Posted by Dan Albert, Android NDK Tech Lead Android NDK r21 is now in beta! It’s been a longer than usual development cycle (four months since NDK r20), so there’s quite a lot to discuss for this release. We have the usual toolchain updates, improved defaults for better security and […]
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GitHub starts blocking developers in countries like Crimea and Iran, which are under US trade sanctions Microsoft-owned GitHub, the largest source-code repository in the world, is “restricting” users from countries that are facing US-imposed trade sanctions from using its online services. The countries affected are Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, […]
Microsoft to set up 10 AI labs, train 5 lakh youths and upskill 10,000 Indian developers Microsoft India on Wednesday announced its plans to set up Artificial Intelligence labs (AI) in 10 universities in the country in the next three years. The company also plans to upskill over 10,000 developers to bridge the […]
Gmail app developers might be reading your personal emails The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica privacy data scandal had created an unrest when it was discovered that the latter illegally harvested up to 87 million Facebook users’ personal data without their knowledge and consent. Apparently, Facebook allowed thousands of app developers to harvest […]
Windows 10 SDK preview build 17686 now available for developers Last week, Microsoft had rolled out the Windows 10 SDK preview build 17682. And yesterday, the software giant rolled out the Windows 10 SDK Insider Preview Build 17686 for developers. This newly released SDK doesn’t add anything in the way […]
Apple to allow users run iOS apps on macOS Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, announced at Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) 2018 event in San Jose recently that the Silicon Valley giant is working to bring the best of the iPhone to the Mac platform. Although the […]
Developers can now upload apps to the Github Marketplace for free GitHub, a source code management platform, is celebrating first anniversary of its GitHub Marketplace, a developer-focused app store, by opening the marketplace to more developers. It is allowing anyone to list their app along with a free product on […]
Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse investigation In the wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal wherein 87 million Facebook users’ data were collected without their explicit consent, the social media giant has now suspended 200 apps on its platform over uncertainties of misusing user data as part of the first […]
Microsoft is all set to entice more developers (non-game) by dangling higher revenue split in front of them. At Build 2018 conference, Microsoft announced a new developer partnership stake, according to which all the non-game developers would be getting the 95% of the revenue earned from application sales. This step is […]
If you’re seriously into developing apps, staying on top of security issues relating to apps is important. Taking sensible precautions to avoid having to redevelop your app to patch a security hole or receiving game-ending negative publicity over a breach of your data stores is critical when you plan to […]