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Sensitive access tokens and keys found in hundreds of Android apps
A new study performed by cybersecurity firm Fallible on 16,000 Android applications revealed that around 2,500 had API keys and access tokens for third-party services hard-coded into them.
Former Microsoft exec tapped to lead Chinese search giant Baidu
Qi Lu, Microsoft’s former executive VP of applications and services, will be involved with AI efforts in his new position as Baidu's COO
Cut Your IT Backlog by 50% in Minutes
In the past 18 months, IT backlogs have risen 29%, and they are slowing down businesses that need to move more quickly. Learn how you can reduce your IT backlog by 50% in just 30 minutes, while creating a sustainable approach for the
New tool forces JavaScript code correctness
The Prettier formatting tool ensures outputted JavaScript conforms to a consistent style
Got microservices? You'd better secure them
Our modern world of containers and microservices presents new challenges that open new vulnerabilities if left unaddressed
Stop now: Don't become a dead-end developer
Sensing a possible stall in your coding career? Here’s how to break free and tap your true potential
Nim language draws from best of Python, Rust, Go, and Lisp
Nim compiles and runs fast, delivers tiny executables on several platforms, and borrows great ideas from numerous other languages
Early Stage Digital Transformation: Leaving Your Legacy Systems Behind
Are the expenses and hassles of legacy systems holding your company back? Your business may spend around 70% of its IT budget just to maintain aging systems such as SAP, Oracle, Lotus, NetSuite, SharePoint, and more. Yet data is
Social network App.net to shut down, open-source its platform
The developer-centric alternative to Twitter and Facebook might give rise to something new—but it probably won't be a social network
Yahoo adds Screwdriver to devops toolbelt
Yahoo's internal continuous delivery system makes its open source debut, joining a crowded field
New JVM language stands apart from Scala, Clojure
The functional language Eta, a Haskell dialect, can reuse Java libraries, features strong type safety, and is lazy by default
Implementing the prototype design pattern
The prototype design pattern enables you to create new instances by copying existing instances to avoid the overhead involved in creating objects that can consume more resources
Low Code, High Impact: How to Achieve 260% ROI With Low-Code Apps
Have you heard about low-code app development but wonder what it all means for you and your business? For the first time, Forrester Consulting conducted a detailed study, commissioned by QuickBase, of the cost savings and business
New framework uses Kubernetes to deliver serverless app architecture
Still in the early stages, the Fission framework turns any Kubernetes cluster into a system for delivering lambda architecture or serverless applications
Go 1.8 goes for efficiency and convenience
The latest release candidate for Go features HTTP2 Push support and an updated compiler back end for more efficient code
The 6 unwritten rules of open source development
Do you want to be a successful and valued member of an open source project? Follow these unwritten rules
Node.js' success exposes its weaknesses
The server-side JavaScript juggernaut's complexity and vulnerabilities still bedevil many devs
Secure Shadow IT with aPaaS
With as much as 30% of total IT budgets being spent outside of IT departments, technical workarounds by the business, also known as "shadow IT", can no longer be ignored. Many IT leaders are now turning to aPaaS solutions for Citizen
Apache Beam unifies batch and streaming for big data
Beam offers a high-level API and programming paradigm for streaming and batch systems
Should software developers have a code of ethics?
With great power comes great responsibility. What should developers do when faced with ethical dilemmas?
Lambdascript adds functional programming to Python
The language project, still in the alpha stage, works with Python expressions and emphasizes literate programming
Microsoft’s R tools bring data science to the masses
Open source R is key for big data analytics, and Microsoft has infused many of its tools with the language
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