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Apple Courts Developers In China With New App Program

July 10, 2019
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Google Assistant Skills Trail Alexa By 52K
Google // February 19, 2019

When it comes to the competition for developer mindshare in voice apps, Amazon is well ahead of Google. Amazon recently announced that the number of available voice skills for Alexa devices is now over 80,000, with 56,750 of those skills offered in the U.S. But new analysis...

Bitcoin Daily: ‘Blockchain Developer’ Tops LinkedIn’s ‘Emerging Jobs’ Report; ICOs Face Threat Of Crypto Refunds
Bitcoin // December 14, 2018

Boerse Stuttgart Group, Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, has announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency trading platform in the first half of 2019. In addition, solarisBank will provide the required crypto trading banking services to Boerse. “With its combination of technology and banking expertise, solarisBank...

Alexa Doesn’t Like Users Talking About Google
Amazon // February 01, 2018

There’s one word that Alexa just doesn’t want to hear from its developers: Google. According to TechCrunch, Jo Jaquinta, an Amazon developer, discovered this after submitting a voice app to Amazon and accidentally forgot to take out some wording that was used in the Google...

Sixa Lands $3.5M For Developer-Focused Cloud Computer
B2B Payments // December 12, 2016

Startup Sixa wants developers to go deeper into the cloud and has just secured new investment to help with its efforts. Reports Friday (Dec. 9) said the startup raised $3.5 million in seed funding from Tandem Capital. Sixa has developed virtual machines to help developers...

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Apple Courts Developers In China With New App Program

July 10, 2019
Apple has begun a program, based in China, that will look to help Chinese developers in their bid to create new applications, according to Reuters. The newswire reported that the app development program is geared toward the tech giant’s efforts to boost its services business. The fact that the app development program is housed and […]

Google Assistant Skills Trail Alexa By 52K

February 19, 2019
When it comes to the competition for developer mindshare in voice apps, Amazon is well ahead of Google. Amazon recently announced that the number of available voice skills for Alexa devices...

Bitcoin Daily: ‘Blockchain Developer’ Tops LinkedIn’s ‘Emerging Jobs’ Report; ICOs Face Threat Of Crypto Refunds

December 14, 2018
Boerse Stuttgart Group, Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, has announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency trading platform in the first half of 2019. In addition, solarisBank will provide the required...

Alexa Doesn’t Like Users Talking About Google

February 01, 2018
There’s one word that Alexa just doesn’t want to hear from its developers: Google. According to TechCrunch, Jo Jaquinta, an Amazon developer, discovered this after submitting a voice app to...