WIKILEAKS HAS RELEASED Finfisher “weaponised malware” that it claims is being used by governments around the world to spy on journalists and activists, in order to help developers defend against it. Finfisher, which was first revealed in Wikileaks documents published in December 2011, can be used to intercept data from Mac OS X, Windows and…
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Free Software Foundation statement on the new iPhone, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch
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Today, Apple announced new iPhone models, a watch, and a payment service. In response, FSF executive director John Sullivan made the following statement: It is astonishing to see so much of the technology press acting as Apple’s marketing arm. What’s on display today is widespread complicity in hiding the most newsworthy aspect of the announcement…
Embarcadero Launches RAD Studio XE7
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Delivers New Technologies for Extending Existing Windows Applications to Mobile Devices, Gadgets and Wearables Maidenhead, UK – September 2, 2014 – Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of software solutions for application and database development, today launched Embarcadero® RAD Studio XE7, the complete solution to build connected apps for Windows, Android, iOS, Mac OS X, gadgets,…
Exploring the world of FOSS Android: Can a smartphone be open source?
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Android is a Google product-it’s designed and built from the ground up to integrate with Google services and be a cloud-powered OS. Source: Tech
Brainless Android – Introduction
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Android is a software stack for mobile platforms. What this means is that it is Android delivers a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Source: Tech
Latest Release of Appmethod Enables Developers to Use C++ to Create and Publish Android Apps Faster than Ever
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New Complimentary Subscription Plan Gives C++ Developers Free Android Phone Targeting Forever Maidenhead, U.K. – June 20, 2014 – With today’s availability of the latest release of Appmethod, developers can now use C++, the most widely used programming language in the world[1], to create complete apps for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac OS X. Appmethod…
US Supreme Court makes the right decision to nix Alice Corp. patent, but more work needed to end software patents for good
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The FSF, Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), and Open Source Initiative (OSI) had co-filed an amicus curiae brief in the case, stating their position that software on general-purpose computers is not patentable. “Today’s ruling is an important and meaningful step in the right direction, but the Court and Congress must go further,” said Zak Rogoff,…
Linux group builds 64-bit Android KitKat for ARM developers
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Google is being tight-lipped about when the 64-bit version of Android will be released, but Linux development group Linaro has built a version of the open-source operating system so mobile applications can be written and tested by manufacturers and developers rushing to catch up with Apple. Source: Tech
Scandit Launches New Feature-Rich Version of Barcode Scanner SDK for Android
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San Francisco, May 8, 2014 Scandit (www.scandit.com), developer of the leading software-based barcode scanning and data capture platform for smartphones, tablets and wearable computing devices, has today launched the new, fourth version of its Barcode Scanner SDK, Version 4.0, for the Android platform. This incorporates dynamic features including full-screen scanning, further improvements to its unique…
Intel-Based MinnowBoard MAX to Further Embedded Open Source Design
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Today at EE Live, MinnowBoard.org released MinnowBoard MAX , a new low-cost embedded development platform for Linux and Android based on Intel Architecture . Source: Tech