Posts Tagged ‘Mobile’

CMO.com has an article outlining the price paid by companies who haven’t updated their sites to support mobile.   They are making reference to the fact that Google updates their algorithms to give preference to sites that support mobile vs those that don’t. Indeed, companies that weren’t ready for the so-called “Mobilegeddon” have lost up […]

Confused about the difference between mobile friendly and mobile responsive? You’re not alone. Although these terms seem similar in meaning, they’re actually quite the opposite. For instance mobile ‘friendly’, by industry definition, is a bit of a misnomer. Mobile responsive is actually more mobile friendly than mobile friendly and here’s why. A mobile friendly webpage, […]

With graduation parties coming to a close and the 4th of July has come and gone, we are halfway through the summer and school is right around the corner. Cue the boos and wahs now from kids and young adults but parents are excited to get them back into a regular schedule and retailers are […]

THIS is the year of mobile. No really. This year it really is. If you’ve had a meeting with Google or attended a digital marketing conference or webinar in the past five years, this will sound as a very familiar phrase. For many digital marketing professionals, this statement has become their version of “The sky is […]

In early June, Apple released a new UI testing tool in WWDC 2015. I’ve tried this interesting tool in some of our internal projects during the past three weeks, and I’ve discovered some pros and cons along the way. I share my experiences below: What’s my environment: OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Xcode 7.0 beta 2 […]

  The Merck Manual, first published in 1899 and one of the most widely used and comprehensive set of medical resources for professionals and consumers, has finally decided to stop printing paper versions of the book. Editor-in-Chief of The Merck Manual, Dr. Robert S. Porter, summed up their motivation for the transition nicely: “There will […]

Common API Threats: spoofing, tampering, repudiation, denial of service, unauthorized access, confidentiality violation API Security Considerations:  Identification – Know Your Consumer The common approach to implementing this is using API keys, which are nothing but randomly generated values that will vary for each consumer. Authentication – is Consumer Authentic User-Password over SSl/TSL: the API consumer will be providing a user […]

  Last week, I was fortunate to attend a presentation by Kyle McNabb, VP of Research Strategy at Forrester. He spoke about how empowered customers have given rise to a new era. “The device is not the problem, the problem is what we can do with the device,” he said. McNabb continued to tell the […]

  If you really think about it, it’s quite astonishing that Viagra sales in 2014 grew 47% in China, a country in which discussing sexual health-related topics has long been considered taboo. So, what caused this surge in sales?

1- URL based versioning Easy and very common way to version api is to include version no in api url. For e.g. http://myapi/v1.0.0 , http://myapi/v1.0.1 Easy to use and identify different version by looking URL. Over time need to maintain various urls 2- Using query param Another easy to use startegy for api versioning For […]

Google announced a wide variety of new products and features during the Google I/O 2015 Keynote yesterday.  At first glance, most of them are consumer focused.  Google Photos, Brillo for smart home automation, virtual reality headsets, etc.  However, several of the announcements or themes have an impact on the enterprise world. Globalization and Mobile First Google emphasized many […]

I am always intrigued by technology implementations that accelerate my ability to create robust solutions, especially when they are well architected, proven to scale, and economical.  There are a couple of recent announcements from Liferay that I feel fit this description and are worth looking into:  Liferay Screens 1.0 This exciting new offering further strengthens […]