Google Research leads the day with their post about Project Bloks. This is an interesting project but I am not sure how much impact this has on how people eventually learn programming. I am not a researcher in this area, so I am curious to see what the results are like. On the Android Developer… Read More Geek Reading June 28, 2016 #1137
Starting our week, we get an announcement from CloudFlare. They now have support for WebSockets for all of their customers, including those on the free plan. This is cool because you get a major provider supporting the technology, and it also shows that WebSockets are really gaining adoption. Amazon’s Big Data blog talks about integrating… Read More Geek Reading May 9, 2016 #1101
Today we are focusing on job-related posts again. Leading the day is a post from Seth Godin about how idea adoption works. It is an excellent post that everyone should read. Next, we have RJ Metrics showing us some research on the pricing strategies of 1876 marketing technology companies. Even if your company is not… Read More Geek Reading September 11, 2015
Oh look, more security articles today! First, HotHardware reports on a rootkit exploit in Intel processors that has existed since 1997. It is research based, so it does not sound like it has been used in the wild. On Bits Please they talk about a TrustZone exploit for Qualcomm. This has already been fixed, so… Read More Geek Reading August 11, 2015
From the development perspective, Twitter ending its partnership with DataSift does not seem like a big deal. However, this shows the fragility of any partnership with large social sites. If you are building a business based on social APIs, be very careful and have a backup plan. The security section has a few good articles… Read More Geek Reading April 13, 2015
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