“When you notice patterns over time, you have a suspicion that there’s an underlying reason why they happen — and maybe we can encode that in a model so that with just a little bit of data we can predict…
Outsourcing The Development Of Your App? Google Has Some Advice For You.
Google has a new Outsourcing Playbook available for companies who are outsourcing the development of an Android app. The guide explores topics like pitfalls to avoid, things to do to make the app successful, and how to choose a software…
Twitter Has A New Dashboard for Developers
Twitter’s Fabric developer kits have been around for about a year and a half at this point, but in the early months of 2016, Twitter is giving developers some helpful components for using Fabric. In February, the company introduced the…
Google API Console Launched, Separate From Cloud Console
Google announced the introduction of the Google API Console to give developers a better and more streamlined experience compared to existing Cloud Console. Console.cloud.google.com will stay the same, pointing to Cloud Console, which includes all Google Cloud Platform services. The…
Twitter’s Crashlytics Gets Velocity Alerts
Twitter’s Crashlytics announced the launch of Velocity Alerts, which are designed to alert app developers about the most critical issues happening in their apps so they know when they really need to take action ASAP. For the alerts, they combine…
GitHub Launches Podcast for Community Projects
GitHub announced a new podcast called the GitHub Community Cast to give developers a chance to learn more about various projects. The first one, for example, features an interview with Andy Miller from CMS the Grav project as well as…
GitHub Announces New Code Review Tools
GitHub announced the addition of new features to make code review faster and more flexible. These include ways to find what you’re looking for more quickly, the ability to view comments with more context, and the ability to pick up…
Google Gives Game App Developers New Ad Formats, Targeting
At the Games Developers Conference, Google announced some new features for AdWords and AdMob to make it easier for developers to reach the right users and do so at scale. These include the ability to let users try apps before…
Facebook Launches Parse Server Dashboard
As you know, Facebook announced in January that it’s shutting down Parse, its cloud-based platform for cross-platform apps, which lets developers create rich social apps integrated with Facebook across platforms like iOS, Android, HTML5, etc. Parse is to be fully…
Google Launches Analytics for Cast App Developers
Google announced the launch of analytics for Google Cast applications, enabling developers of such apps to see how many devices have access to them, how many sessions said devices initiate, and how long those sessions play media. This can all…