Mike and I discuss threat modeling – the process of systematically creating “abuse cases” for your mobile application and other tactics that help software developers learn to secure their mobile apps.

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In this clip, we discuss two of the main concepts of mobile app security – application sandboxing and secure data storage.

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Sitting in a ski lodge in Jackson Hole, I interview Mike Zusman, mobile security expert, on how mobile security is a whole different ballgame than traditional web app security. Why? The answer might surprise you.

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Next -> Mobile App Security – Two Key Issues

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I sit down with Vida Ha, co-founder and lead engineer at Ifeelgoods, and discuss their use of various Amazon cloud services (AWS) in their startup’s infrastructure.

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Next -> Ifeelgoods Data Architecture

 

Vida talks with me about the various types of data stores Ifeelgoods uses for online and offline processing.

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Next -> Scalability Considerations at Ifeelgoods

 

We discuss how they’ve planned for scalability in their architecture, especially as it relates to the growth of their consumer data.

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Next -> How Ifeelgoods Prevents Online Fraud

 

In this fascinating clip, Vida explains how Ifeelgoods has innovated by using a rich set of social data to create fraud detection signals in their platform.

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In this interview, shot in Shanghai, I interview Ricky Ye, the founder of DFRobot, on some interesting aspects and real-world applications of Arduino, the easy-to use hardware platform with a simple programming interface.

If you’re a software dev that’s always been just a little afraid of hardware (like me), check out our conversation and you’ll likely get cured.

And then go read up on Processing. It’s even simpler than Java.

(If you’re interested in learning more about Hackerspace Shanghai, where this was filmed – you can find it here.)

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Dag Liodden, VP of Engineering at Tapad, an NYC startup in the mobile advertising space, talks with me about what Tapad does, the high-scale requirements of their business, and why they moved off the cloud.

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Next -> Scala – How Tapad Uses It & Why They Chose It

 

Dag talks about their No (“not-only”) SQL strategy and how they optimize their platform with different types of data stores for their various needs. We also have an interesting conversation about column-oriented dbs.

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Next -> What’s it Like to be an Engineer at Tapad?

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