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Coursera: A Trans-Institution Specialization on Mobile Cloud Computing with Android
This blogpost is written by Adam Porter of University of Maryland, Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White, from Vanderbilt University about their Android Specialization on Coursera! Every day, hundreds of millions of people around the world use handheld devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to run software applications that: direct them to the places they want to go, securely provide information about the people, locations, goods, and services near them, and let them interact with the people they care about and do business with. So, what do all these applications have in common? Increasingly, they rely on a powerful trio of computing technologies, collectively known as mobile cloud computing, where applications are designed to run on smart mobile devices, connected to powerful computing services that are accessible over commodity wireless networks. So where can students go to learn how to program mobile cloud computing applications and services? That’s easy! Through the Cour…