Microsoft is building a team of Rust developers, both for internal work and collaboration with the community.
Google’s Flutter Now Boasts 2 Million Users
Google’s open-source user interface (UI) framework has already hit the 2 million user milestone, just 16 months after release.
Core GitHub Features Free For Everyone
GitHub has announced that its core features, including private repositories with unlimited collaborators, are now free for all users.
Apple App Store Growing Fast, Paid $20 Billion to App Developers in 2016
The Apple App Store has paid out over $20 billion to developers in 2016, which is an increase of over 40% over 2015, according to Apple. They also said that January 1, 2017 had the highest dollar volume of app…
Social Media Pulse Model Predicts Tweet Explosions
“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…
New Amazon F1 Instance Reduces Capital-Intensive and Time-Consuming Steps in App Development
Amazon’s is making news about lots of interesting things at its AWS re:Invent 2016 conference currently underway in Las Vegas, and their just announced AWS F1 Instance is no exception. “Today we are launching a developer preview of the new…
Microsoft Democratizing AI with Cognitive Toolkit Release
Microsoft is changing folks, it’s no longer the hated technology company that hoards power and technology. Today, Microsoft released to developers an updated version of the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit that uses deep learning so that computers, using huge data sets,…
Google+ Upgrades to a core Google Apps for Work Service
The Google Apps Team has announced on their blog that starting today, Google+ is considered a core Google Apps for Work service when used within a domain or corporate intranet. This gives Google+ the same level of technical support as…
Amazon Kinesis Analytics Announced for AWS Developers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making available Amazon Kinesis Analytics, enabling continuous querying of streaming data using standard SQL. This allows developers to create SQL queries on live and continuous data for real-time analysis. No new programming skills are needed.…
Snap a Photo and Find Related Items on Pinterest
Pinterest is on the cutting edge of visual recognition technology which matches images with other similar images accurately enough to show related items next to images that have no text at all. Coming soon is a feature that will allow…
Google Launches New Android Feature ‘Nearby’
Google launched a cool… and I think very useful feature to Android today called Nearby. Nearby uses Bluetooth to seek out nearby beacons that are connected to Android apps on your phone. Developers of ecommerce or in-store related apps are…
Watch F8 Live Right Here Via Facebook’s Official Stream
Facebook’s F8 developer conference begins today in San Francisco, but you don’t have to be there to see the opening keynote from Mark Zuckerberg or some of its stand-out sessions. You can view these right from the player below beginning…
Search Bing For Code, Edit It Right In Search Results
Bing has teamed up with HackerRank on a new way to search code and see it run in a live coded editor within Bing’s search results. Rather than looking through sites like Stackoverflow, Stackexchange, and blogs, you can search from…
Facebook F8 2016 Conference Is Open For Registration
Facebook just announced that registration is now open for F8 2016. IT takes place in San Francisco on April 12 & 13. F8 2016 – Registration is Now Open! Come meet with other developers and innovators who are excited about…
Apple Discontinues iAd App Network
Apple announced that it is discontinuing the iAd App Network this summer. To be clear, it’s not shutting down iAd itself. App developers will still be able to run ads in their apps. The iAd App Network is an offering…
Facebook Launches Audience Network
Facebook introduced the Audience Network at its f8 developer conference in April. This is its new mobile ad network, which lets mobile apps monetize through Facebook’s 1.5 million active advertisers. The network is now “open for business,” as the company…
WWDC: Here’s How to Watch Apple’s Event Live
Apple, who is rather inconsistent with their live streams, has decided to let the world in on their Worldwide Developer’s Conference keynote today. You can stream it live on Apple’s event site–if you have the right Apple device. In order…
Apple’s WWDC Keynote Will Be Live Streamed Next Week
Apple has just announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will be available to stream online this year (or at least the keynote address). Apple has a history of streaming some major events and leaving us in the dark of…
Mark Zuckerberg Buys 4 New Homes For More Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg is worried about privacy, and as a result he decided to buy four houses that were owned by neighbors of his. He bought four houses near his home in Palo Alto, California that were not even on the…