2017-05-22 12:00
Google’s Firebase taps serverless Cloud Functions
Firebase, Google Cloud’s back end and SDK for mobile and web application development, is being enhanced with serverless compute capabilities. Google Cloud Functions for Firebase, now available in a beta release, allows developers to run back-end Java
2017-05-19 20:38
Android device updates: Android O has an official beta, and Nougat hits several new phones
The eyes of the Android world were laser-focused on the Android O unveiling at Google I/O, but many were still waiting to get Nougat. Several phones nabbed that update this week, while those who want to get experimental with their Pixel or Nexus phone
2017-05-19 19:12
These 12 Android apps won the 2017 Google Play Awards
The results are in for the second annual Google Play Awards, the company’s new tradition to honor excellence in the world of Android apps. In late April, we took a look at the 60 nominees across the Play Award’s 12 categories.
2017-05-19 18:00
Oracle has a plan to make Java 9 migration easier
It will be easier to migrate code to the planned Java 9 release, due in late July, if the committee that managed Java approves a proposal just made by Oracle to better accommodate modularity, the key new feature in Java 9. Oracle made the proposal afte
2017-05-19 12:00
CW@50: Vint Cerf on his 'love affair' with tech and what’s coming next
When internet pioneer Vinton Cerf was 10, he was working on advanced math, and by the time he was 17, he was tinkering at programming at UCLA and beginning a lifelong "love affair" with computing.
2017-05-18 22:16
WD aims to tame growing data needs with latest enterprise SAS SSD
With data centers seeing rapid data growth, Western Digital Corp. (WD) has announced its highest performing 2.5-in. small form-factor SAS SSD. The drive is aimed at helping companies deal with increasing needs for virtualized storage systems, online t
2017-05-18 22:02
Google’s Polymer zeroes in on ES6 compatibility, interoperability
Polymer, Google’s open source JavaScript library for building reusable HTML elements, has graduated to version 2.0, a major revision that improves the data system, interoperability with other web libraries and frameworks, and support for ECMAScript 6
2017-05-18 13:00
Suffolk County greets hurricane season with updated alerting system
Last September, as the East Coast prepared for Tropical Storm Hermine, the emergency broadcasting system accidentally sent out an evacuation alert for all of Long Island's Suffolk County. The alert was meant just for Fire Island, but that part was trun
2017-05-18 12:00
Google endorses Kotlin for Android development
Google’s Java-centric Android mobile development platform is adding the Kotlin language as an officially supported development language, and will include it in the Android Studio 3.0 IDE. Its developers had previously promoted Kotlin for Android dev
2017-05-18 10:46
Facebook fined €110 million for misleading European Commission over merger
Facebook must pay a €110 million (US$123 million) for misleading the European Commission during an investigation of its takeover of WhatsApp.