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You have a device in your pocket that can answer lots of questions. Want weather info? Need a ride downtown? Can’t remember the exact rate at which glaciers melt? A search takes just a moment. But can it really answer any question? How about: “What’s that castle in front of me?” Or: “Can you translate the whole restaurant menu?” So, today we are tackling the subject of Computer Vision.

The industrial Internet of Things makes it possible to gather various data that businesses can use to their benefit. What if we told you that such data can be used to study and improve a product even before it is launched? How about extracting value from a product and testing all kinds of “what-if” scenarios without physical interaction? That’s exactly what Digital Twins are designed to do.

The software helps manage whole factories and large retail stores using smartphones and computers. Apart from such hefty tasks, the software allows us to do more trivial things with ease — for instance, calling a cab or ordering a pizza. The process of developing software may differ greatly as to complexity, specifications, time and budget constraints, the composition of the development team and its members’ skills, as well as the client’s needs. Different development methodologies may be needed, depending on all of those factors. Let’s review several common models.

Wikitude is a powerful AR Software Development Kit for iOS and Android platforms.

The IoT, or Internet of Things, is a progressive technology that allows for building networks of any scale that allow different types of devices to collect, process, and share data among one another and the Internet. Tracking and tagging are among the most important features the IoT provides.

The pace at which IoT systems are being adopted is impressive: as Gartner predicts, by 2020 there will be 20.6 billion connected devices, compared with just 8.4 billion in 2017. That’s all thanks to various new technologies that are contributing to connected infrastructure. Let’s review the tech that boosted the expansion and development of the Internet of Things projects in 2019.

We have already covered the concept of the Smart Farm — the result of the Internet of Things technology being applied to agriculture. Today we will dive a bit deeper into how the IoT platform streamlines farming.

Companies from a diverse range of industries often choose Java as a priority. Java is a general-purpose language suitable for a variety of projects, from simple one-task apps to complex enterprise systems.

Whether you’re creating a mobile application, a website or a full-fledged CRM, the process of software development quickly gets messy. That’s why it’s vital to start with a plan that includes each step necessary to get your project from prototype to finished product. How do you create such a plan? Today we’ll answer that question — plus a few more.

For the second year in a row, HQSoftware is one of the most successful companies.