What's New And Different About Apple's New Swift Programming Language?
Apple's new Swift language is the first time Cupertino has seriously changed its software underpinnings since it bought NeXT, which became the guts of Mac OS X. So how different is it, really? And more...
View ArticleWhy Does The World Need More Programming Languages?
After shaking off my excitement about the Swift programming language this morning I awoke to an innocent, bewildered tweet from Farhad Manjoo at the New York Times, who wondered aloud why anyone would...
View ArticleThis Smart Backpack Has Its Own Wi-Fi Network And Storage
The problem Co.alition is addressing with their new smart backpack is a multi-pronged one. With more and more electronic devices, how do you ensure they stay powered? How do you store digital content...
View ArticleIf Media Companies Are Getting Dumber, Who's To Blame?
This is a News Scrum, in which senior reporters add crucial context and information to a mainstream technology story.Today's discussion: Facebook product manager (and former CEO of Blip.tv) Mike Hudack...
View ArticleWhy StubHub Thinks It's Uniquely Suited To Solve Local Music Discovery
This article contains an interview with Ray Elias, StubHub's head of social commerce.Historically, small-venue local marketing doesn't generate the kind of buzz (or money) many musical acts deserve....
View Article12 New Apple Features That Didn't Make The Keynote
Apple's WWDC was jam-packed with announcements about iOS 8 and Apple's new programming language, Swift. Due in the fall, there are some big new headlining features, but there are also plenty of little...
View ArticleWhat If There Was A Bot That Could Detect Ugly Websites?
This article contains an interview with Fabian Stelzer, founder of EyeQuant.EyeQuant is a startup which isn't too unusual in the fact that it deals with machine learning and artificial intelligence and...
View ArticleWhy Apple's New Swift Language Will Keep Developers Loyal (And Away From...
This story contains interviews with Keith Blount, developer of Scrivener; Till Schadde, CEO of equinux; Rishi Modha, director of FIPLAB; Frankie Laguna, lead developer of FIPLAB; Lee Armstrong, CTO at...
View ArticleA New Brain For Your Old Air Conditioner, And It Thinks Cheap
This story contains interviews with Omer Enbar, CEO of Sensibo and Dror Bren, creative director of Sensibo.With summer on the horizon, we're already gritting our teeth in preparation for a few of our...
View ArticleHead Of iOS At Box Gives Us His Take On Apple's New Swift Language
Earlier this week, Apple announced some big news: There's a new programming language named Swift, and it seems to be a huge leap forward for iOS development. Swift brings together many safety and...
View ArticleWhy The Bio-Startups That Save American Lives Are Launching In Berlin
This story contains interviews with Goderma cofounder Simon Bolz and Berlin angel investor Christophe Maire.Berlin has solidified its status as a hotspot for tech startups. But it's more than just the...
View ArticleFour Major Headaches Apple Fixed Shows It's Listening To Complaints For Once
This story contains interviews with Steve Kusmer, cofounder of Abvio; Lee Armstrong, CTO at Plane Finder; Kris Ramanathan, CEO at Netomat; Dan Nolan, engineering lead & cofounder of Proxima; and...
View ArticleThink You're Sick? This Little Box Can Swab Your Nose And Tell You For Sure
This article contains interviews with Cue cofounders Ayub Khattak, CEO, and Clint Sever, chief product officer.Last week Apple announced the long-awaited HealthKit framework, a smartphone dashboard for...
View ArticleHow Governors Ball Got Wireless Payments Working--In The Middle Of The New...
This story contains interviews with Yoni Reisman, partner at Founders Entertainment, and Bunky Dunn, account manager at TOURtech.This weekend, as thousands descended upon New York Harbor for the...
View ArticleHow NPR's Developers Deal With Their Biggest Tech Headaches
This article contains an interview with Jonathan Epstein, director of software development at NPR.Software developers at NPR are currently tackling a huge problem. Its massive library of archival...
View ArticleThe Technology Behind The Food Porn Boom
This story contains interviews with Babette Pepaj, founder of TECHmunch; Dave Feller, CEO and cofounder of Yummly; and Jason Jeffries, cofounder of BlenderBox.Ten years ago, searching for a recipe...
View ArticleHow Two App Developers Got So Sick Of Android They Built Their Own Smartphone
This story contains interviews with Lari Numminen, cofounder of Zilta; Jukka Kekäläinen, lead developer of Zilta; and Artem Klimkin, marketing manager of Zilta.Like most technologists, Lari Numminen...
View ArticleWhy You Should Let Your Creative Employees Roam
This story contains interviews with Mother partner Tom Webster, Mother creatives Josh Engmann and Thomas Kemeny, and Mother strategist Marissa Shrum.These days, marketing moves fast. Gone are the days...
View ArticleBreaking Down Every Moment of California Chrome's Letdown, Digitally
This article contains interviews with Trakus CEO Bob McCarthy and Trakus director of racing information Pat Cummings.Horse racing statistics at Belmont Park have always been collected by humans and...
View ArticleMessaging Secrets From eHarmony And OKCupid Databanks
This article contains an interview with Misiek Piskorski of Harvard Business School.It's hardly a secret that online dating giants OKCupid and eHarmony serve very different audiences--eHarmony being an...
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