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The End of Indie Game Development on Android
I got back from San Francisco and the Google I/O developer conference there last week. Google was yet again gracious with the hardware givea...
Dropbox Chooser
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Grove.io shutting down
UPDATE:Grove was not shut down and instead was acquired by Revolution Systems. We're profitable and in no danger of being ...
Amazon Maps API
Amazon Developer Portal has the tools and guides for building apps and experiences for Amazon-supported devices and services
The only two ways to build a $100m business
With tens of thousands of new start-ups being created every year, the potential of a company to truly scale and become a large, stand-alone business is more crucial than ever before. A great product is always the foundation but a clear distribution strategy becomes essential to cut through the noise. So most…
HipChat acquired by Atlassian
Atlassian and Slack have forged a new strategic partnership.
MySQL Cluster 7.2 GA Released, Delivers 1 Billion Queries per Minute
Oracle is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the production-ready, GA release of MySQL Cluster 7.2, available for download under the GPL , and as part of the commercial MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition , including management tools, product certifications and 24x7 global support.
Rogue Amoeba responds to Phil Schiller
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How not to get acquired
I launched Gittip.com 16 days ago. It saw really strong initial uptake, then it got side-swiped by a botched acquisition. Herewith, a cautionary tale.
SparkFun Gets A Subpoena
We've never seen a subpoena before, have you? Check this out...
Cloudflare Attack Post Mortem; Apparent Google Apps/Gmail Vulnerability
This morning a hacker was able to access a customer's account on CloudFlare and change that customer's DNS records. The attack was the result of a compromise of Google's account security procedures.
Calling All Broadcasters
Do you have a Ustream channel? A justin.tv following? A webcam, and a dream? Do you want to help invent the next generation of live streaming? Cool. We’re looking for people like you. BitTorrent Live is a new peer-to-peer live streaming protocol. Built with users, from scratch, it’s designed to take the principles of…
Improved User Profiles
Automating releases, semantic version bumps, and API calls often involves configuring branch permissions and storing long-lived credentials in pipeline variables. Managing credential rotation adds an ongoing maintenance burden. Today, we’re introducing granular step-level permissions and container tokens in Bitbucket…