Amazon’s popular Snowball storage container got a major update today at the company’s re:invent conference. Though largely overshadowed by the new batshit crazy AWS Snowmobile, the aforementioned Snowball will be getting a storage increase to 100 terabytes in addition to computing functionality. Users of the new Snowball Edge will be able to perform basic analysis on their data… Read More
What happens when service providers issue routers with remotely exploitable flaws? This weekend, we saw a glimpse of what is possible when attackers attempted to load Mirai-based malware on routers through a vulnerability in an exposed remote management protocol. Although the attackers probably failed in their ultimate goal of creating a large botnet, the efforts […]… Read More
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Meet AWS Snowmobile, a tractor-trailer for when your big data is just too damn big. The truck houses a container that can store up to 100 petabytes of data. Real-life data hoarders can contract Amazon to move exabytes of data to the cloud using the new tricked-out trucks. Snowmobile attaches directly to your data center with power and network fibre to move critical information to AWS,… Read More
There were a lot of jokes and comments at Oracle’s expense today at the AWS re:Invent conference, but perhaps the boldest statement came when AWS announced it was adding PostgresSQL support to the AWS Aurora database, making it easier to move an Oracle database to the AWS cloud. Even as Oracle makes its own move to the cloud, it is still held up as the prime example of the… Read More
Google today announced the launch of App Maker, the newest entry in the low-code, drag-and-drop app building market. Like its competitors from Microsoft and numerous startups, App Maker promises to make it easy for anybody to quickly develop basic apps that serve a very specific purpose inside an organization. The new service features a cloud-based drag-and-drop development environment that… Read More
Being a digital marketer can have different meanings. You can be a content marketer, a social media expert, search engine optimization manager, a campaign marketer… The list goes on. But what’s the one thing we all have in common, regardless of our role? The need to multitask between specialties. A lot.
Sometimes there’s so much to do, and so many hats to wear that I’ve found myself wishing for more hours in the day. So how can we get the most work done without losing your bearings? Easy. By stocking an arsenal of reliable productivity tools.
Here’s a few.
Why use ten tools when one integrates them all? Todoist carries over 10+ integrations across different platforms. This lets you manage tasks and projects anywhere, anytime inside a single app. Online or offline.
Our team loves to keep their to-do lists in a single place. Having a holistic overview of all the things you need to do (personal and professional) is one of the best ways we’ve found to our manage time. Keep those lists is Asana. It works great for teams and individuals. It also has amazing integrations that help you improve your workflow.
Achieving “inbox zero” might seem hardcore, because not a lot of people have the tenacity to follow through. Because staying organized requires focus and dedication, especially if you’re subscribed to tons of newsletters like me. (I have a serious case of FOMO.) SaneBox, like the name suggests, keeps your mind sane by cleaning your inbox and snoozing emails for later.
Reading and browsing for inspiration are some of my favorite things to do. Whether it’s on Pocket or my Twitter feed. The downside? Finding great content can be difficult if you don’t have the right tools. That’s why Feedly is my go-to source. It allows me to carefully curate lists based on my interests—making the process of discovering, reading, and monitoring content a simple task in my daily routine.
Monitoring your brand is a big part of managing how people perceive your company. Need help with that? Enter Hootsuite. This tool lets you view several social media streams at the same time. From mentions, to direct messages, to scheduled tweets—Making it awesome for a social media team, customer success departments, and support channels.
My favorite feature? Bulk uploads. Being able to upload tweets for several different purposes is very helpful. Mostly because we can take care of that task at the beginning of the week and not worry about it until the next. Saving a lot of time.
Let’s be honest, multitasking is innate to our career as digital marketers. Tools can help. Your challenge? Setting goals, getting organized, and making these tools work for you.
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Amazon kicked off its 2016 AWS re:Invent conference with a peppering of announcements regarding its EC2 instance roadmap. The company dropped an updated R4 instance, expanded T2 instances, and a new F1 instance. The F1 utilizes field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to offer a solution that is faster than traditional CPU/GPU combinations for quick reprogramming. While those new instances… Read More
AWS fired a shot across Digital Ocean’s bow this morning at the AWS re:Invent conference when it announced new virtual private servers starting at just $5 a month. The VPS service, called Lightsail, allows a customer to easily fire up a server in the cloud for a low price and hide the complexity of the underlying services being used. It’s been designed, according to AWS CEO Andy… Read More
Amazon is rolling out a new tool for users of its Amazon Web Services that will allow them to essentially use just as much GPU power as necessary without using up a full cluster on Amazon’s EC2 instance types. That means companies can tap into just a sliver of GPU power, or a larger amount, on demand as they need it and pay for that amount. GPUs can run a ton of tasks in parallel and have… Read More
So you’ve wanted to get into mobile development and decided that iOS is the way to go. Until recently the choice was fairly straightforward – iOS development included one or two types of devices and a single programming language that had a rich 30-year history. There was no confusion, like with the web, where you had to decide first which language you wanted to learn, then a framework, and so on. Moreover, there were plenty of great resources on how to learn Objective-C and get started with iOS development.
The arrival of Swift on the scene changed everything. Now, not only do we have two languages to choose from when writing iOS apps, but we also have a language that is starting to show signs of usage in web development.
