Think outside the Box (and your wallet)
You are an inventor, you have a great idea for a new piece of technology but you don’t have the resources to properly explore your ideas and bring them to fruition. You don’t have any great amount of disposable income and there is no one willing to back you. You don’t want to do a half hearted job as you’re worried that if you don’t get it right first time, then you will have lost your chance and your dreams will be over.
‘Specific Use’ Applications
It might seem strange to think that it is now ten years since the largest social network every created was first dreamt up in the dormitory of an American University. It’s uniquely recognisable symbol is everywhere and can be used to access almost everything. It is undeniable that social networking has completely changed the way in which we interact with people as well as how we approach our day to day communications with one another.
Working with Canvas – The new technology of vector animation
Use of HTML5 gives developers new horizons in animation implement for their websites. There is no need to use outdated Flash technology or to overload traffic with large images, you can simply familiarize with a few norms of creation of motion interpretation by canvas redraw.
Application Security: The Essentials – Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
In this, our final article in our series on the essentials of Application Security, we will be looking at Insufficient Transport Layer Protection. This occurs when an application has failed to properly encrypt network traffic, which means that confidentiality and overall integrity has been compromised. ITLP also covers the times when applications network level security is weakened; this can be because of flaws in algorithms, improper use of certificates and use of security certificates which have expired.
Application Security: The Essentials – Failure to Restrict URL Access
It is often the case that applications will contain URL references to its separate pages through the use of protected links and buttons. The content to which you link depends entirely upon the application and its function; however, you should consider every link to be a potential gateway for an attack. Within an application, there is likely to be references to pages which contain confidential or sensitive data and unless you have correctly configured the restrictions; anyone with network access could potentially access private pages.
Apps for Business
In this next article in our ongoing series on the future for application developers, we now turn to applications which are commissioned and made for business. The stereotypical image of a businessman with both his suitcase and email-enabled phone hastiled checking, reading and replying whilst on the go.