[TechRepublic] What it's like to work as an app developer

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What it's like to work as a mobile app developer A Senior Mobile Engineer shares four keys of working in app development to help you determine if it's the right career for you. Read more Resource of the day Five Tips to Better Digital Customer Conversations It's not that consumers hate being marketed to, they just hate the way you're doing it. Take a look at this white paper to learn how you can get to know your customer better and give them what they want. Additional TechRepublic resources   Update brings Windows Phone 7 development to Windows 8 A new update finally brings the WP7 emulator to Windows 8 Consumer Preview and adds a new 256MB emulator Read more Get more positive ratings for your app in Google Play Android developer William J. Francis shares a proof-of-concept algorithm that attempts to address various issues with Google Play's user-centric rating schema. Read more Make a countdown timer for a WP7 app Justin James presents his code he for making a countdown timer for one of his Windows Phone 7 apps. He also shares his one frustration with making the timer. Read more Apps of the month (March 2012): Apple Store, Speedtest, Tweetbot, and more In Scott Lowe's latest app roundup, he features the following mobile applications: Apple Store, Alarm Clock HD, Speedtest.net, Tweetbot, and MovieTickets.com. Read more Mobile password managers: Cracking the security mechanisms Password managers for mobile devices are convenient. But are the cached passwords sufficiently protected? Michael Kassner asks two experts to explain the vulnerabilities. Read more Cool iPhone 4S Siri tips Jack Wallen shares some iPhone 4S Siri tips that will make your mobile life even easier. Read more Featured multimedia   LEGO creations at Brickworld Indy 2012 Brickworld Indy was held in Indianapolis, IN, on March 10-11, 2012. Take a look at the LEGO creations that were on display at this year's event. View on site Today's recommended downloads Business Execution: Executive Buyer's Guide (SuccessFactors) S5 Matrix: Building the Enterprise Cloud (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership (SuccessFactors) Blade Servers: Cost effective, Change-Ready Solution (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Silver Peak's Advantages in a Disaster Recovery Environment (Silver Peak Systems, Inc.) Connect with TechRepublic Hands-on with the Google Chrome Development Tools Ryan Boudreaux created a step-by-step look at the set of Google Chrome Developer Tools and demonstrated what you could learn about web pages using these tools to inspect, optimize, and test. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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