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Microsoft Buys Xamarin To Help Devs Port Apps To Windows 10, Kills Off Project Astoria
Xamarain cross-platform tools hope to make Android porting easier, but Microsoft explains clashes with iOS 'Bridge' programme mean its curtains for Project Astoria
IBM Aims To Help Cloud Developers Unlock IT Value
IBM launches 'connect' offerings for IBM Cloud, unlocking existing data and applications for easy discovery and use in cloud apps
Google Brings The Physical Web To Your Phone
Android version of Chrome will now look to link your device to the world
Major Linux Kernel 4.5 Update Released For Testing
The new kernel, version 4.5, includes major driver improvements, including better 3D graphics support for the Raspberry Pi
Escaping The Walled Garden – Four Ways An Open Fintech Ecosystem Will Revolutionise Finance
Thomson Reuters' Albert Lojko explains how open markets and developer ecosystems are changing the fintech industry
Microsoft Unveils App Creation Platform PowerApps
Microsoft says PowerApps is is "an enterprise service for innovators" to connect, create and share business apps with your team
Welsh-Made £4 Raspberry Pi Zero Lowers Cost Of Computing
Raspberry Pi Zero is the foundation's cheapest and smallest ever device and will even be given away with a magazine
Open Source Developers Are ‘Too White And Too Male’
An Apache Software Foundation executive has slammed white men in the Open Source community for stifling diversity among project contributors
All Aboard! HackTrain Event Aims To Use Data To Solve Rail Industry’s Problems
Teams of developers and designers on a weekend train journey will work on innovative railway projects to improve the rail travel experience
Google Play Will Warn Against Ad-Supported Apps
Google continues to add new features to its app marketplace following in-app purchase guidance warnings
Huawei Offers £650m In Funding And Support For Developers
Huawei offers resources and other support in bid to create new applications for networks, cloud and analytics
Qualcomm Sells Off Vuforia Augmented Reality Business
AR platform and developer ecosystem snapped up by PTC for £42m
New £4m Fund Will Support UK Game Developers
Startup developers to be given grants and support as government seeks the next 'Tomb Raider'
A Look At What’s Next For The Linux Kernel
The upcoming Linux 4.2 kernel will have more contributors than any other Linux kernel in history, according to Linux kernel developer Jonathan Corbet
IBM Opens Developer Community For IoT
IBM developerWorks Recipe IoT developer hangout created to share learning experiences and offer tips and advice
IBM Flirts With Developers On Open Source Tech Platform
developerWorks Open platform allows developers to collaborate with IBM on a newly released set of open source technologies
Microsoft Offers $500k Bonus To HoloLens App Developers
Five grants and HoloLens headsets are on offer to successful applicants
Google, Microsoft, Amazon Unite Under Open Container Project
Linux Foundation's Open Container Project also sees Docker and CoreOS agree on the future of the container
IBM Invests Heavily In ‘Important’ Open Source Apache Spark Big Data Project
IBM pledges technology and 3,500 developers to Apache Spark, which will be used by its analytics and commerce platforms as well as Watson Health Cloud
Google I/O – Project Brillo Officially Launches Google Into The Internet Of Things
But we'll have to wait until later this year to see how Google’s new open platform will scrub up
Box CEO: Acquisitions, Security And Developer Tools Will Strengthen Our Platform
CEO Aaron Levie says customers will see Box less as an app and more as a platform in the future
Build 2015: Windows 10 Tools Can Easily Port Android, iOS, Legacy Windows Apps
Microsoft courts developers with Windows 10 SDKs and revamped Windows Store
Box Reaches Out To Developers With Tools And £27m Funding
Box offers SDKs, developer edition and the prospect of $40m in venture capital funding
ARM Unveils Internet Of Things Starter Kit
British chipmaker teams up with IBM to get developers online faster than ever before
Ordnance Survey To Release OS OpenMap To Help Developers Build Mapping Apps
Ordnance Survey says it wants to help developers create new kinds of application through open data and better licences
Sony Unleashes Its Google Glass Beater
Developer edition of SmartEyeglass opens for pre-order today, costing $840 (£520)
MediaTek Takes The Internet Of Things Mobile
New tools from MediaTek Labs should lead to cheaper and smarter IoT-connected devices coming soon
Dropbox London Office Courts Customers And Developers
Dropbox's new UK chief says London office and hackathon will let it tap city's development community and reach new customers
Inmarsat Plans Second Satellite Launch For Global Mobile Broadband Network
Second satellite launch paves way for mobile broadband launch later in 2015