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The Shift Beyond the Hype: Transitioning from Vanity Metrics to Authentic Business Objectives

Xebia

A vanity metric might be choosing to monitor a few app downloads – and a success (on the surface) would be if you notice a sudden spike in the number of app downloads – seems like a major win. This means that although more people are downloading the app, not many continue to use it afterward.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

A developer can, on a whim, change their mind and do whatever they want with their open source code that, most of the time, anyway comes “as is” without any warranty. Developer Azer Koçulu ran into a trademark dispute with messaging app Kik because his npm package was called “kik.”

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Gravitee nabs new cash to simplify API development and management

TechCrunch

of developers responding said that they expect to use APIs more or the same as in 2021, while only 3.8% Some developer teams are struggling to make APIs useable as a result, leading to duplicated efforts, wasted engineering hours, and missed revenue opportunities. .” think they’ll use fewer. ’ category. .

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FusionGrid – Javascript Data Grid Component to Speed Up App Development

The Crazy Programmer

Since its inception in 2002, the developers at FusionCharts have worked hard to secure the computational resources in multi-institutional surroundings for their geographically dispersed users. The FusionGrid was developed with smartphone devices in mind. Download your trial version of FusionGrid. What is FusionCharts?

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Corsha lands $12M to bring MFA security to machine-to-machine API traffic

TechCrunch

based cybersecurity startup, has secured a $12 million Series A investment to bring multi-factor authentication (MFA) to machine-to-machine API traffic. In an effort to protect other organizations from suffering the same fate, Corsha has developed an automated MFA solution for machine-to-machine API traffic. Corsha, a Washington, D.C.-based

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Ways to Boost Your App Downloads

KitelyTech

In this article, we discuss several ways that your company can boost your app downloads. If you want to boost app downloads , collect and market with social proof. The more social proof that you can collect that appears authentic and positive, the more likely you are to experience an uptick in app downloads.