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We call this game 'Bluff the Blowhard'
This insurance company's IT shop has strict requirements for documenting development processes and especially code walk-throughs, and that's great -- unless somebody important isn't on board,
Adobe Reader, Edge, Safari and Ubuntu fall in first day at Pwn2Own
During the first day of the Pwn2Own hacking contest, security researchers successfully demonstrated exploits against Microsoft Edge, Apple's Safari, Adobe Reader and Ubuntu Desktop.
AWS offers Alexa developers free cloud credits
Developers interested in extending the capabilities of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant have some more free tools in their arsenal, thanks to a program the company announced Wednesday.
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Apple plans murder for planet of the apps
Apple is about to kill up to 200,000 32-bit apps -- and you should be happy about this
Scaled-back Scala variant cuts ties to the JVM
Taking advantage of the LLVM compiler platform, Scala Native expands language’s opportunities on resource-constrained devices
Duty bound
Programmer is assigned to create software to help recover the import duties for some components in products his company manufactures -- a complex process that's currently done manually by a single user.
Microsoft Teams debuts with a sonic boom
This is the app that could change Microsoft.
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How CIOs cope when mobile app development goes rogue
Business units often develop mobile apps on their own, turning to IT only when things go wrong. Better governance around business units and their mobile app demands can help alleviate the worst pain points.
How much are vendor security assurances worth after the CIA leaks?
Google, Apple, Microsoft and other software vendors are working to identify and patch the vulnerabilities described in the CIA leak, but ultimately this doesn't change the status quo of software security.
Based in C and similar to Swift, Gravity offers portable code for iOS, Android
The embeddable language can be used for mobile and desktop development
Apple and SAP hope to create new class of iOS developers
Apple and SAP are looking to foster a new breed of enterprise iOS developers by simplifying backend systems integrations and moving business services to the cloud.
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2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant Enterprise Application Platform as a Service
We did it again! For the third consecutive year, Salesforce has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the aPaaS Magic Quadrant.
Apple's Swift moves into Tiobe's top 10 programming languages
However, Swift's Apple-centric focus could prevent the language from climbing much higher
Microsoft's .NET Core slowly marches onto Raspberry Pi 3
Microsoft's .NET Core is now making its way to Raspberry Pi developer boards, and an official .NET 2.0 Core is coming from the software company later this year.
Google launches official Gmail Add-on program
Google is making it possible for developers to bring their services into Gmail using new integrations called Add-ons.
Hackers exploit Apache Struts vulnerability to compromise corporate web servers
Attackers are widely exploiting a recently patched vulnerability in Apache Struts that allows them to remotely execute malicious code on web servers.
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Microsoft's Visual Studio 2017 hits general availability
Microsoft’s tools for developers hit another milestone when the company made Visual Studio 2017 generally available. As the name implies, this is the next major release of Microsoft’s integrated development environment.
Google introduces Python library for command lines
The Python Fire library, which Google has already used in its machine intelligence project, automatically converts code into a CLI
Career advice: Work is like 'Game of Thrones,' minus dragons
This month's Premier 100 IT Leader also answers questions on the need for programming skills in QA and conflicts between security and IT ops.
CA to acquire security testing firm Veracode for $614M
CA Technologies is acquiring application security testing company Veracode for $614 million in cash, in a bid to broaden its development and testing offering for enterprises and app developers.
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