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Node.js at Roweb

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous on July 21, 2015.

On the Romanian market, Node’s adoption is starting to take off, with the current demand exceeding the available specialists’ offer. To stay ahead of the game, we put together a team and provided them a full-time paid training in Node.js. One of our projects, Ezebee, a self-marketing platform that combines the functionalities of a social […]

Internet of Things expansion predictions

This entry was posted in Technologies on July 17, 2015.

A McKinsey study tries to quantify the economic impact of IoT on our near future as it is expected to usher in improvements to machines’ reliability and to our lives. According to this study the annual value of IoT apps may reach around 11% of the world’s economy by 2025. They assume that governments and […]

5 Great Use Cases for Node.js

This entry was posted in Technologies on July 10, 2015.

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime that untangles concurrency by replacing the Java platform’s standard, multi-threaded approach with single-threaded, event-driven I/O. Node.js is a divisive topic in the programming world: it would seem that for each enthusiastic supporter praising its advantages, there is a vocal counterpart highlighting its shortcomings, or at least […]

Roweb Project Manager Breaks Personal Half-Marathon Record

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous on June 22, 2015.

At Roweb, maintaining an active lifestyle is part of our company culture, therefore we encourage our colleagues’ participating in sports competitions. Last week, our colleague Stefan managed to brake his personal half-marathon record, by running in the 1st edition of Brasov International Marathon. An IT project manager during work hours, Stefan is a running enthusiast […]

Roweb Summer Internship 2015

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous on June 22, 2015.

Roweb believes in supporting young talent, and therefore wishes to extend to students the opportunity to intern at our company during this summer. The internship programs focus on three technologies – .NET, PHP and Android – and, at the end of the program, the most talented interns will have the possibility to become full-time Roweb […]

Adapted Android and iOS apps to run on the upcoming Windows 10

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous, Technologies on June 8, 2015.

Good news for developers at this year’s Build Conference: application developers will be enabled to modify and adapt Android and iOS applications to run on Windows 10. We’re talking about two new software development kits (SDKs), that Microsoft says is going to enable developers to use C++ and Java on Windows 10 and Objective C […]

Anticipatory computing – the path to the near future

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous, Technologies on June 5, 2015.

Technological advancement dedicated to the best user experience is the dream that many software development and tech research companies pursue. This dream raises huge challenges and many questions, but probably the most frequently recurrent question is “How can a computer or device anticipate the users’ needs without driving them crazy?” Anticipatory computing could, for example, […]

Top 3 eCommerce tools to help you boost sales

This entry was posted in Technologies on May 29, 2015.

The latest reports indicate that retail sales will increase constantly throughout 2015 in the US, reaching almost $5000 billion. Only the eCommerce part will experience a 14 percent increase in sales and it is predicted to hit $279 Billion. But sales are going to grow constantly worldwide in the months to come, after reaching bottom […]

Roweb’s jogging team attended Wings For Life World Run

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous on May 6, 2015.

Wings for Life World Run is one of the biggest charity marathons in the world, starting in the same time in 33 countries. This year, the event took place on the 3rd of May, and it’s main goal was to fund scientific research and clinical trials around the globe aimed at healing spinal cord injuries. […]

On start-ups Part II: staff augmentation services advice

This entry was posted in Miscellaneous on May 4, 2015.

Staff augmentation software or product development as a startup can be a difficult decision, especially for non-technical startup founders. Many entrepreneurs are far more comfortable with staff augmentation services more than other peripheral aspects of their business, such as HR or accounting, but choosing to hire in-house developers can put a huge strain on your […]