SQL vs NOSQL? When and why…

As promised a few months ago, I am writing this to provide more details over the technologies discussed on the Microsoft Summit 2014 agenda. One of those technologies is NOSQL. David Chappell in his "NoSQL on Azure: An Introduction" presentation has brought a few interesting ideas over why you should use NOSQL, when you should use it and what happens Continue reading →

Ever heard of Ubuntu Phone? What about FirefoxOS or Sailfish?

Everywhere you're looking someone is on a smartphone. Everyone chats, talks, plays or even works on the latest model or wants the latest model of … an iPhone or a Samsung. I use them both and I'm wondering if we're missing something. So I started looking into what's the latest by anyone else but Samsung or Apple and I've observed Continue reading →

Augmented reality – From an image to Microsoft Hololens

A few years ago I had the luck to see, first hand, the first augmented reality commercial apps being developed in Romania. They were interesting, but were lacking a lot of features concerning the proper image detection techniques, 3D model management and putting all that in a functional app. Now after a short period of time Microsoft has announced the Continue reading →

Taking a pause on our National Day

Bolboci Dam

Although it might seem hard to leave projects behind, sometimes you really feel the need to take on a break. What better way to do so then to take advantage of a long weekend that can really make the difference and prepare you to get back to work more ready than ever to develop high quality applications. This is what Continue reading →