28Jan 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Twitter sells Fabric software to Google

Software Events
Twitter sells Fabric developer software platform to Google Fabric, Twitter's developer platform, now belongs to Google. The move was announced on Fabric's blog back on January 19th as well as being confirmed in a Twitter thread by Sr. Director of Product, Jeff Seibert. Acquired by Twitter in 2014, Fabric is a "a modular mobile platform" designed to help app developers improve the " stability, distribution, revenue and identity" of their products. Everything from the ability to natively embed tweets in other apps to signing in with your Twitter credentials were made possible by Fabric. Fabric will merge with Google's Firebase development platform. "We quickly realized that our missions are the same - helping mobile teams build better apps, understand their users, and grow their businesses," the Fabric team wrote in its…
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24Jan 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Labor Department sues Oracle Claiming hiring and pay Infractions

Software Events
Labor Department sues Oracle Claiming hiring and pay Infractions   The U.S. Department of Labor warns that the lawsuit could cost Oracle multiple millions of dollars in federal IT contracts if it is found in litigation to be non-compliant to federal rules.  On January 18th a lawsuit contending that Oracle has made a practice of paying white men more then other men and women. It also unfairly favoring Asian workers when recruiting and hiring for technical positions. Since 1977  Oracle employs 136,000 globally with about 37 percent classified as minorities and 29 percent of which are women.   Women comprise 25 percent of the company's management positions. Source Cites Possible Political Motivation One source cites that there could be a possible political motivation behind the lawsuit.    The source quoted to…
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24Jan 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

TechSmith Snagit update is now available.

Software Events
TechSmith Snagit update is now available Once again TechSmith has delivered on their promises by providing an exciting new update to the Snagit application.  Version 13.1 provides some new abilities in gear with software developers and technical writers.  Snagit gives you a simple way to create and edit screenshots or record videos to show a complex process, give detailed feedback, or share important information with the people who need it most. Snagit features such as: Image capture - Make sure to capture exactly what you need. Click and drag anywhere on your screen to select a region with pixel perfect accuracy. Video capture - Sometimes it's easier to talk things through. Create, narrate and trim quick videos of your screen for demos, feedback, reviews, and more.   Mobile capture -…
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25Dec 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Google ending Eclipse support for Android Studio

Software development Concepts, Software Events
Google ending Eclipse support for Android Studio Google wants Android Studio to be the official integrated development environment for the Android operating system.  The company announced with the release of Android Studio 2.2 that the IDE will no longer support the Eclipse Android Developer tools.  Eclipse has been used for all of the past few years bringing the Android operating system to all it has taken over the market share. Android Studio Features The main features include improvements to the instant run iteration engine, a new user interface designer, a new layout engine, support for C++, an APK analyzer along with additional tools for debugging.  The Android Studio is an excellent developers toolkit that gets anyone to quickly get their products to market. Eclipse compared to Android Studio Drag and…
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15Dec 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Delphi Developer Days 2016 Baltimore

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software Events
  Delphi Developer Days 2016 Baltimore [caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="770"][/caption]   The Delphi Developer Days 2016 which was held in Baltimore was a top notch 2 day knowledge fest that went over various aspects of the Delphi language.  As always Cary Jensen, Loy Anderson and Nick Hodges gave the utmost sessions to the attending group.  Each developer was able to interact with one another dealing with various issues they may have using the Delphi language. All in all each session was roughly an hour and dealt with debugging, programming methods and tools to impact daily Delphi programming.  The room was packed with programmers in the Northeast section of the United States that all came to Baltimore.  Baron Software once again attended as done in the release past and had a…
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