Application Development Trends' News


Microsoft Unveils 'Cloud Build' Feature for TFS/Azure

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new cloud-based build service for its upcoming hosted Team Foundation Service.

Google Launches Authentication Service for Servers and APIs

Google's newly launched Service Accounts will provide certificate-based authentication to APIs for server-to-server interactions.

Report Forecasts Shrinking Reliance on PCs

According to a Gartner analysis, PCs will no longer be the primary digital device for users by 2014. They will be replaced by personal cloud services that will allow for streaming of data to multiple devices.

Spring Framework Extensions Now Compatible with Spring 3.1

VMware recently announced that all major extensions to its Spring Framework are now compatible with the latest version of the Spring open source Java development framework.

Suit Alleges App Makers Siphoning User Info

According to a lawsuit filed in a Texas court this week, makers of some of the most popular mobile apps are collecting user information without the consumer's consent.

Scala Creator's Company Goes for Scale with Scala/Java Dev Platform Update

The company is billing the new version of Typesafe Stack as a comprehensive platform for building both Scala and Java applications "that can scale to the largest workloads in cloud computing and virtualized enterprise data center environments."

Java/.NET APM Provider AppDynamics Adds End-User Monitoring

Java/.NET Application Performance Management (APM) company AppDynamics has just added end-user monitoring (EUM) to the commercial edition of its namesake APM solution.

New Open Source Mobile Testing Platform for iOS and Android

Gorilla Logic this week released MonkeyTalk, a free and open source tool for testing native and hybrid apps built for both iOS and Android.

Windows Embedded Standard 8 Gets Preview Version

Microsoft has announced the release of Windows Embedded Standard 8's community test preview (CTP) for download.

SQL Server 2012 Hits RTM Milestone

SQL Server 2012 has hit its release-to-manufacturing milestone and is available for testing as an evaluation version, Microsoft announced today.

JNBridge Launches Free Java/.NET Interop 'Labs'

The first of these some-assembly-required-kits is JNBridge's SSH Adapter for BizTalk Server.

Microsoft Releases Beta for Visual Studio 11, .NET Framework 4.5

The developer-focused Visual Studio 11 and the .NET Framework 4.5 were released for download earlier today.

Encrypted E-mail App Coming to Windows Phones

Microsoft, partnered with with secured and managed mobile enterprise app company Good Technology, will bring encrypted e-mail services to the Windows Phone platform.

ALM Product Watch 2/28/12: Seapine ALM 2012, JIRA 5, More

What's new from a variety of application lifecycle management vendors.

HP Unveils Security Platform at RSA

HP today unveiled a new platform of integrated security solutions that, according the company, is designed to "bridge the gap between security and IT operations of security solutions."

Visual Studio 11, .NET Framework 4.5 Beta Coming February 29

Microsoft is releasing the .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 11 beta on Feb. 29.

Google, Microsoft, Apple Agree on Mobile Privacy Accord

Six tech companies have agreed to provide clear information on their individual privacy policies before their products are downloaded.

Java Debugging Added to Updated Micro Cloud Foundry

VMware this week released a new version of its Micro Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) with support for Java debugging.

Kotlin Goes Open Source

Kotlin, the JVM-targeted programming language introduced last summer by development toolmaker JetBrains, is now open source.

Sonatype Java Repository Now Accepts .NET Components

Sonatype today released a new version of its Maven-based component repository that supports software developers using the .NET Framework.