The Internet of Things (IoT) is busy connecting the entire world, one home at a time. Amazon recently announced its intentions to conquer the home even more with an entirely new range of Alexa-powered devices including microwaves, kettles and electrical outlets. The industry giant has also announced a partnership with Lennar, the nation's largest homebuilder, who is now manufacturing model homes with fully-integrated Alexa technologies and custom software responses made possible thanks to the Alexa Skill Blueprints. While IoT home takeover might still be awhile away, there is a myriad of other smart gadgets already revolutionizing various areas of our homes.

If you’re a newbie in the world of programming, you’ll likely come across a number of terms and words that make no sense to you. In order to become a proficient programmer, you need to learn how to speak the correct language which includes words like back-end, API, GitHub that should become a regular part of your everyday vocabulary.

Over the past couple of years, the field of Artificial Intelligence has been expanding at a frenetic pace. It seems like every industry in the world — gaming, manufacturing, agriculture, health-care, logistics, etc — are hustling to incorporate AI solutions to enhance their customer experience and productivity. Many of the major AI solutions that will have the largest impact on our lives haven’t gone mainstream yet. But regardless of whether AI-driven smartphones or autonomous cars get to the finishing line first, it’s clear that we’re at the advent of the AI era.

Cyberattacks have become commonplace over the past decade. In fact, in 2016, cybercrime cost the U.S. economy between $57 billion to $109 billion.

An increasing number of devices are being empowered with online connectivity as part of a widespread shift towards the Internet of Things (IoT). This process brings sensors, actuators, machines, appliances, consumer products, and more onto computer networks, which allows data to be sent to and from these newly intelligent devices. IoT and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) provides businesses with the means to better communicate with the various hardware, equipment, and vehicles involved in their operations, and it equips consumers with connected devices that businesses can tap for data analytics and sales messaging.

DevOps represents a phenomenal work culture wherein the requisite tools and techniques are in a constant change of flux — evolving with time at a breakneck pace that can render the previous year’s techniques archaic. As such, it’s imperative to keep abreast of DevOps trends to enhance the process of software development.