The Manifest provides some startling statistics about App development.

Half of all small businesses with more than 50 employees have had an app since before 2017, and half of these spent less than $25,000 developing an app.

https://themanifest.com/app-development/how-small-businesses-build-mobile-apps

Facebook's React Native as the Future of Cross-platform Development.

Excellent outline of what React Native is and why it may be the most successful attempt at making a good Cross-platform framework.

http://www.businessofapps.com/react-native-as-the-future-of-cross-platform-app-development-all-you-need-to-know-about-it/

A very detailed explanation of Serverless Computing with Swift

The first in a series of articles by Matthew Burke of Capital One, where he explains Swift with AWS Lambda.  Good job Matt!

https://medium.com/capital-one-developers/serverless-computing-with-swift-f515ff052919

Tapplock is a biometric padlock that uses your fingerprints to open.

Part of me thinks this is James Bond level of cool, while the other part of me wonders what happens when I am done swimming at the gym, and my waterlogged fingers do not match my normal fingerprint. Wouldn't a combo lock be easier?

https://www.cnet.com/news/get-the-coolest-lock-in-the-locker-room-for-74/

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) allow for persistant HTML mini-app that can be saved on your iOS Desktop.

Maximiliano Firtman explains what PWA are, what they can do, and why the decision to develop them is more valid then every.

https://medium.com/@firt/progressive-web-apps-on-ios-are-here-d00430dee3a7

Social casino game may constituted illegal gambling, according to ruling.

This is going to have a chilling effect on the entire game industry, not just casino games. If you can acquire a "thing of value" in a game, then sell it in real world, you may be gambling.

https://www.lawofthelevel.com/2018/03/articles/gambling/washington-casino-game-gambling/

How about some wearable tech, that you don't actual have to wear, using AR?

An AR Prototype video from Leap Motion demonstrates how you could have wearable tech, that you can control with your hand gestures and finger taps, while wearing nothing.

https://www.roadtovr.com/leap-motion-virtual-wearable-ar-prototype-glimpse-of-future-smartphone/

Direct video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAUULmfjfQ0