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Wern Ancheta shows us how to use React Native to create an Android app based on the Pokemon Pokodex that even reads results to you!

Dennis Williams looks at 7 of the best resources for creating animations to bring dazzle and delight to your mobile web and native apps.

Arvindh Sukumar looks at how to create self sizing cells with UITableView and UICollectionView and Auto Layout in iOS 8 to allow for truly dynamic layouts.

Chris Ward looks at the Blink(1) a curious programmable USB indicator light that is highly customizable to suit all needs a developer may have.

Chris Ward looks at Perfect, a new project that promises full stack Swift by introducing the language to server side programming.

Cate Lawrence looks at 6 ways wearables are moving inside our bodies from subcutaneous implants to biohacking and much more.

Wern Ancheta looks at creating a real time chat app based on Cordova, Ionic and Socket.IO

Joyce Echessa shows how to use Google Play Services to add highly interactive maps to an Android app.

Chris Ward looks at the possibilities for Native iOS and Android programming with Go and wonders if the language is a viable alternative.

Wern Ancheta shows us how to use the Facebook API in a Cordova app for authenticating and posting content to a Facebook app

Ethan Damschroder looks at incorporating reading and writing NFC tags into Android apps

Charles Costa looks at the user experience and ethical issues behind programming the coming wave of self-driving cars.

Michele Tameni looks at common techniques for displaying data in Sailfish OS using Lists and Grids.

In the final part of a short series, Mohammed Safwat looks at three options for sharing data between WatchKit Extensions and parent iOS Apps.

Joyce Echessa looks at using Google Play services for recognising user location and activity in apps.

Elio Qoshi looks at Mozilla's recent broadening of Firefox OS into smart TVs, looking at design principles and starting with development for the platform.

Aldo Ziflaj looks at Kotlin, a Java-like language for Android development that fits right into current IDEs and offers many advantages.

Abbas Suterwala looks at using AIDL for sharing functionality between Android apps and services, perfect for developers with multiple apps.

Narayan Prusty looks at the plugins and APIs available for storing local data in a Cordova App and creates an application to demonstrate.

Michele Tameni looks at the recent changes that Sailfish OS 2.0 will bring to the platform.

Valdio Veliu looks at how to use common gestures in android applications and how to create your own custom touch events when needed.

Patrick Haralabidis takes a deep initial dive into coding for Apple's new TVOS SDK and looks forward to coding for the big screen.

Mohammed Safwat starts a two part tutorial on comparing the methods for communicating between a WatchKit extension and its host iOS app.

Jay Raj looks at using PouchDB and the Ionic framework to synchronize local app data with remote central databases.

Deivi Taka looks at how XAML controls in Visual Studio can help beginner programmers create Windows Phone apps.

Thomas Greco looks at the recent changes to Firebase and wonders if it's new offline support now makes it an ideal mobile data store.

People are often sceptical about QR Codes, but they are useful for simple information exchange. Narayan Prusty shows how to scan them in a Cordova app.

Joyce Echessa shows how to use the face detection features of the Google Play Services library for detecting faces and facial features in images and video.

Michele Tameni demonstrates how to program the Intel Edison to easily create powerful IoT applications.

Wern Ancheta shows us how to create a video calling app for Android with Crosswalk and PeerJS.