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December 2015
The automotive industry has long been seen as a laggard in terms of technological progress. Compliance with safety regulations and the capital intensive nature of R&D and production means that innovation cannot be as rapid as in the IT industry, for instance. However, the changes that make it through are…
Why Realm?
RealmĀ is a mobile database framework for iOS and Android. It is designed as a replacement for SQLITE and Core Data. I stumbled upon the Realm database while looking for a better database for Collect, our mobile-based data collection tool. It has a complex database structure for saving and retrieving of…
AIDS and HIV in India: What the Data Says
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) have had the misfortune of being associated with more stigma than they deserve. This very impenetrable wall of myth and stigma around the disease has made treating the condition and curbing its spread an exhausting challenge for the world organizations and…