Microsoft's BUILD developer conference was held in October last year, but it looks like the company is moving the event to accomodate the warmer weather. Microsoft has announced that BUILD 2013 will take place June 26-28 in San Francisco, California. If you're a developer interested in attending, mark your calendars now.
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Microsoft BUILD 2013 set for June 26-28 in San Francisco
Google: Here’s what our new Drive Realtime API can do
Google may have distracted us from its Drive downtime with the new Drive Realtime API, but what exactly does that do for you if you've already taken the plunge or are considering jumping into the cloud? Thankfully Google has been working with a few service providers already to give us an idea of why the Drive Realtime API will change our lives, including Docs-style shared collaboration on Drive-stored code, collective scheduling, and even group graphics work.
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GameStick developer units shipping later this month
It's been over a month since we last heard from PlayJam on their new GameStick portable gaming console. However, the team definitely hasn't been sleeping, as they announced today that developer units of the new console will be shipping out later this month. The company also had a few other announcements, including controller production, partnerships, and the SDK.
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Google Drive launches API for realtime editing in third-party apps
Google Drive is a great little web app, but since there has never been an API for the service, third-party developers have never gotten the chance to integrate it into their own apps. However, Google has finally released what they call the "Realtime API" for Google Drive, allowing realtime editing of Google Drive docs inside of third-party apps.
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MIT Aaron Swartz documents release declared: sans names and details
This year started off on a sad note with the suicide of the man known as Aaron Swartz, made famous for his development of Reddit and Demand Progress. His death is said to have been due to massive legal pressure put on by the Department of Justice and MIT after it was discovered that he'd hacked into the academic journal system known as JSTOR, releasing documents to the public that otherwise would have been limited to students and academics of all sorts still under the payment plan required by the system. Today it's been announced that MIT will release until-now locked-down documents related to the case.
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CyanogenMod developers will not support Samsung GALAXY S 4 [UPDATE: Debunked!]
In a surprising announcement by the CyanogenMod dev team, they have announced that they won't be developing for the Samsung GALAXY S 4, or at least there's no plans currently to support the new device. Team Hacksung member XpLoDWilD says that "nobody at team hacksung...plans to buy it, neither develop for it." Team Hacksung is the group behind the official CM ports.
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Thrillist reveals that 45% of its revenue comes from JackThreads iPhone app
This week at the developer and startup-centric F.ounders conference, Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer has announced that his company's JackThreads iPhone app is responsible for 45% of their overall revenue. This statistic was part of the CEO's talk about how a modern mobile-centric strategy for a company such as Thrillist can be - and is - the best way to go. Lerer also mentioned that the company only very recently switched over to a "mobile-first" strategy in the past few months.
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Netflix challenges developers to improve cloud computing, offers $100,000
Netflix is looking to boost the reality of cloud computing via its OSS, taking it to the next level and helping it realize its potential. How is it doing this? Via its Netflix Cloud Prize competition, which it is using to challenge developers across the world to come up with improvements in secure, reliable, and usable, among other things. There are ten categories in total.
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Google I/O 2013 sells out in under an hour
This morning (less than an hour ago, in fact) the developer conference known as Google I/O 2013 sold its tickets out in what may be record time. According to last year’s record, the big G sold out all of its tickets – regular and academic – in less than 15 minutes, while the year before that it was, once again, “less than an hour.” This year we’ll have to wait for the official clock from Google to get their view on the situation, but by our watch, the event sold out in 45 minutes.
Google I/O tickets on sale now: Get ‘em while they’re hot!
Tickets to Google's annual Google I/O developer event, taking place in mid-May 2013, have gone on sale, prompting the usual mad rush to secure attendance before all seats are taken. Sales began at 7AM PDT across the globe, with tickets priced at $900 for a general attendee or $300 if you can prove you're a student or faculty member; Google says there will be 5,500 I/O attendees this year, with topics of discussion including Android, Google+, Glass, Google TV, and more.
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HTC One Developer Edition to roll out for $649
HTC has announced the availability of the HTC One Developer Edition, which tacks both features and dollars onto its lovely smartphone. This version of the handset is aimed specifically towards developers, and offers the features you'd expect to see as a result, including an unlocked bootloader and SIM.
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Facebook Mobile DevCon 2013 revealed: Android and iOS on tap
The 2013 edition of Facebook's efforts to bring the developer universe into the social networking fold has been revealed, complete with several different events taking place around the world. The Facebook Mobile Developer Conference 2013 will be taking place on April the 18th in New York, on the 2nd of May in London, and all the way over in Seoul on the 7th of May. This series of events also goes by the name Facebook Mobile DevCon 2013, if you'd like to be short about it.
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