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Huawei reveals HarmonyOS, its potential Android replacement after technology ban
Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. today officially revealed its new mobile operating system, HarmonyOS, known in China as HongmengOS. The announcement by Richard Yu, the company’s division chief executive, follows months of problems for the Chinese company after U.S. lawmakers targeted the company with a ban on its technology. U.S. companies such as Android ...
CircleCI announces Windows build support for cross-platform software development
Circle Internet Services Inc., an enterprise continuous delivery and integration platform for DevOps teams, today announced that support for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows jobs is now generally available. This update adds Windows to the number of supported environments that CircleCI provides to developers and DevOps teams, which combine application developers and information technology operations staff in one ...
Twilio announces conversational platform APIs to connect developers with customers
Cloud-based communications platform provider Twilio Inc. today announced the launch of a new set of tools for developers designed to help them communicate more reliably with customer across multiple channels using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. In order to address the needs of developers to create apps and portals that allow natural, personal communication ...
Apple’s Claris returns as FileMaker rebrands and acquires cloud startup Stamplay
FileMaker Inc., the Apple Inc. subsidiary that offer a Workplace Innovation Platform, announced today at the annual DevCon 2019 developer conference that the company is rebranding itself as Claris International Inc., returning to a classic brand for the company’s software products. “Claris stems from the Latin root ‘clarus,’ which means ‘clear, bright and shining,’” said ...
Paystand launches blockchain-as-a-service Assurety for enterprise apps at scale
Blockchain-based business-to-business payments company Paystand Inc. announced today the launch of its enterprise platform Assurety-as-a-Service, designed to allow any business to deploy its own distributed ledger network in minutes at large scale. Using the company’s application programming interface, enterprise businesses can create digitally notarized record trails that are secure, certified and fully auditable by third ...
Blockchain (the company) launches ultrafast cryptocurrency exchange
The popular cryptocurrency wallet Blockchain Luxembourg S.A. today announced the launch of a new, ultrafast cryptocurrency exchange called The Pit. Blockchain is credited with creating one of the first block explorers, a tool that allows users to visualize transactions on a distributed ledger, and in this case the bitcoin blockchain. The company also created an easy-to-integrate ...
Amazon Prime releases streaming VR shows and movies for Oculus headsets
Technology giant Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday that the company’s paid subscription service for streaming media, Amazon Prime, will now offer virtual reality shows and movies for Oculus headsets. The new service, named Prime Video VR, offers everything in the Amazon Prime library for display in a private virtual setting, including ordinary 2-D TV shows and ...
Second State pulls in $3M to build business-centric smart contract blockchain
Austin-based enterprise blockchain company Second State LLC announced today that it has raised $3 million in an early-stage funding round. Second State provides a tool that allows developers to rapidly create blockchain distributed ledger applications that take advantage of the decentralized nature of the technology. To do that, Second State gives developers a web-based integrated ...
DevOps platform CircleCI raises $56M to automate software deployment
Software deployment and integration platform for DevOps Circle Internet Services Inc. today announced the closure of a late-stage $56 million funding round. The Series D round was led by Owl Rock Capital Partners and Next Equity. Founded in 2011, CircleCI uses intelligent automation and delivery tools to give enterprise DevOps teams an advantage when it ...
Time unveils augmented and virtual reality app showcasing immersive 3-D journalism
In a move that will bring news readers into the stories that most interest them, magazine publisher Time Inc. announced Thursday the launch of its mixed-reality app Time Immersive, which will showcase immersive 3-D journalism. The app, available for both Android and iOS, will bring new augmented and virtual reality projects from Time to the ...