Articles associated with topic: os programming
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Apple Watch, Google's Wear OS, Fitbit: Fall's Big Smartwatch Contenders
A funny thing happened on the way to Apple dominating the wearables market: Other smartwatch manufacturers decided to pick up their game. Google/Wear OS For example, Google is now dedicated to bo… -
Google Preparing Fuchsia to Replace Android, Chrome: Report
A new report from Bloomberg asserts Fuchsia, Google’s much-rumored operating system, is indeed meant as a replacement for Android. Though one source shades Fuchsia as a “senior engineer retention… -
Steve Jobs Imagined This Critical App Store Feature... in 1983
The first time the world saw the Mac App Store was 2011. That was nearly three years after the iOS App Store launched. But as it turns out, the "App Store" concept dates back to at least 1983. At… -
Is a Big Shift from Fitness Trackers to Smartwatches Underway?
For years, wrist-based fitness trackers seemed to hold their own against smartwatches, at least in terms of market share. But according to new data from research firm IDC, it seems that smartwatc… -
Women Pioneering Tech Innovation at Disney
Every woman and non-binary technologist at Disney is essential to bringing our world-class stories and immersive experiences to life. Their unique and diverse perspectives foster our culture of i…Sponsored -
Android Wear is in Trouble: Study
[caption id="attachment_141663" align="aligncenter" width="6000"] Android Wear at Google IO[/caption] Things are not looking good for Android Wear. In a recent study from Strategy Analytics, Sams… -
Swift 4.0 Still Won't Shake Objective-C
[caption id="attachment_137468" align="aligncenter" width="2357"] Swift 4.0 is coming.[/caption] As programming-language iteration goes, Swift is moving at a fairly rapid pace. Less than three ye… -
Google's 'Fuchsia' Is a Grab-Bag of Languages
[caption id="attachment_139426" align="aligncenter" width="3248"] 'Fuchsia' is a Google-made mix of Android and Chrome (but also neither of them)[/caption] Google’s next big thing is being develo… -
Apple Watch: Huge Success or Miserable Fail?
For Apple, being the largest company in the world (by market cap) comes with its own unique problems. Chief among them: all successes must be outsized. Take the case of the Apple Watch. Although… -
Is Google Developing a New OS?
Does Google have a new operating system in the works? Although the search-engine giant has yet to formally announce the OS, codenamed “Fuchsia,” its developers have begun posting the relevant cod… -
Apple Watch Unlikely to Change Radically
For any developer building mobile apps, a new hardware announcement from Apple (or one of the dozens of Android device manufacturers) is not only cause for curiosity, but also a bit of worry: wha… -
Why Training and Retaining Tech Talent Is Key to Keeping Employees Happy
Remarkably, 42% of employees who have voluntarily left their organization in the past year have reported that their manager or organization could have done something to stop them from leaving, ac…Sponsored