Google wants developers to start creating apps for cars by detailing ways they can work with Android Auto. “Have you ever wanted to develop apps for the car, but found the variety of OEMs and proprietary platforms too big of a hurdle?” wrote Joshua Gordon, developer advocate, in a Google blog post. “Using familiar Android … continue reading
Interneer, Inc., a leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Smart Enterprise Apps, announced its decision to rename the company under the new corporate brand Intellect at the company’s 4th annual user conference, Intellect Innovate 2015. The name change to match its flagship product name, sets the foundation for the company’s branding efforts to … continue reading
Synacor Inc., the trusted technology development, multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, internet and communications providers, and device manufacturers, today announced the launch of its Cloud ID Software Development Kit (SDK), which Synacor is rolling-out with its customers to simplify mobile app development and to improve the mobile consumer login experience. With Synacor’s Cloud … continue reading
RhodeCode, a leading player in the enterprise software development market, today announced RhodeCode Enterprise 3, a next-generation source code management system for the enterprise. RhodeCode Enterprise 3 is the only source code management solution that addresses the developer’s preference for choice and flexibility by supporting all major version control systems, Git, Mercurial and Subversion, while … continue reading
Agile is continuing to be a driving force behind software development. VersionOne recently released its results from the annual State of Agile survey and found that 94% of organizations are practicing agile. “Agile is quickly becoming the de facto standard for software development, and five to 10 years from now it is going to go … continue reading
3D Robotics (3DR) wants to make it easy for developers to add custom features or create applications for their drones. The company has unveiled a free and open-source drone app development platform. DroneKit is the company’s API for drone app development, designed to provide a platform for developers to create Web-based drone apps. “Unlike other … continue reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new developer platform for its Messenger application today during the keynote of the company’s F8 developer conference. Along with an SDK available today, Facebook’s new Messenger Platform will enable developers to integrate apps and services directly inline in the Messenger composer. The Messenger applications demoed—apps providing GIFs, text animations, … continue reading
Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (NTVS). The open-source extension for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013 turns Microsoft’s development environment into a Node.js IDE. NTVS has been in development for more than a year. Sara Itani, Node.js Tools for Visual Studio software engineer, detailed the NTVS 1.0 features in … continue reading
The OpenBSD project has undergone a great deal of change in the past year. The open Unix-like operating system removed the Apache httpd server and replaced it with Nginx, only to sub out Nginx soon after for its own httpd server in OpenBSD 5.6, all while trying to revamp OpenSSL with its LibreSSL fork in … continue reading
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced Michael Stonebraker as the 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient for his work in modern database systems. Stonebraker is a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). “Mike has been a trailblazer in the field of databases by asking the … continue reading
Apple has reportedly acquired NoSQL database startup FoundationDB, according to TechCrunch. FoundationDB has posted a notice informing its community it will no longer offer downloads. The company has a scalable NoSQL database with ACID-compliant transactions, and has raised US$22.7 million in two funding rounds during its five-year startup run. Neither company has officially commented on … continue reading
Orasi Software, an Atlanta-based quality assurance software reseller and professional services company, today announced it is expanding its line of software testing utilities. With the addition of the upcoming OPTIC (Orasi Performance Test Intelligence Connector), Orasi will offer seven products targeted to supporting or enhancing test automation, team communication, reporting and process validation, and other … continue reading
