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Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Now Available For Download

New edition of the developer tool promises easier building of apps, quicker bug fixes, and more collaboration

8 years ago

Popular Android Competitor Pulls Plug

CyanogenMod, which gave Android mobile users more control over their devices, has shut down following commercial friction

8 years ago

Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS

Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services

8 years ago

Researcher Warns On Privacy Risks Of Web Bluetooth Spec

Upcoming API aims to let websites access your kettle, smartphone and heart rate monitor

8 years ago

Microsoft Brings App Converter To Windows Store

The company wants to encourage developers to migrate 16 million existing Windows applications to its cross-platform format

8 years ago

Apple Reveals App Store Shakeup To Ease Developer Niggles

Overhaul for App Store rules, but will it ease developer concerns over Apple commissions and app overload?

8 years ago

Two Thirds Of Software Firms Contribute To Open Source

A majoirty of businesses are now using or contributing to open source projects, as adoption of the technology goes mainstream

9 years ago

Bing Lets Users Edit Code Samples In Search Results

Microsoft's search engine now displays editable code snippets for common programming problems directly in results

9 years ago

Canonical Touts 64-bit ARM IoT Developer Platform

IoT developers offered powerful but tiny quad core platform to deliver Internet of Things solutions

9 years ago

UNICEF Seeks World-Changing Open Source Technologies

United Nations to fund startups to develop open source tech to improve the lives of vulnerable children and civilians

9 years ago

New Snapchat App For Windows Phone Under Development

Open source Snapchat app under development for Windows Phone, despite founder's alleged hatred of Windows

9 years ago

Facebook Scraps Flash ‘For All Videos’

Facebook is the latest to switch to HTML5 from Adobe's Flash, following repeated security problems with the platform

9 years ago

IBM Opens Up Watson With Additional APIs

Developer push continues as IBM arms Watson with new crop of APIs for language, vision, speech apps

9 years ago

Yahoo To Close Maps, Pipes And Other Services

Yahoo is to close a number of products and regional websites, as well as end support for older Apple kit

9 years ago

Oculus Stops Rift Mac, Linux Development, Releases PC Specs

The Rift virtual-reality headset will require high-end specs at release - as well as Windows

10 years ago

IBM Joins Ionic For Mobile Business App Development

Businesses to get simple mobile app development tool with IBM's Ionic deal

10 years ago

MIT Boffins Reveal Groundbreaking Integer Overflow Debugger

New algorithm can identify integer overflows, one of the most widely encountered bugs in computer programs

10 years ago

Imagination CI20 Throws Down Barebones PC Gauntlet

British firm reveals more powerful alternative to the barebones Raspberry Pi personal computer

10 years ago

Windows 10 Name Jump Blamed On Coding Shortcut

Developer suggests real reason why Microsoft decided not to name its new operating system Windows 9

10 years ago

AMD Releases ‘Seattle’ 64-Bit ARM Developer Kit

AMD offers its Seattle ARM-based server chips to the developer community

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Programming Languages

Do you know Python from Cobol? Our quiz features languages old and new

10 years ago

Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+

The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives

10 years ago

Fedora Linux Plots Agile Core Future

Members plot a new path forward for the Fedora Linux Project in order to tailor it for more specific uses

11 years ago

Firefox 24 Gains Console Update And Android Tweaks

The next version Firefox offers new developer options and improvements for Android users

11 years ago

Google Updates Action Bar For Android Apps

Android developers now have a backward-compatible version of the Android Action Bar for their apps

11 years ago

Google Enhances Chrome Developer Tools

To make life for developers a little bit easier, Google has added three new tools to Chrome DevTools

11 years ago

Android 4.3 Expands Developer Tool Choices

Android 4.3 offers developers a host of new tools, features, and other development improvements

11 years ago

Shoddy Developer Security Practices Exposed By Study

The majority of developers do not implement any security development procedure when designing apps

11 years ago

Oracle Updates Java Tools For Mobile And Cloud

Oracle updates its Java developer tools to include better support for mobile and cloud technologies

11 years ago

PHP Forever – Andi Gutmans Of Zend

PHP maintains a lead for developing websites, because of enterprise features, says Andi Gutmans of Zend

11 years ago