Google’s Flutter framework spreads its wings and goes multi-platform
Google’s Flutter UI toolkit for cross-platform development may only be two years old, but it has quickly become the framework of choice for many developers. Until...
Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
It won’t be long before Red Hat becomes part of IBM, the result of the $34 billion acquisition last year that is still making its way...
Lyft lost $1.14B in Q1 2019 on $776M in revenue
In its first-ever earnings report as a public company, Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) failed to display progress toward profitability. The ride-hailing business, which raised $2 billion in...
Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development
Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. “Android development will become increasingly Kotlin-first,” Google writes in...
Google now lets developers build games for its smart displays
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced that it is opening up its Smart Display platform to developers. Until now, there was no real way...
Google launches new Assistant developer tools
At its I/O conference, Google today announced a slew of new tools for developers who want to build experiences for the company’s Assistant platform. These range...
Google launches Jetpack Compose, an open-source, Kotlin-based UI development toolkit
Google today announced the first preview of Jetpack Compose, a new open-source UI toolkit for Kotlin developers who want to use a reactive programming model similar...
Bubble-driven boom in M&As hides steep costs long-term
Sridhar Vembu Contributor Sridhar Vembu is the co-founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. Sridhar initially founded AdventNet in 1996 and became its CEO in 2000. Prior...
What Chrome’s browser changes mean for your privacy and security
At the risk of sounding too optimistic, 2019 might be the year of the private web browser. In the beginning, browsers were a cobbled together mess...
NBA and UFC Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Criminalize Streaming Piracy
Under U.S. law, streaming and downloading piracy are seen as two different offenses. Not just from a technical point of view, but also in the way...
