Android
Programming language utilizes specialized form of Java. Android is
known to be a software stack consisting of an operating system, key
applications and middle-ware. It is ideal for different kinds of mobiles
and tablets.
that provide a detailed description of all
the aspects of an Android App along with the capabilities of an Android
platform. Please refer to the links below-
1. Official Developer Tutorial
– This is made by the android community and open source developers. It
is a getting started tutorial designed for beginner developers.
2.Official Developer Tutorials Community - This is created by android community and is designed for experienced developers.
3.Tutorial by Lars Vogel -This is free single page web based tutorial created by Lars Vogel.
4.Android Tutorials By Core Servlets
- This site consists of a series of android tutorial with exercise for
each section. It also has some other good Java related tutorials for
free.
5.Android Hive
– This is a android tutorials blog by a enthusiastic android developer
(Ravi Tamada) for sharing his knowledge and experience with the world.
Free Video Tutorials
These
video tutorials are a great way to begin with Android. It is a huge
tutorial series that is available online containing tons of free
content, which is bound to teach you coding in the best possible manner.
Please refer to the links below-
1. Chet Haase Android
Tutorials on YouTube - Some great and simple tutorial by maker of Google
and author CHET HAASE on youtube are, please see the links below:-
o DevBytes: View Animations
DevBytes: View Animations
o DevBytes: Property Animations
DevBytes: Property Animations
o DevBytes: Window Animations
DevBytes: Window Animations
o DevBytes: CrossFading Animations
DevBytes: CrossFading Animations
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2.By Udemy
3.By OreillyMedia–
4.By MarakanaTechTV" target="_blank">By MarakanaTechTV
5.By Android User Group
Free
E-books - The web is filled with over a hundred of free e-books on
Android programming containing all the basic concepts relating to the
language, both at the beginner and advanced levels. Please refer to the
links below-
1.Android Tutorial By Stanford University
2.Android Tutorial
3.Commonsware Android
4.Andbook
5.E Reading Llib Android eBook
Are you fond of working on open source projects? Well, open source
projects give a great experience and help you nurture and develop
skill-set. There is no reason why an employer should not value your
experience just because you worked on open source project from home.
Here are five ways to obtain a full time job with open source project
experience.
The Project Reflects You
Make sure that the project that you choose is a good one. It should
look good on your resume. Finding a project that makes your resume look
good can be hard sometimes but if that impresses employers. You need to
make sure that even small small parts of the project are top notch. In
eyes of your employer, you are responsible for each and every part of
the project. For example, if you are working on a project which has
great social impact and user base but it has poor UI and, if your
employer is concerned about the UI, your work will not impress him. It
is important that you cross check the project before choosing, even
small parts of the project reflects your work.
Open Source as Networking
Most of the developers, open source enthusiasts are always in front
of the computer screen but that shouldn’t limit your social interaction.
In today’s world, you can leverage social media and make a great use of
social media to develop your social network. Open source communities
are really large and have great user-base. You can always use LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter to develop a circle of like-minded people. This
network of people are the going to be key players in getting you a job.
Culture
You should know the background of the company before even applying to
it. The company culture can define your future career. If company loves
open source then your work is definitely going to be valued there. If
you love working in some specific office environment, you can work
efficiently and prove your productivity. You need to find a company with
suitable culture for you.
Openly Accessible Work
Everything about open source is very open. In today’s internet era,
everything that you do, all projects that you work on, the discussions
you be part of can be found and seen on the internet. All your open
source work is available to everyone with internet. So you need to make
are that you are very careful in how you present yourself online. Your
future employer is definitely going to run a background check on you
before offering you a job, your image should look very mature and
sophisticated to him at that time.
Interview
It is very important that you mention about your project during job
interview. You can discuss the project in professional manner. You
should talk about the deadlines, bug reports and fixes during the
interview. Do not have very heated conversation about your open source
interview. But make sure that you cover deadlines, documentation,
source-code control and user support for the project during the
interview.
