In 2014, Apple introduced a new programming language called Swift. Though that might not seem like much to everyday users like you and me, this announcement was actually a pretty big deal for the ...

Right at the end of the WWDC 2016 keynote, Apple announced Swift Playgrounds. This is a new app from Apple that is designed to allow children to learn to program on an iPad. This is a first from Apple ...

The iPad app starts with easy programming techniques but moves well beyond the basics as you send a character around an island in the sky to collect gems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

If you have an iPhone or iPad app idea but no idea where to begin, start with these great resources Now is a great time to start programming in the Swift programming language on iOS. But where to ...

Five years after Swift 5, Apple's open-source programming language has been released in version 6.0. The release primarily completes the preparatory work of the last point releases in the area of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive companies, technologies and usage models. Last June, Apple kicked off Swift Playgrounds for younger ...

If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions. In the middle of a keynote filled with the sorts of announcements you'd expect (even if the details were ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...