App Development Is About to Get Easier At the Worldwide Developer Conference 2014 held recently, one of the announcements Apple made was about its new free programming language, Swift. People are excited because iOS development should become easier for all categories of programmers, but how much will it really affect the industry? |
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Heart-Monitoring Smart Devices Missing a Beat Smart devices used by fitness junkies tout the ability to measure heart rate. Yet, a recent report by CNET revealed that most of the heart rate monitoring functions for smart devices are missing a beat—literally. Some devices are unable to find a pulse when the heart rate reaches a certain range. |
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Testing Mobile Apps? Consider These Challenges and Solutions The scope and need for mobile app testing are only going to increase. What does this mean for testers who have traditionally tested web applications? Mobile application testing is not necessarily new, but the increasing set of challenges is new. Read on to see what you should be looking for. |
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Facebook to Buy Messaging Startup Service WhatsApp for $19 Billion In an apparent move to reign over messaging on phones and online, Facebook is purchasing WhatsApp for $19 billion. The sum may seem astronomical, but analysts think the deal is a smart strategy on the social network's part to maintain its place as a mobile leader. So, what's up with WhatsApp? |
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HTML5: Making Moves in Mobile Markets In the US and Europe, Android and Apple’s iOS dominate the markets for mobile web app development. However, other markets in the world—where HTML5 is playing a significant role in mobile development—tell a different story. Read on to see how HTML5 edges out iOS and gives Android cause for concern. |
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Mobile Apps That Champion Good Causes Just like in any other professional area of operations, one of the main goals of most app developers is to be able to make money, so they build apps with business in mind. However, several new apps are being developed with the goal of spreading goodness—charities, safety, and social causes. |
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Five Future Mobile Strategies for Small Businesses With so much web traffic being generated from mobile devices, it’s essential for a business to have a mobile site that’s functional and user-friendly. But that can be difficult even for the big brands, so how can small businesses do it? Here are the mobile strategies they should be thinking about. |
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Supercomputer as a Service? Watson Offered as App Platform in Cloud IBM announced that its supercomputer Watson, famous for defeating humans on Jeopardy!, is being offered to third parties as a cloud-based development platform. This is IBM’s latest step to commercialize Watson’s impressive technology as the company tries to boost its revenue with cloud computing. |