It’s that time of the year once again when lots of predictions are
made for the upcoming year. In last couple of years, cloud computing has
become an integral part of IT strategy across enterprises. Here are
eight cloud computing trends which will drive cloud strategies
throughout 2015 and impact cloud planning processes too.
1. Enterprise workloads will move to the cloud at large:
Cloud migration has been in talks since quite sometime now but it’s
going to be a reality very soon in 2015. It’s not only about Amazon Web
Services but there are Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure which
will make records too, along with service veterans like CenturyLink
Savvis, Verizon Terremark and Rackspace.
2. Hybrid Cloud Computing:
A combination of public or private cloud services and physical
application infrastructure and services is called hybrid cloud
computing. From some recent developments, hybrid cloud computing looks
quite promising as an unified integrated cloud model across internal and
external cloud platforms.
3. Cloud investment optimisation:
As cloud service promise to deliver range of benefits like shift from
capital-intensive to operational cost models, cloud investment
optimisation is on the cards. It can also be used to shift focus of IT
resources to higher-value-added activities for the business or to
support business innovations. These benefits need proper investigation
as lots of challenges might come in their way like security, lack of
transparency, concerns about performance and availability and so on.
4. Containers will get more popularity:
Cloud poses some problems in IT operations but containers have helped
solve these issues. Developers are loving containers and now the
operations teams also need to containerise different parts of an
application, move them to different types of cloud infrastructure and
manage them in parts.
5. Price leadership will see the next step:
In 2015 a two-tier public cloud structure will take shape and the top
tier will be Amazon, Azure, SoftLayer, and Google Compute/App Engines.
But low-price, minimalist infrastructure tiers will be more popular
among independent developers, startups and small businesses, like
Netcraft and DigitalOcean. Lightweight, fast cloud services will be the
biggest trend in 2015.
6. Cloud Friendly Decision Frameworks:
Cloud computing offers lots of important features and benefits like
cost-effective use-based models of IT consumption and service delivery,
and it’s believed almost by everyone now. IT can also focus on new
service with cloud computing. But success of cloud adoption depends on
making the structure optimised according to requirements. First know the
concerns and then proper planning, implementation and optimisation of
cloud strategy are required.
7. Application Designs should be cloud optimised:
Organisations usually transfer their enterprise workloads to the
cloud or an application infrastructure. But to explore the full
potential of the cloud model, applications should be designed which are
cloud optimised.
8. Software-defined security will protect workloads:
Software-defined security will become integral part of
software-defined data centres and accompany workloads into the cloud. If
the network, the storage system, and containers and virtual machines
are defined on the host servers in the software, then the security can
also be defined. Software mapping systems identify system perimeters and
intelligence is fed into a central monitoring system.
The
most crucial part of online business is the way to get in touch with
customers. The best way to do this is real-time chat program. Live chat
software have been around for long time now. Only professional
marketeers have been using these chat programs to communicate with
client and potential customers.
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Live Chat software have great benefits. It’s not just the way of
communicating with new customers but it has huge and wide important
benefit of utilising live chat software on your business website, there
are number of reasons why your business site should have live chat
option. Today we have listed six live chat softwares that you can easily
integrate in your website.
1. Kayako:
Kayako is a
simple customer service software for websites. The installation and
customisation of Kayako is very user friendly. It delivers unmatched
customer support experience to users. The company has been around for
more than ten years now. Kayako is leading online support systems out
there. The software provides really exciting features such as instant
support, referring channels. Kayako has a great incentive to drive
customers to your website. You can even access the geographic
information of your customer using Kayako.
2. LiveZilla:
LiveZilla
lets you separately host Support Server. LiveZilla’s windows client
lets you control all your websites under one dashboard. It is a perfect
contact platform. You can even customize the online web form, your
website visitors can leave you message when they need help. The software
also has strong algorithm to identify and filter spams.
3. LiveChat:
LiveChat
is flexible online chat support software for websites. The software
follows modern design approach for the software platform. The company
has worked hard to provide features for e-commerce sites, social media
and feedback forms. You can sign up on the website at cost of just $39.
