How can you avoid the headache of having multiple heavy features or services on your web app? You may add more resources or refactor, or perhaps pile up on external services – but that doesn't help when users come back with more requests for new features. We look at how combining Node.js with Lambda AWS and Serverless can solve some of these problems.
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What is augmented reality? Augmented reality has become quite a popular term in the past few years thanks to Google Glass, but the idea is older than the first Android phone. Do you remember the Terminator movie? The main hero’s vision mapped the nearby area and displayed additional information about objects or people. And that, in essence, was AR.
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According to Statista, as of Q3 2019, there are almost 2.5 million apps in the Google Play store and 1.8 million apps in Apple’s AppStore. The demand for mobile apps is constantly growing. In 2018, the number of mobile app downloads worldwide reached 194 billion, compared to less than 145 billion in 2016.
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Most web applications are fundamentally similar – they get input from users then process and store it. The end result usually shows the processed input to users in the form of an output. These applications are usually called CRUDs – this means that the infrastructure (the core components that work together) needed to support a typical product can stay almost the same for most startups. This article will show you the core components and how to design your infrastructure in a way that it is efficient, scalable and cost-effective.
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When you build a great product it will eventually attract more and more users who will expect performance and availability. As the app grows and over time it handles more requests per minute. If you’re not prepared for this, app performance will drop and you will potentially lose your audience. This article will show you what to pay attention to when building a scalable app.
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Rapid advances in technology allow us to observe our environment on a larger scale and in greater detail. Due to this fact, the popularity of hyperspectral imaging is increasing, especially in agriculture, ecology and environmental monitoring, urban planning, and many more. Applications are limitless, such as detecting concentration of greenhouse gases, monitoring crop irrigation levels to prevent crop waste, or detecting and classifying pollution of water bodies.
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Digital Transformation is in full swing in the banking sector, and it’s brought along a number of crucial advantages to financial institutions. But mobile banking – possibly the most important innovation from users’ perspective – comes with a number of risks. In this article, we will look at why security is such a complex issue for banking, and we’ll analyse ten security flaws that no mobile banking app should have.
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Booking a room can sometimes be a challenge, especially when you are in a hurry and your meetings pop up unexpectedly. We all have situations in which we try to make a room reservation on the phone while moving from one place to another, which is not the most convenient option. That’s why at one of our hackathons we came up with an app which will allow us to make room reservations instantly, without having to open our computers and with minimal interaction with our phones.
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Mobile banking apps are bound to become the most important channel for bank customers to access banking services. CACI predicts that by 2021 mobile banking will become the biggest channel in terms of users in the UK. Apps will overtake high street branches to claim the number one spot. The study shows that the proportion of customers using apps for banking will continue to rise in the UK over the next four years, reaching 71% by 2024. Currently, it oscillates around 45%.
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UX Review is a service with the potential to dramatically increase the business value of your product. The process involves a thorough analysis of your product, with a strong focus on user experience and business value.
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