Google Could Erase the Line between Web and Native AppsThe latest update to Android is going to make web-based applications more integrated with native apps, reducing the transition time when switching from one to the other. After awhile, you might not even know whether you're thumbing through the web or accessing an app that's native to your phone.
Two Google Programming Languages You Should LearnThere are several programming languages emerging as candidates to become mainstream, but there are two that share a common characteristic that may just give them a leg up on the competition. That common characteristic: being developed as a child of the Google open source projects family.
Global Collaboration Triggered by StartupsLocal startup initiatives have been growing by leaps and bounds worldwide, attracting the attention of power players like the United States to collaborate with them. This can result in big companies buying out the new organizations, or simply in recognition and encouragement helping the movement.
Dysfunctional DevOpsDevOps is a set of principles and practices that help teams, including development and operations, to communicate and collaborate more effectively. But DevOps also has a dark side, and some dysfunctional behaviors and misunderstandings can keep organizations from implementing these best practices.
Project Panama Unites Java and C/C++A proposal known as Project Panama is gaining a lot of support on the Internet by way of an open-source Java mailing list. The effort would provide Java programmers the ability to access non-Java application programming interfaces, including other popular interfaces used by C/C++ programmers.
Wearables Could Shift the Health Care LandscapeThe wearable devices and apps that Google, Apple, and other major software companies are looking to roll out will do more than just track fitness. Upcoming tech might just change the turbulent health care system as we know it, thanks to cloud storage and our strong grip on mobile devices.
Domestication of Data at Agile Development/Better Software WestAt the Agile Development/Better Software Conference West, James Whittaker presented a keynote on the future of web-based data. When we want information, we still use searches and filter through results, as hunters. Whittaker says we should become gatherers and let context-based data come to us.
COBOL Still Used More Than GoogleLero, a software engineering research center, recently announced that even in today’s fast-evolving and innovative society COBOL is still being used more than Google. Researchers at Lero claim that there are more than two hundred times more COBOL transactions than Google searches worldwide.