LiveChat is a great analytics dashboard tool that can help you
understand the user behavior. The software has annual plan that offers
reasonable discount.
4. Olark:
Olark is focused to
deliver webmasters and business owners to get in touch with their
visitors and potential customers in efficient way. The company offers
easy CRM integration with helpdesk software. The software is very user
friendly. You can choose from already existing templates or you can
access the developer API yourself and build your own live chat system
using Olark features.
5. WhosOn:
All live chat
systems provide more or less same features, the goal of live chat system
is to provide support to customers. WhosOn offers advanced support
feature of video chat and real-time text translation. The real-time
translation lets operator and visitor communicate in different
languages. The software can translate the conversation in both
directions in real-time in over 45 languages. The real-time translation
comes as a premium feature.
6. Zopim:
Zopim is
built in HTML5, which improves the UX of live chat system. The software
is being used by more than 50,000 businesses. The live chat software
provided by Zopim can work seamlessly even on modern smartphone browser.
The lite package of Zopim is completely free. The free version offers
only one person support and history up to two weeks while, the paid
version can be used to support multiple customers at a time.
Big
Data has been one of the trending topics over last few years. Better
yet, some companies have gained expertise in it. However there is still
confusion about how to unlock business potential using Big Data. We are
expecting to see companies explore and grab expertise in multiple
domains related to Big Data in this year. Let’s take a look at five
reasons why 2015 will be a hot year for Big Data.
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1. Security Analyst:
Analysts have played a key role
in detecting and preventing threats last year. According to a recent
survey, organization detects about the security attack after 200 days.
Attackers get to access the victim’s network for over 200 days. In most
cases, victim is informed about the attack by someone outside their
organisation. Data Analysts need to be more aware and productive in
order to spot the unusual event patterns and to prevent these security
attacks. With the fast growing IT industry, network frauds are easy to
spot but they are constantly changing. It is challenging for security
analysts to manage these records. Writing security rules in software
isn't enough these days, the nature of fraud patterns are constantly
changing.
2. Hadoop:
Analysing the data stored in
Hadoop in EMEA is time consuming and expensive. Some new tools will be
introduced in 2015 which will make the analysis of data stored in Hadoop
much more easier. Organisations will be able to gain business insights
from Hadoop in real-time by opening organisation data to new audience.
Number of organisations are testing new Hadoop solutions, which will
bring some affordable solutions in 2015. Some leading companies like
Amazon are also opting for PAYG (pay as you go) method for payment.
Companies these days have freedom to experiment with Hadoop. The new
approach of offering ‘Big Data as a Service’ will enable the small
organisations to identify ROI and possible return on big investment.
3. IoT (Internet of Things):
We
witnessed number of consumer products in field of IoT. 2015 is expected
to bring innovations in IoT. Experts are expecting the conversion of
IoT beyond consumer devices. Organisations are working on revolutionary
tech products that will connect industries like manufacturing,
transportation, construction with internet communication. Manufacturing
is already benefiting from IoT and Big Data. If we link up sensors and
robotics to automate processes, manufacturing industry will have a great
benefit out of it. Manufacturing industry can become much more
efficient if we generate machine data that can be indexed, monitored and
analysed. Implementation of IoT in transportation can be used to
contribute to Big Data which can help in changing strategy that the
industry has been using for long time.
4. DevOps:
With
the growing number of organisations, DevOps all drive the quality of
software and delivery exactly what customers are looking for. DevOps can
be very helpful in analyzing the data generated by interacting with
customers. This analyzed data can be really helpful while releasing new
web app, mobile app or a feature in existing apps. Companies can build
strong DevOps (developer and IT operational analytics) team to predict
the performance and identify issues. With the fast growing software
product industry, DevOps are really important aspect of the company.
5. Mobile Analytics:
According
to the survey statistics, 60 per cent of the traffic to e-commerce
companies is from mobile devices. The mobile app is as valuable as
websites these days. A customer experience on mobile applications is
much more efficient as compared to web app. Developing a mobile app of
great user experience will become essential part of 2015. Analytics will
play pivotal role in both, helping retailers to trailer as well as a
customer journey for mobile and spot usual event patterns that can lead
to potential security threats. DevOps can also help in measuring APM
(Application Performance Monitoring), this can predict application
delivery cycle of apps.
