A new Play Store feature helps to protect users against software imitating those from developers who’ve decided to bypass Google's official app marketplace.With the confirmation that Epic Games’ popular game Fortnite will be shunning the Play Store in favour of sideloading, an influx of fake...
Google Cloud has announced support for the popular cross-platform Node JavaScript runtime in the standard App Engine environment Node.js allows server code to be written in JavaScript. With the support added today, Google is seeking to make this process as simple for developers as possible. To ensure...
Former executives from Xbox, Atari, Dell, Unity, Uber, and Time Warner have joined forces to create Ultra, a blockchain platform aiming to revolutionise game distribution. Game distribution is monopolised with leading players take advantage of their position to take large cuts from developers’ work. Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of...
Social messaging giant Snapchat has become somewhat renowned for its AR features, and it appears some of those will soon be in the hands of developers. According to TechCrunch, Snapchat is preparing the launch of its first complete developer platform under the tentative name of Snapkit. Prototypes of...
Crate.io on Tuesday introduced a commercial Machine Data Platform, along with a new version of its open source SQL database for the Internet of Things and machine data. The company also announced an US$11 M Series A funding round. The Machine Data Platform is Crate.io's first major...
Microsoft made a big splash at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles with its announcement of more than 50 games for its Xbox One gaming console. Among the games unveiled by the company were 18 designed to run exclusively on Xbox, including Forza Horizon 4, Halo Infinite, Gears...
Just like leaders in every other field you can imagine, academics have been hard at work studying information security. Most fields aren't as replete with hackers as information security, though, and their contributions are felt much more strongly in the private sector than in academia. The...
The next version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 12, automatically will share location data for iPhones used to make emergency calls, the company announced. The system will use an IP-based data pipeline developed by RapidSOS to share location data from iPhones with 911 centers. "Communities rely on...
As consumers turn to online purchasing, e-businesses face a greater danger of being hit by complaints or negative online reviews on social media sites. ...
Canonical announced the availability of Skype as a Snap file, the universal Linux app packaging format. The release means that Skype can deliver its communication service to a wider range of Linux users, not just those who run Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution. Skype, a Microsoft product, is an application...