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New Programming Languages Keep Chipping Away at the Old

posted onFebruary 24, 2016
by l33tdawg

Developers are starting to make up their minds about which new programming languages they like best.

Several new languages have been introduced in recent years, including Google’s Go, Mozilla’s Rust, the scientific language Julia, and of course Apple’s Swift. These languages shook up the tech industry as new technologies like Go leapfrogged more established languages in popularity. Now that action may be slowing down, according to new data published by IT analysis firm RedMonk.

tvOS 9.2 beta introduces folders and restores Bluetooth keyboard support

posted onJanuary 12, 2016
by l33tdawg

Apple's biggest beta release of the day was iOS 9.3, but Apple's other software platforms all got some love, too—watchOS 2.2, tvOS 9.2, and OS X 10.11.4 are all available for brave users to test. The tvOS update is the most interesting of these three, since tvOS 9.0 was missing quite a few features and tvOS 9.1 was mostly a bugfix release.

Craig Federighi talks open source Swift and what’s coming in version 3.0

posted onDecember 4, 2015
by l33tdawg

When Apple unveiled Swift 2.0 at WWDC back in June, one of the bigger announcements was that the language would be going open source by the end of the year. The time has come—­just a few weeks before its self-imposed deadline, Apple has launched Swift.org and is releasing a big chunk of code (as well as some guidance for Swift 3.0) to the public.

Ars had a chance to chat with Apple Software Engineering SVP Craig Federighi about Swift’s openness, the future evolution of the language, and when developers can expect it to mature and settle down.

Apple quietly bulks up Swift and Xcode in year two

posted onJuly 27, 2015
by l33tdawg
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While most people tune in to Apple's WWDC keynote to figure out what's coming in the next version of the company's operating systems, the event is a developer's conference. Apple genuinely uses WWDC to introduce a lot of new technologies that end users will never experience directly. So with the exception of big news like Swift, the company generally does this in later, non-public talks and through the software released via its Developer Connection.

Microsoft Says Windows 10 Will Be the Last OS Upgrade You'll Ever Need

posted onJanuary 23, 2015
by l33tdawg

Once the next version of Windows is installed Microsoft plans to begin a process of continuous updates that will eliminate the concept of next versions.

There's no question that Microsoft has learned from the pain of getting customers to upgrade from Windows XP and later from Windows 7 to 8. From now on it never wants to be in the position of having to convince people to buy the next version of Windows.

Mozilla adds Security information to Firefox 37 Developer Tools

posted onJanuary 21, 2015
by l33tdawg

If you want to find out more about the security of a connection to a particular website or a request that a site made while it was loading, then it is quite difficult to do so right now in most browsers.

While you can look up protocol information if https is used with a click on the lock icon in the browser address bar, and go from there to retrieve additional information, it is taking quite some time to do so.

Coming to Blackphone: An app store loaded with privacy tools

posted onDecember 9, 2014
by l33tdawg

Blackphone handsets can download and install a major software update today – ahead of the opening of an online store for privacy-focused apps for the mobes.

The Blackphone runs its own hardened version of Android, dubbed PrivatOS, on custom hardware. It allows owners to make and send encrypted calls and texts, among other security features.