Google’s Gradient Ventures, the search giant’s dedicated AI fund, is casting its eye to Asia after it led a $7 million Series A round for Elsa, a startup that operates an app for English language learners. The deal is Gradient’s first in Asia, and it includes participation from existing investors Monk’s Hill Ventures and SOSV. Elsa has now raised $12 million...Read More
As app developers are continuously figuring out ways to keep their users happy and continue using their apps. Amazon has recently launched a new API to help app developers do just that. “Amazon Moments” will allow developers to reward users performing high-value actions on their apps with real-life gifts. Developers can create actions, or “moments”,...Read More
Just a few weeks after releasing Gradle 5.1, the team behind Gradle has released a quick update to their popular Java and Android development tool with Gradle 5.2, with added plugin enhancements for Java and C++. Gradle 5.2 has a new Java plugin for declaring platforms for the Java ecosystem. This java plugin platform could include modules...Read More
Kite, which suggests code snippets for Python developers in real time, has raised $17 million in a series A round led by Trinity Ventures. The latest version of the free developer tool no longer relies on the cloud, meaning it runs locally, and it adds a nifty feature called Line-of-Code Completions. GitHub CEO Nat Friedman...Read More
Over the years, Appetiser has developed a unique ability to achieve success for our clients by providing top-notch development and design services. Our approach centers on our clients: listening to their needs and tailoring our various digital services to deliver results that will get them closer to their goals. Now, we are proud to share...Read More
Google has recently released the latest beta version of Angular with Angular 8.0 Beta, the next version of Google’s popular JavaScript framework. Here’s what’s new in Angular 8 Beta: Improved performance for @angular/platform-server by using a shared DomElementSchemaRegistry instance. This is a fix to the issues where ServerRendererFactory2 creates a new instance of DomElementSchemaRegistry for...Read More
Originally announced back in December 2017, Google has recently released more details about the 64-bit requirement coming to the Google Play store in August 2019. The company outlined a clearer timeline for the 64-bit transition through to August 1, 2021, including extensions for game developers that use Unity. For now, Google Play will continue supporting...Read More
Formerly known as JavaScriptMVC, DoneJS is an open source JavaScript framework used by web and mobile app developers for building real time UIs that can be exported to run on multiple platforms such as Android, iOS and web applications. And its creators have released a new version with DoneJS 3.0, the new version now has faster...Read More
The team behind Gradle has released the latest update to their Java and Android development tool with Gradle 5.1, now with added new capabilities for dependency matching and configuration-avoidance APIs. Released earlier this month (January 2, 2019), the Gradle 5.1 update enables matching of repositories to dependencies. With this new update, Gradle will not search for...Read More
California based Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality/Mixed Reality Silicon Valley startup PlugXR, Inc., has announced PlugXR Creator, the company’s flagship AR Authoring Platform as the Fastest and First-of-its-kind Augmented Reality App Creator for both Android and iOS developers to create powerful AR apps in Minutes. “We expect to expand the XR market starting with AR...Read More
