Monthly Archives: May 2020

The 2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey – 65,000 Devs Share Their Salaries, Top Programming Languages, and More

Stack Overflow just released the results of their 2020 survey of more than 65,000 developers. Just like with Stack Overflow’s past surveys, I’ve combed through their results and summarized them for you, along with my own personal analysis as a developer and a teacher. This article will give

Privacy purists cannot be allowed to block the end of lockdown

Innovations in technology continue to offer hope in the fight against the spread of coronavirus. From thermal sensors which detect symptoms to track and trace apps, it seems inevitable, says Alicia Asin, co-founder and CEO of Libelium, that new technology holds at least part of the key to enabling us to return to some sense of normality. […]

Why are some smart home businesses ‘bricking’ customers’ devices?

Wink recently gave its customers a two-day deadline to pay a subscription for its services or have them ‘bricked’, digitally blocked. Mark Samuel (MS), CEO of Ezlo Innovation, believes that not only is the “buy a subscription or we brick your device” model the wrong way to treat customers, it is also the wrong revenue […]

COVID-19 places Augmented Reality at the heart of the ‘new working normal’

COVID-19 will accelerate the business world’s move to Augmented Reality (AR) and other IoT solutions, as companies across the UK look to adapt to a ‘new working normal’. Jim Heppelmann, CEO of industrial innovation technology specialist PTC, believes the way frontline workers have seamlessly adapted to the benefits of AR to continue to perform their […]

Asset Management Software: Asset Identification & Location Tracking

There are lots of factors to consider when it comes to successfully implementing asset management software, given the seemingly endless options, offering widely varying levels of reliability and accuracy. But regardless of the solution on the table, it should include these two “must-have” components: