Want to launch a career as a Google-ready software engineer? This training can help for under $20

TLDR:The 2021 Google Software Engineering Manager Prep Bundle goes deep into vital areas of web development, including data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. As you can imagine, working for Google is the brass ring for a software engineer, offering the chance to ply your trade with the absolute best of the best. Google receives over 2 million resumes every year, but theyonly hire about 4,000 new employees. That means if you have aspirations of working with pinnacle talent on next-level technology, you better know your stuff....

3 min · 433 words · Kristen Brown

Want to learn a new language? Memrise will draw you a picture.

MemriseCEOEd Cookehas a bit of that crazy professor aire about him. With a shaggy mop of hair, he stood on stage for five minutes quoting poetry from memory before even presenting his product on Demo Day for the Boston class ofTechStars. But there’s a method to Cooke’s madness, and that method is precisely whatMemriseis bringing to the public. Cooke states that he wasn’t born with an innate ability to memorize things, but rather he’s perfected a method over a number of years and is capitalizing on it with language-learning site Memrise....

3 min · 509 words · Anthony Zamora

Want to learn how to cook Middle Eastern cuisine? There’s an app for that

Shahiyafirst launched as a Middle Eastern foodies’ social network, and the success of the site has since led to the launch of an iPhone app based on recipes submitted to the site. The nameShahiyaliterally meansAppetite. Based in Lebanon, the bilingual Arabic and English site is the brainchild of Carole Hani, Hala Labaki and Daniel Neuwirth. The site is 100% user-generated, and sets itself apart from other similar sites by focusing on cuisine almost entirely from the Middle Eastern region, with a few extras here and there....

3 min · 589 words · Diana Anderson

Want to learn to build a mobile app? There is a class for that

The University of California San Diego ExtensionOffers new certificate program in App Development to help meet the need for app developers for cell phones and other wireless devices. The Mobile Applications Certificate Program is led by the Digital Arts Center, the one-year, two-night-a-week certificate is an advanced training program for smartphone application enthusiasts and industry professionals. If you are interested in pursuing a carrer in mobile app development, this certificate is aimed at to expand your design, programming andsoftware development skills....

3 min · 584 words · Shelly White

Want to make money on the Android Market? Build a weather or business app.

As smartphone use continues to boom and application marketplaces continue to thrive with rich, innovative and entertaining apps, many have begun to recognise the potential to generate significant revenues from them. If you intend on making an application for Android device owners, new research fromResearch2guidancereinforces that if a developer targets a less competitive but more price-intensive category of apps, they have the potential to lift their potential revenue by 900% – particularly if it is a Weather or Business application....

3 min · 476 words · Kelly Johnson
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