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How to Keep People from Uninstalling Your Mobile AppMobile marketing firm Swrve has discovered that just 26 percent of users actually return to an app for a second time two days after opening it. After seven days? Developers can expect around 13 percent of those who downloaded their product to make a comeback. That's a problem, but it can be fixed. | 
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What Apple’s Swift Means for Developers, Testers, and Businesses Apple surprised people at the Worldwide Developers Conference by introducing Swift, a brand-new programming language for OS X and iOS application development. What will this mean for developers, testers, and businesses who have poured time and resources into developing Objective-C expertise? |
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Thinking about Going Back to School? Georgia Tech Offers Online MS CSThe Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing rolled out the first accredited Online Master of Science in Computer Science program in spring 2014. Offered in cooperation with AT&T and Udacity, students can earn a degree through the massive open online courses (MOOCs) delivery format. | 
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Responsive Website Design Versus Mobile SitesJust ten years ago, it was rare for anyone to access websites from their phones. Now, in today’s Internet-focused economy, many websites are seeing nearly a third of their traffic coming from mobile and smart devices. Read on to see if a responsive web design or a mobile site is the answer for you. | 
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Smart Devices Looking to Make You Sleep Better A new crowd-funded project wants to go beyond listing your burned calories and accelerated heart rate. The Sense device is looking to not only monitor your unique sleep patterns but also help you wake up exactly when your body is telling you to. |
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Smart Home Software Coming Together through Wink Hub Tech As of now, the prospect of upgrading to a smart home appears both too expensive and too complex for the average consumer to manage. However, central hubs coming from companies like Wink are looking to bring all of the unique software together in one easy-to-find place. |
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Google Chrome's Quirky TickGoogle's web browser, Chrome, has a quirky tick. Literally. Chrome's programming is speeding up the system clock tick rate on computers running Windows. The end result of this tick-rate dilemma is an increase in battery power consumption by as much as 25 percent. |
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Brain-Computer Interfaces: Should They See the Light of Day?A brain-computer interface (BCI) aids in gathering data based on neuro-signals from the brain, including brief but important pieces of information such as a person’s reaction to specific events. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the potential uses of BCIs and whether they should see the light of day. | 
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