Startup
ecosystem is in boom right now. Innovators are coming up with great
products that focus on some specific problems. They are addressing niche
problems around them. The solutions that startups provide are great
too. 2015 is going to be another hit year for startups in cyber security
industry. Today we have listed twelve security startups to look for in
2015.
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1. Area 1 Security:
The startup was founded last year
by three ex-NSA agents and other professional security experts from
Disney and MIT. The company focuses on identifying targeted attacks
using behavioral analysis. The company has team of experts and has
raised 1st round of $8 million seed fund.
2. BitSight Technologies:
BitSight
Technologies was founded in 2011 by Stephen Boyer and Nagarjuna Venna.
The company rates security of IT services, it ranks services as ‘FICO’
rating. The startup collects security threat intelligence data to put
together risk of leading companies that can be used to evaluate
potential acquisition of targets and partners. The company has raised
$24 million series A funding in 2013.
3. Contrast Security:
The
three year old startup is founded by founder of OWASP, Jeff Williams
and Dave Wichers. The company has a strong goal to help organisations to
improve application security with faster and more transparent platform.
4. CrowdStrike:
CrowdStrike
delivers technologies and services to help enterprises to protect
themselves from threats and security. CrowdStrike is a cloud platform.
The company was founded in 2011 by Dmitri Alperovitch and George Kurtz.
They have successfully raised $30 million series B funding in 2013.
5. Cyclane:
Cyclane
uses machine-learning method to filter files, applications,
executables, services, drivers, libraries and other important factors
that contain sensitive information about the company. The startup has
its own predictive modeling algorithm. The company has high vision of
taking APT detection to the next level. The company is founded by Stuart
McClure. Cyclane has raised $20 million series B funding in last year.
6. Cyphort:
Cyphort
focuses on helping enterprises to deal with prioritisation of advance
attacks against endpoint, network and cloud assets. The platform has
both detection and visibility. The cloud platform offers resolution of
advance cyber attacks. The company was founded in Ali Golshan in 2011.
Cyphort has raised $15.5 million Series B funding.
7. Endgame:
This
is one of the oldest companies in the list. The founders of Endgame
were using data science to solve security problems for the last decade.
Endgame has raised $30 million series C funding in last year. Company
has high vision of expanding its federal and commercial customer base.
The startup focuses on security intelligence and analytics. It was
founded by Nathaniel Fick in 2008.
8. Farsight Security:
Farsight
security was founded by Dr Paul Vixie, who is one of the inventors of
internet and DNS technology. The company focuses on real-time passive
DNS technology that can provide contextual information for reputation
and threat feeds. The startup’s vision is to find out actual threats and
focus on reducing threat feeds.
9. Forgerock:
The
company was founded in 2010 to power security to social and commercial
internet. The company has open-source open identity stack platform. The
company focuses on more on identity relationship management than
security. Startup has great capabilities to help security world. The
company has raised $30 million series C funding in last year.
10. Interset:
The
company was formerly known as FileTrek, they are focusing on Threat
Detection. The company has analytics platform that can help users in
detection threats and behavior. The startup was recognized by Security
Innovation Networks (SINET), it was one of the top 16 innovator winners.
The company has raised series B funding in 2012.
11. Iconic Security:
Iconic
Security was founded by Steve Abbott in 2011. The firm believes in
helping other organisations to get better control over data traversing
through various domains of enterprise. The company offers a software
platform that lets enterprise access control, intellectual property
monitoring, encryption ad policy management. The startup has raised
series B funding worth $25.5 million in last year.
12. Netskope:
Netskope
was founded in 2012 by Sanjay Beri. The startup helps businesses to
gain better visibility in user behavior and data storage trends. The
company focuses on security of mainly cloud application products. The
startup helps users to enforce real-time and detailed cloud app usage
policies. The company has raised $35 million series C funding in 2014.
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