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Android Makes Developers’ Lives Easier Just last year some developers were doing software quality assurance testing on 400 Android devices for each app they created, but this year it’s down to a quarter of that. The streamlining is mostly due to Samsung’s hardware cornering the market, but Android's software platform has also improved. |
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Should You Be Developing Mobile Apps or Better Mobile Websites? There's a debate going on about the sustainability of mobile applications alongside the demands of users—and their myriad devices that grow every year. Could we see app development soon slow down while a surge of developers utilizes HTML5 to simply create a more mobile web experience? |
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Stepping into an Everything Connected World While social media has connected the world in one sense, an automated and digitally connected world is becoming more popular. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the software engineering, implementation, security, and performance issues associated with stepping into a connected world. |
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Adobe Switching to Subscription-Based Creative Cloud Adobe, the manufacturer of choice for many creative professionals, said it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite tools. Instead it will solely support a subscription-only model in its Creative Cloud, allowing for more capabilities and as-released updates. But customers are skeptical. |
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Desktop Apps Start to Emulate Their Mobile Counterparts Mobile app development may get the lion's share of news coverage, but desktop developers are doing their best to prove their products' relevancy. One magazine is trying something new—building a desktop app that's designed to resemble its mobile counterpart. How will readers respond? |
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CoderDojo—Teaching Kids How to Code James Whelton, a teen Irish developer, created CoderDojo—a movement to support and teach coding to children from nine to fifteen years of age. CoderDojo quickly spread its reach from Ireland to Los Angeles. Brendan Quinn looks at the appeal of this youth programming movement. |
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Chat Apps Overtake SMS Messaging for the First Time Worldwide Some popular chat apps have surpassed traditional SMS in the number of text messages received worldwide. Last year, for the first time more messages were sent with apps—such as WhatsApp and Viber, iMessage and BBM—than with regular texting. But will this be a disaster for mobile carriers? |
