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Apple Continues iOS Enterprise Push with New Accenture Pact

After conquering the high-end consumer mobile space (and ceding the low end to Android), Apple is continuing its push to inject iOS apps into the enterprise with yet another partnership designed to increase market presence.

AppDynamics, Apica Partner for DevOps App Performance Testing

AppDynamics and Apica have teamed up to deliver an enterprise-focused, integrated load testing and application performance monitoring solution.

Google Catches Up to Apple with Augmented Reality Kit for Mobile Apps

Google is catching up with arch-rival Apple in the mobile augmented reality space (popularized by Pokémon GO), announcing ARCore to keep pace with Apple's ARKit, unveiled in June.

LinkedIn Open Sources Cruise Control for Kafka Automation

Apache Kafka, a popular Big Data component for distributed data streaming, is getting an automation boost from a new open source offering from LinkedIn called Cruise Control.

Go Programming Language Gets Type Aliases

The open source Go programming language is out in version 1.9, which features type aliases among many other new features and changes.

Open Source Jobs Report: In-Demand Developers Can Get Paid to Earn Certification

Companies need open source skills so much that nearly half of respondents to a new survey said they would pay people (especially developers) to become open source certified.

Foundation Java EE: The Community Reacts

Oracle's proposal to move Java EE to an open source foundation drew mostly positive reactions from the enterprise Java community.

Eclipse MicroProfile 1.1 Paving a New Path for Java EE

The API is designed to make it easy to set and manage environment configurations for enterprise Java microservices.

Cloud9 Beats JSFiddle for Most Popular Cloud Development IDE

The PYPL Index, known for charting the popularity of programming languages, is also measuring cloud IDE popularity, finding Cloud9 edged out JSFiddle for the top spot, though challengers are experiencing greater rates of increased interest.

Android Oreo Unveiled with New Features

During a total eclipse of the sun, Google today announced Android Oreo, ending the months-long guessing game about the official nickname for the new Android 8.0 mobile OS, previously referred to as Android O.

Devs Who Program in Go, Scala Get Highest Pay, Says Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow, analyzing data from its huge developer survey, has concluded that Go and Scala skills pay off the most in the U.S.

Oracle: Java EE Needs an Open Source Foundation

Company considering move "to make it more agile and responsive to changing industry and technology demands."

Realm Mobile Platform Adds .NET Core Support, Alongside Node.js

Developers using the Realm Mobile Platform can now do their server-side coding with C#, which joins the existing Node.js back-end binding.

Angular Routing Q&A: Moving Through Your Angular Apps

Deborah Kurata talks about the challenges of using Angular routing, types of parameters and more.

Kyvos Self-Service Big Data Platform Boosts SQL Support

Expanded SQL support is among many improvements to the new Kyvos 4.0 platform, for BI on Big Data with Hadoop, Spark and cloud platforms.

Appdome Joins AppConfig Community for Enterprise Mobility Tools, Best Practices

Appdome, a mobile integration specialist, has joined the AppConfig Community, formed last year to foster best practices and tools in order to boost enterprise mobility efforts.

Android Things Developer Preview Released

While the mobile dev world awaits the imminent release of Android O, Google's flagship mobile OS, the company released a new developer preview for its Internet of Things offering.

The New Skills Gap? Internet of Things

While it's notoriously tough for enterprises to find skilled developers for mobile and data science initiatives, a new report from Canonical indicates a skills gap is also affecting recruitment for the growing IoT space.

Windows 10 Mobile Stalls Death Notices with New Emoji

Defying reports that Microsoft's mobile efforts are dying, the company just announced another Windows 10 Mobile preview, highlighted by new emoji icons.

Kony Updates Low-Code Platform, Offers New Beta Program to Developers

Kony released a new version of its enterprise mobility development platform -- targeting both professional coders and "citizen developers" trying to help their pro counterparts keep up with the increasing demand for mobile business apps -- along with an invitation to developers to help shape the product.