Google Targets Mobile Back-End Development

Google Mobile Back End DevelopmentWith front-end mobile coding taken care of in the recent release of Android Studio 2.3, Google targeted cloud-based back-end development at its recent Google Cloud Next '17 conference. While the show addressed cloud development in general, Google's mobile focus was exemplified by new serverless computing initiatives that provide back-end functionality for Android, iOS and Web apps. These include an update to Google App Engine -- its nine-year-old serverless runtime environment...

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‘We do not see upside’: London-based analyst calls ‘neutral’ after Snap’s London IPO road show

Snap Inc. Internet of ThingsSnap Inc. took its initial-public-offering road show to London on Monday, looking to persuade potential UK investors to buy up the company's stock, but one London-based analyst remains "neutral" about the company's ability to drive upside beyond its initial price range of $14 to $16 a share. Atlantic Equities research analyst James Cordwell did not attend the presentation on Monday but spoke with clients who did. (Atlantic Equities is...

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Facebook is creating an open-source cellular system

The technology is designed to drive down the price of communications infrastructure

facebook-iot-open-source-cellular Facebook has long been working to reduce the number of people who don’t have access to the internet, and have announced the creation of a new platform called OpenCellular. The OpenCellular is an open source, "wireless access platform" designed to drive down the cost of setting up cellular networks in places where it has been traditionally difficult...

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