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

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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14Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Look ahead with Embarcadero and Delphi

Software Events
Look ahead with Embarcadero and Delphi Embarcadero is hosting a webinar for customers that are on update subscriptions only concerning the next update as well as the anticipated release of Godzilla which will contain the ability to build Linux server applications with a single code base.   Finally Embarcadero is heading in the right direction by giving a privileged webinar for yearly paying customers.  The webinar will discuss the next update release for Berlin which is release update 2.  The biggest piece is about Godzilla which a lot of developers have been wanting for the past few years. What Berlin Update 2 have ? Windows Desktop Bridge Integration Windows 10 VCL Calendar Control “Quick Edits” IDE enhancement C++ Refactoring and Compiler flags Enhanced - Latest Platform Support Enhanced - VCL and FMX Styles…
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24Mar 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Sitemap for web crawlers

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes, Software development Concepts
What is a Sitemap ? A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a document in any form used as a planning tool for Web design, or a Web page that lists the pages on a Web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. Why would you need a sitemap for your web site is usually a reasonable question for any web designer.  A sitemap is a quick access point that allows the visitors on your web site to see the hierarchy of your website and pages in a single glance.   Your web designer tool kits usually provide a method to generate a sitemap from the current set of available pages which will be constantly…
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