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Google introduces ‘Play as You Download’ amid new tools for Android game developers
Google LLC’s annual Google for Games Developer Summit is on, and the software giant today announced a new set of developer tools and updates to make building games for Android easier than before. According to Greg Hartrell, product management director of Google Play and Android, through continually updating developer tools and making Google Play a ...
Visa partners with 50 crypto companies to support spending and converting digital currencies
Visa Inc. announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with more than 50 cryptocurrency companies, including Coinbase Inc. and Crypto.com, to allow merchants to spend and convert virtual currencies through its card program. According to the company, that will open up the ability to spend and convert cryptocurrencies at more than 70 million merchants worldwide. Visa has ...
Heifer and IBM use blockchain and AI to help Honduran coffee and cocoa farmers
IBM Corp. and Heifer International announced today that blockchain-based IBM Food Trust and artificial intelligence platform IBM Watson are being used to help small-scale coffee and cocoa farmers in Honduras get higher crop yields and access new markets. Food Trust uses blockchain technology to track products from farm to point of sale, providing transparency along ...
Sauce Labs extends error monitoring into production with acquisition of Backtrace
Sauce Labs Inc., a provider of continuous testing solutions, today announced the acquisition of error monitoring startup Backtrace I/O Inc. to extend its platform’s monitoring capabilities into production environments. Backtrace allows development teams to quickly identify and fix bugs across all environments by automating responses to user-affecting errors. It does this by processing errors, including ...
Tech Mahindra joins with StaTwig to implement global VaccineLedger blockchain
New Delhi-based information technology company Tech Mahindra Ltd. today announced a partnership with distributed ledger blockchain startup StaTwig to develop VaccineLedger, a product that will provide supply chain traceability for vaccines globally. By bringing together all of the different parts of vaccine supply chains – researchers, governments, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, distributors and healthcare workers – ...
Opera releases a fully optimized version of its browser for Chromebooks
Opera Software announced Thursday that it released the first third-party browser fully optimized for Chromebooks and Chrome OS as an alternative to Google Chrome, which is the default browser that runs on the devices. Users can download browser alternatives because Chromebooks support running Android apps, on which the new Opera browser is based, but none ...
NFT marketplace Mintable raises $13M in early funding from Ripple and Animoca Brands
Mintable, a marketplace for nonfungible tokens that represent unique digital assets on blockchains, today announced that it has raised $13 million in early funding to scale up its operations and boost growth. Investors joining the Series A funding round included notable names such as Ripple Labs Inc., an enterprise blockchain solution provider; Animoca Brands, a ...
Android devices can now support virtual COVID-19 vaccine cards
Google LLC has added support for COVID-19 vaccine and test cards on Android devices through its Pay app’s Passes application programming interface. Using this new setup, announced Wednesday, healthcare organizations, government agencies and other authorized entities can now create COVID vaccine and test cards that can be stored on Android devices. The API uses the same system ...
Sentry expands error and performance monitoring for Next.js
Sentry, a developer of application monitoring tools, announced Tuesday it has expanded its code observability tools to include the Next.js framework for error and performance monitoring. That means web application developers can capture errors, measure performance, configure commits and keep up with their code better than before without needing to add extra software development kits ...
CircleCI introduces new DevOps capabilities with server 3.1
Circle Internet Services Inc., a continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams, today announced the launch of a major server update with version 3.1, which includes enhancements to security, observability and integrations. The company also filled out its management team, announcing the appointment of Apurva “AJ” Joshi as chief product officer. CircleCI introduces server ...