Feedly RSS API Now Ready
When Google killed off its RSS reader a vacuum opened up in the app fabric. Of all of the attempts to fill its place, Feedly is probably the most successful. Now it has an API and you can create...
View ArticleSkype Terminating Desktop API
Developers are waking up to the fact that the Sykpe Desktop API is to be withdrawn at the end of December 2013 - and are trying to reverse the decision with a petition.
View ArticleSkype Relents On API - At Least Part Way
In response to requests from developers and its business partners, Sykpe has decided to continue support for call recording and hardware devices in its Desktop API.
View ArticleBitcore For Developing Bitcoin Apps
Bitpay has launched Bitcore, a native interface to the Bitcoin network that provides the core functionality needed to develop apps for bitcoin.
View ArticleSkype Translator Adds Chinese and Italian
Two more languages - Mandarin Chinese and Italian - have been included in Skype Translator, which provides speech-to-speech translation to enable people who don't understand each other's language to...
View ArticleUnicode 8 Released
A new version of the Unicode standard has been released with new emoji characters and scripts.
View ArticleQT 5.7 Released
The latest version of the Qt GUI has been released just three months after the previous update. Despite the short interval there's quite a lot of changes, including support for the Raspberry Pi 3.
View ArticleProgress Telerik DevCraft Adds Angular Support
There's a new version of the Progress Telerik DevCraft suite with support for Angular, Visual Studio 2017, and JQuery 3.
View ArticleMicrosoft Introduces CoCo Blockchain Framework
Microsoft has developed a blockchain framework that uses Intel technology to bring the protocol more widely into business use. The Confidential Consortium (CoCo) Framework was created to solve the...
View ArticleQt 5.11 Adds Unicode 10 Support
Qt 5.11 has been released ahead of schedule with support for Unicode 10 and a rewritten QML compiler pipeline.
View ArticleQt Version 4.8 Released
The latest version of Qt, the cross-platform application and UI framework is now available and there's a new version of the Visual Studio tools, the final one from Nokia.
View ArticleWolfram Finance Platform Launched
Wolfram Research has released a finance tool that harnesses the computational power of Wolfram’s Mathematica software and applies it to finance workflows.
View ArticleWolfram SystemModeler
A large-scale system modeling environment has been released by Wolfram. SystemModeler is intended as a very general environment that handles modeling of a wide range of systems.
View ArticleEntity Framework Core 2 Released With Drawbacks
Microsoft has released the final version of Entity Framework Core 2.0, alongside .NET Core 2.0 and ASP.NET Core 2.0. Entity Framework (EF) Core is the lightweight cross-platform version of Entity...
View ArticleRails 6 Adds Action Mailbox And Parallel Testing
There's a major update to Ruby on Rails that adds an action mailbox, action text, ability to use multiple databases, and parallel testing. The new version also supports Webpacker by default and Zeitwerk.
View ArticleApache Samza Improves State Management
There's a new version of Apache Samza, an open source framework for developing and running stream processing jobs. Samza was originally developed alongside Kafka by LinkedIn before being made open...
View ArticleApache Isis Updated With New Programming Model
Apache Isis has been updated with improvements, including a new programming model for action parameter negotiation, and a simplified command service.
View ArticleElectron 11 Adds Silicon Support
Electron 11 has been released with upgrades to Chromium 87, V8 8.7, and Node.js 12.18.3. The new release also adds support for Apple Silicon.
View ArticleAngular 12 Moves Closer To Ivy
Angular 12 has been released and the developers say this version moves close to achieving "Ivy Everywhere". Ivy is the code name for Angular's next-generation compilation and rendering pipeline.
View ArticleAngular Gets New DevTools and Feature Request Process
The Angular team has announced a new Chrome DevTools extension and a change to the way feature requests are handled.
View ArticleRuby On Rails 7 Moves To No-Node Default
Ruby on Rails has been updated to version 7 with major improvements that the developers say is the fulfillment of a vision to present a truly full-stack approach to web development that tackles both...
View ArticleAngularJS Reaches End Of Life
The developers of AngularJS have announced that it has officially reached the end of its life, at least in terms of support and updates. The advice for current users is to upgrade applications that use...
View ArticleReact 18 Released
React 18 has been released with improvements including concurrent rendering, automatic batching, new APIs like startTransition, and streaming server-side rendering with support for Suspense.
View ArticleKotlin Async Ktor 2.0 Released
Ktor is a free open-source Kotlin framework for building asynchronous servers and clients in connected systems. As a major new version, Ktor 2.0 adds both new features and breaking changes.
View ArticlewxWidgets 3.2 Released
There's a new release of wxWidgets, the open source cross-platform C++ framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native controls. The new release comes almost nine years after the beginning...
View ArticleNvidia Releases Updated AI Framework
NVIDIA has announced the general availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise 2.1. The improvements to the AI and data analytics software include new support for containers, and for public clouds.
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