Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc announced that “Starting at 12:00 a.m. on October 18 in New Zealand (4:00 a.m. October 17 in Redmond, Wash.), Windows 8.1 will begin rolling out worldwide
Mobile developers will soon be able to send push notifications to prod user behavior through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon is expected to make notifications cross platform and developers will
Microsoft has developed a big data framework called REEF (Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework) and plans to open source it next month. The framework sits on top of Hadoop’s new YARN
In only one year, IBM has moved all the way up the Gartner ladder from the Niche Quadrant to the Leaders Quadrant for mobile app dev platforms due to strong
Developers can now join Microsoft’s App Builder Rewards program and earn credits for taking online classes, attending developer conferences, and more, that may be redeemed for games, upgrades and account
Startup Cloud 66 isn’t exactly a platform as a service (PaaS), but it does some of the same things as a PaaS. It analyzes code stored in GitHub and determines
Google has announced several improvements to its cloud computing platform that enhance the services available to developers. For example, Google Compute Engine now has Layer 3 load balancing, which intelligently
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that forces within Microsoft are pushing the company’s software development teams towards cloud computing. James Larus, the head of OS research for Microsoft Research, started
On August 6, BMC acquired an app distribution company called Partnerpedia. Although the deal is only a couple of days old, BMC has already rebranded Partnerpedia’s enterprise app store as