iOS vs. Android: When it comes to brand loyalty, Android wins


While Apple may have a rep as the brand users would walk across broken glass for, Android users actually have a higher rate of loyalty, according to a new report.

Google's Chromium browser explained


While the names are similar - Chrome and Chromium - the labels represent two different web browsers. But they are related.

Feds move to secure mobile devices with machine learning, biometrics


Amid the growing use of mobile devices for work by federal employees, U.S. defense and intelligence agencies are fast adopting biometrics and other

What’s new in Kotlin 1.2? Code reuse, for starters


Version 1.2 of the statically typed Kotlin language, a version of Java endorsed by Google for Android app development, offers an experimental feature enabling reuse of code across platforms, as well as compatibility with the Java 9 module system.

What’s new in Kotlin 1.2.30

The 1.2.30 update released on March 1, 2018, provides changes to the standard library as well as bug fixes. The update is compatible with multiple versions of the JetBrains IntelliJ Idea and the Android Studio 3.0 IDEs.
Its new capabilities include:
  • A new declaration in the library imitates the suspend modifier for lambda expressions.
  • Android modules are now supported in multiplatform projects.
  • The TestNG testing framework has been added to test.
  • The kapt annotation processing capability has been extended with error-reporting. It also adds proper links to original Kotlin declarations.
  • New inspections have been added to the IntelliJ IDE plugin, and performance has been improved as well. The plugin also has bug fixes.
  • Kotlin’s compiler has had bugs fixed and performance improved. To provide for more-efficient compiled code, the compiler now can optimize a tail call made in a suspending function to another Unit-returning suspending function.
Source : https://www.itworld.com/article/3229958/application-development/whats-new-in-kotlin-12-code-reuse-for-starters.html

Phones you can keep in your wallet


On the opposite end of the size and weight spectrum sits the new Light Phone 2, which is a minimalist non-smartphone.

Angular roadmap: What’s next for Google’s web framework


The 2018 roadmap for Angular, Google’s mobile and web development framework, includes integration with the Bazel build tool.

SAP turns to prepay and iOS to mobilize SAP Cloud Platform usage


It's been over two decades since the first mobile phone networks introduced pay-as-you-go (prepaid) services; Now SAP is getting in on the act, unveiling a new consumption-based commercial model for its platform-as-a-service offering, SAP Cloud Platform, at Mobile World Congress.

The blockchain market is hot; here's how to learn the skills for it


Along with Hyperledger, Ethereum is the world's leading blockchain platform and both are the basis for a myriad of decentralized applications(Dapps), from smart contracts to cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum's Ether.

Nokia expands home networking reach with mesh Wi-Fi product


Nokia wants to help carriers upgrade their mobile networks to 5G -- but it also wants to give home Wi-Fi a boost, President and CEO Rajeev Suri revealed Sunday.

Java JDK 10: What new features to expect in the next Java

On February 12, 2018, the planned Java Development Kit 10 upgrade got its first release candidate. A second release candidate is due by March.

What’s new in Google’s Flutter mobile dev framework

Flutter, Google’s UI framework for building native interfaces for Android and iOS mobile applications, has just moved to its first beta release.

Top web browsers 2018: Microsoft walks the road to browser irrelevance

Microsoft is less than two years away from becoming a browser afterthought, according to the newest data from analytics vendor Net Applications.

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