African companies and govts need to work harder to benefit from growth potential – McKinsey
Some of Africa’s economies have been experiencing significantly less accelerated growth than five to fifteen years ago, having started experiencing a marked slowdown as a result of lower resource prices and higher sociopolitical instability. This is despite the bulk of the continent’s countries showing improved growth rates since 2010/11, according to a new McKinsey Global Institute report, titled ‘Lions on the Move II’.
Read MoreAndroid heading for major tools update
Dave Burke, vice president of engineering at Google, took the stage to discuss the company’s mobile platform. For Android N, he said, the team set about rewriting how a lot of the fundamental systems work.
Going beyond the code: Things developers should care about Read more
Software has become a key factor in the success or failure of a business. Every industry is going digital, and with most of the world already “plugged in,” their software needs to be fast, easy to use, bug free and useful. Development shops are the powerhouses to creating this software, but be successful, a developer’s job has to involve more than just code.
“Developers are responsible for taking clients’ wishes and making them come to life, taking users’ needs and coming up with a solution for them,” said Alyssa Nicoll, content developer at Code School.
Read MoreUK engineers develop shape-shifting electronic device
A handheld, shape-sifting computer could pave the way for a new generation of multi-functional devices its developers have claimed.
Cubimorph, created by engineers at Bristol University, in collaboration with academics at the Universities of Purdue, Lancaster and Sussex, holds touchscreens on each of its six module faces and uses a hinge-mounted turntable mechanism to self-reconfigure in the user’s hand. It can for instance, instantly transform itself from a phone into a games console.
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Robots get creative to cut through clutter
Why are engineering firms struggling to recruit graduates?
Reports of a graduate engineer shortage are common yet competition for jobs remains fierce. Our roundtable panel proposed some potential solutions to the industry’s graduate problem.
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