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AWS Mobile Hub – Develop, Test & Launch Mobile Apps

February 10, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

AWS Mobile Hub lets you easily add and configure features for your mobile apps, including user authentication, data storage, backend logic, push notifications, content delivery, and analytics.

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The cloud breakdown: Amazon, Microsoft, and everyone else

February 9, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

When Business Insider’s Julie Bort talked recently to some big companies that were shutting down their own data centers and switching 100% to hosted cloud services, she found that they really only considered two companies serious players in the cloud today: Amazon and Microsoft.

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A Tale of Two Platforms: Designing for Both Android and iOS

January 19, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

Whether you’re working in-house, contracting, or for an agency, companies need apps for many different reasons. Established companies in particular need to cater for their existing customers and the devices they use. Often that means a new app for both Android and iPhones.

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Android users will be able to install apps directly from search

January 19, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

When you Google for apps on their respective mobile platforms, the main results appear on top inside their own panels. That makes them easy enough to install, but Google wants to make it even easier.

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Barclaycard brings NFC payments to its Android app

January 15, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

Android Pay still isn’t available in the UK, so Barclays has decided to fill the void with it own NFC-enabled contactless payments. The new functionality is part of the Barclaycard app, specifically for credit card customers with a supported Android handset.

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How to Put Android On Your Desktop with Remix OS

January 13, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

Remix OS, which came out yesterday, is a killer Android variant that brings a slick desktop-style interface to Android. Now, you can install it on a USB stick and try it out on your computer. Android isn’t exactly built for a keyboard and mouse, but that hasn’t stopped some of us from trying.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Scaling to 11 Million+ Users on Amazon’s AWS

January 12, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

How do you scale a system from one user to more than 11 million users? Joel Williams, Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect, gives an excellent talk on just that subject: AWS re:Invent 2015 Scaling Up to Your First 10 Million Users.

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AWS year in review

January 1, 2016March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

If you want to provide an excellent AWS consulting service you need to stay up-to-date with all the new AWS stuff (450 announcements in 2015). As an AWS Cloud Consultant it’s part of my job to read all AWS announcements and evaluate the new features as early as possible.

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The API to Everything.

December 27, 2015March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

For each new integration, a different API needs to be worked with, increasing development time with every service added.

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Why BlackBerry’s Android is Best for Security and Privacy

November 25, 2015March 17, 2016 ttahir Leave a comment

One of the complaints about Android has been fragmentation, which applies to security as well as user experience. Today, there are lots of small companies offering “hardened” Android implementations that purport to offer enhanced security and privacy.

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