Does this mean Objective-C is dead? Does this mean we should only learn Swift? And which version of Swift should we learn? So many questions! Thankfully, our job here at Treehouse is to make that process much easier for you.
While Swift is certainly the future, this doesn’t mean Objective-C is the past. Based on available jobs and input from the iOS community, our recommendation is that you learn to write code in both languages. With that said, let’s take a look at what you’ll be learning.
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For those of you who only want to learn Swift – for example, if you already have iOS development experience – we have a brand new track for learning the Swift programming language. The goal of the track is to take you from zero knowledge of programming to being completely comfortable with the Swift language. We’ll cover a range of topics over the following courses:
There will also be additional courses including some introductory algorithm, data structures, and design patterns content. We’ll build on top of this standalone language content to cover iOS development, and in the near future, server side web development as well.
In addition to Swift, if you truly want to be a competent iOS developer, then for the foreseeable future a thorough knowledge of Objective-C is required as well. To aid in this task, students can work through our Objective-C track which includes courses like:
Our main focus at Treehouse is Swift and we’ll be doing nearly all of our iOS development with Swift as the primary language. As a result, we’ll only go as deep as we need to with our Objective-C content.
If you truly want to be a competent iOS developer, then for the foreseeable future a thorough knowledge of Objective-C is required as well.
But let’s be real: the main reason we’re learning Swift is so we can build apps for the iPhone and iPad, along with the rest of Apple’s devices. To do that, you can jump right into the Beginner iOS Development track without any prior knowledge or experience with Swift.
You don’t need to know all of Swift to get started writing simple apps, and as a result, the Beginner iOS track incorporates a subset of the Swift language track. Once we know just enough Swift, we’ll jump right into several projects, and by the time you’re done, you’ll have built several apps including one that generates random facts, and another that takes you on an interactive adventure.
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Our courses are carefully planned as a cohesive unit that introduces important concepts and then reinforces them in various ways throughout later courses and projects. We’ve been teaching iOS development for years and have refined the curriculum to lead you naturally from one topic to the next. We’ll teach you a wide range of iOS and programming skills while showing you how to always continue learning on your own, which is essential as an iOS developer.
The real fun, however, begins with the Intermediate iOS Development track, and here we’ll incorporate our knowledge of intermediate Swift, along with some Objective-C, to create apps that communicate via the web, get the local weather, find restaurants near us, take selfies and add filters to them, and much more.
All in all, by the time you’re done you’ll have watched over 50 hours of content and have several projects to showcase.
All of the content mentioned already lives in the Treehouse library using Swift 2 as the primary language. Apple released Swift 3 officially in September 2016, and we’ve updated many of our beginner level courses to Swift 3 already. We should be done updating all of our content by early 2017, and you can keep an eye on our schedule using our public roadmap.
Because many apps and projects out there already use Swift 2, we’ll keep both versions of the content up so that you can continue to learn if you’re already in progress. And if you’re already an expert with Swift 2, you can catch up on just the new differences with X and Y.
If for now, you’re interested in just learning the Swift language, start here. For those of you who want to make something tangible that you can play with, jump into our Beginner iOS track and get started!
Good luck and happy coding!
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Biometric Authentication The explosion of online services that involve personal data, classified information, and the free flow of wealth around the globe has brought with it the need for innovative top-notch security systems. Sophisticated online fraudsters with access to massive resources are able to collect passwords and data, which enable them to cause massive disruptions […]
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Amazon Re:Invent Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, kicked off yesterday (Tuesday 29/11/2016), and speculation has been rife over what to expect from the 4 day AWS event. Ahead of the event, Amazon slashed the prices of their two biggest products, virtual machines and cloud storage services – potentially to make […]
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Consumers, retailers, payment processors work together to reduce fraud and enhance security in this holiday shopping season
Thanksgiving in the United States has already come and gone, and we’ve dived headlong into the heart of shopping season. And the season …
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) found that webcam blackmail cases have doubled since 2015. According to BBC News, the NCA tracked 864 reported cases of webcam blackmail up to November 2016. That’s more than double the 385 instances it recorded in 2015. Police chalk up the increase to sextortion, a type of blackmail […]… Read More
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Civis Analytics, a company founded by the chief analytics officer of Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, has raised $22 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Dan Wagner told me that after the election, he discovered that many organizations — whether they were in politics, government or business — were dealing with problems similar to the ones he faced during… Read More
In the sixth entry of our Getting Ready for Windows Server 2016 blog series, we are going to take a look at the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct and how Citrix XenApp not only “just works” on …
Security Threats Predictions The McAfee Labs 2017 Security Threats Predictions Report has just been released by Intel Security, taking a look at predictions for 2017 along with the future of cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) security. Recognizing 14 threat trends to be wary of in 2017 along with the six most challenging obstacles confronting […]
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Amazon’s AWS cloud computing division is hosting its annual re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas this week. Ahead of the main part of the event, the company today hosted a keynote for its ecosystem partners who sell tools and services for AWS. During the keynote, the company announced a major extension of its partner programs, as well as a few new features for vendors who want to… Read More
Many businesses deploy universal printer driver (UPD) software to streamline printing and printer management in their complex IT environments. When printing is done right, system administrators and users increase their workflow and spend less time dealing with printing problems.
