Data application infrastructure provider Concurrent has announced general availability of Cascading 3.0. The latest version of the enterprise Hadoop application development and deployment platform improves portability across programming languages such as Java, Scala and SQL, and across Hadoop distributions such as Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR. And it now has native support for compute fabrics like Apache … continue reading
Atlassian has announced the release of Connect for Bitbucket, a new solution that turns Bitbucket into a development platform. Bitbucket is the company’s source code-management and collaboration solution, and Connect for Bitbucket allows developers to build and embed add-ons right into the Bitbucket UI. Add-ons can be built in any programming language and can include … continue reading
Today at AWE 2015, Augumenta, Ltd. announced the release of a new version of its groundbreaking interaction toolkit for smartglass applications. Release 2.0 of the Augumenta Software Development Kit (SDK) is the only developer toolkit to allow integration of both gesture control and smart surfaces, providing the basis for a greatly enhanced and more productive … continue reading
SmartBear Software, a leader in software quality tools for the connected world, has released an update to the core suite of open source tools for Swagger that delivers broad support for the latest Swagger 2.0 Specification. Earlier this year, SmartBear acquired the Swagger API open source project, the leading API description format used by developers … continue reading
Crittercism, a leader of the growing app economy, today announced the Crittercism iOS SDK 5.2.0 supports Apple Watch. Now, Crittercism customers can ensure their Apple Watch apps will provide a stable, fast, and engaging user experience – delivering the same levels of quality users have grown accustomed to on their smartphones and tablets. Apple Watch … continue reading
Apigee, developer of an intelligent API platform for digital business, today introduced Apigee Edge SMB – a new package of the company’s Apigee Edge API management product designed for the requirements of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Apigee Edge SMB provides smaller organizations with a powerful software-as-a-service (SaaS) product for managing, securing, scaling and analyzing … continue reading
Altova today announced the availability of Version 2015 Release 4 (v2015r4) of its Altova MissionKit desktop developer tools and complete line of server software products. This release provides new functionality to greatly increase validation speeds for XML and XBRL, adds frequently requested functionality for EDGAR filing validation, provides support for SQLite databases and the TRADACOMS … continue reading
Alpha Software has announced the release of Alpha WatchBench, an Apple Watch app that enables developers to code iOS apps for the wearable device in JavaScript. Alpha WatchBench is designed for developers to create working prototype apps on an iPhone coded in JavaScript rather than Objective-C or Swift. The app comes with developer APIs and … continue reading
The World Wide Web Consortium announced it has adopted a new Software and Document License. The new license updates the process by which relicensed or unfinished software specifications are given permission for use by other developers and organizations. The new license is compatible with the GPL and permits copying and modification of an initial specification, … continue reading
Apple is looking to make it easier for Android users to jump ship. As reported by IT World, Apple is planning to release a new app later this year that will make it easier for Android users to transition to iOS. The app, called Move to iOS, will move contacts, messages, photos, e-mail, calendars and … continue reading
Today, WiFi signals are almost everywhere, and researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) want to utilize those signals to do more than provide Internet access. The researchers have discovered a way to use WiFi to count the number of people in a given area, even when they’re not carrying a WiFi-enabled device. … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the general availability of its open-source, cross-platform Windows library for JavaScript. WinJS 4.0 will feature a SplitViewPaneToggle control, Pivot custom header areas, hub visual refresh, cascading menus, universal app controls, XYFocus, and content dialog. In addition, WinJS 4.0 includes support for the latest versions of leading browsers and wrappers for AngularJS, Knockout.js … continue reading
