OpenAI o1 preview
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
OpenAI recently announced the development of a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before responding. These models can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous iterations in science, coding, and math.
OpenAI o1 preview, has been released in ChatGPT and the API
The first model in this series, named OpenAI o1-prev...
Preview for Blockstack's new smartcontracting language
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 by Richard Harris
Blockstack PBC has released the first preview for its new smart contracting language, Clarity, ahead of its official launch later this year. The new language is designed to empower developers to create reliable smart contracts that reduce the risk of fatal flaws and bugs, which have resulted in well-publicized hacks and widespread damage, prior to launching applications...
A Preview of What's Coming From InterDrone 2016 This Week
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
The InterDrone 2015 conference is the largest dedicated commercial drone show in North America firing of this week in Las Vegas (along side the CTIA Super Mobility conference). This year the show projects 150 exhibitors and sponsors, 4,000+ attendees from 60+ countries, 250+ media/association partners, and slew of classes and panels. Here is a preview of some of th...
Microsoft Opens the Azure Container Service to Windows Server Developers in Limited Preview
Thursday, July 7, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Microsoft Azure team has announced a limited preview of Azure Container Service for Windows Server containers. With this preview, Microsoft is opening the Azure Container Service to Windows Server developers for the first time.Azure Container Service is designed for enterprises, ISVs and startups looking to quickly put containers into production. It combines Azure’s...
MarkLogic 9 NoSQL Database Released in Preview
Friday, May 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
MarkLogic has released MarkLogic 9 in preview, offering updates to the NoSQL database for integrating data from silos. MarkLogic is optimized for structured and unstructured data providing the ability allowing to store, manage, query and search across JSON, XML, RDF, geospatial data, text, and large binaries.New features in MarkLogic 9 include:Data Integration: MarkLogi...
Stable Release of Android Studio 2.1 Supports Android N Developer Preview
Thursday, April 28, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The stable release of Android Studio 2.1 is now available and includes updates to the platform’s IDE wizards, build system and Android Emulator. The Android Studio development team says that the latest release provides access to new features and APIs of the developer preview including the new Jack compiler and Java 8 language support. Android Studio 2.1 includes perform...
Android N Developer Preview 2 Includes New Vulkan 3D Rendering API
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Among the top new features of the recently released Android N Developer Preview 2 is Vulkan, a new 3D rendering API which Google helped to create as a member of the Khronos Group. Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile ...
Android Studio 2.0 Preview Now Includes Instant Run Feature
Monday, November 23, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has released Android Studio 2.0, which includes an Instant Run feature to help improve the development workflow. Android Studio’s new Instant Run feature allows developers to quickly see changes running on a device or emulator. Profiling OpenGL ES Android code is now easier with the GPU Profiler in Android Studio. The tool is in early preview and shows detai...
Microsoft Releases No Code Windows 10 App Studio Out of Preview
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft has released the Windows App Studio with Windows 10 Store Support Release out of preview providing the access to a free, online app creation tool for those with no coding experience to create and publish a universal Windows app with no code required. App Studio Windows 10 was released in preview in July. With the general release, users can now direc...
Android M Developer Preview Hits Version 2
Sunday, July 12, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has released the first update to the M Developer Preview since its launch. The Developer Preview 2 update includes the up to date M release platform code, and near-final APIs to validate an app. To provide more testing support, Google has refined the Nexus system images and emulator system images with the Android platform updates. In addition to platform updates,...
Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 SDK Preview
Saturday, July 11, 2015 by Richard Harris
Hot off the press Microsoft has released its latest Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators to be used in conjunction with the Windows 10 Insider Preview. This Preview SDK Build includes bug fixes and changes to the API surface area. This latest release is part of Microsoft’s goal is to release a Windows 10 SDK preview that corresponds...
Xamarin iOS 9 Now in Preview
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Xamarin has released its first iOS 9 API preview release in Xamarin.iOS. This preview includes support for a number of features that developers can start using now.Developers can download the iOS 9 Preview for Xamarin Studio directly from the Xamarin Developer site. Upcoming previews will add more support for iOS 9, including support for Visual Studio. In addition to th...
Amazon Releases Developer Preview of Fire OS 5
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 by Richard Harris
Amazon has announced the developer preview of Fire OS 5, the Android-based operating system for Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Fire OS 5 is based on Android Lollipop which helps ensure Android apps work on Fire devices with no additional engineering effort. Developers can request early access to the Fire OS 5 developer preview and view apps running...
Latest Version of WinJS 4.0 Released Out of Preview
Thursday, June 18, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Preceding the upcoming release of Windows 10, Microsoft has released WinJS 4.0 out of preview. WinJS 4.0 supports the latest versions of browsers, including the new Microsoft Edge. WinJS is an open-source JavaScript library to use for building HTML, CSS, and JavaScript applications for the Windows Store with a consistent look and performance across all Windows devi...
Google Releases Android M Developer Preview
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has released the Android M developer preview, offering a clear timeline for testing and feedback plus more updates to the preview build. For the M release, Google reports they have focused on improving the core user experience of and making big changes to the fundamentals of the platform.The M Developer Preview includes an updated SDK with tools, system images fo...
Lots of App Development Goodies Announced at Google I-O 2015 Including Android M Developer Preview
Friday, May 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
A number of new initiatives were announced at the keynote of the 8th annual Google I/O conference as more than 5,600 developers looked on at Moscone Center. The event also was viewed by over 530 I/O Extended communities around the world and millions via the I/O Live stream. During the keynote, Google made a number of announcements that covered the evolution of the ...
Microsoft Advertising Announces New Monetization Tools Including Preview Advertising SDK for Windows 10
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 by Richard Harris
Included in the announcements release at Microsoft’s Build conference was a number of new monetization tools including the availability of a new preview advertising SDK for Windows 10. Here are highlights of the announcement:- Preview advertising SDK for Windows 10 is now available. This universal ad SDK supports phone, tablet, and PC. The ad SDK also supports video int...
Microsoft Band SDK Preview Released for iOS
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 by Richard Harris
Microsoft Band SDK Preview now is available for iOS, adding to the Windows and Android SDK. The Microsoft Band SDK provides the downloadable SDKs which includes sample code and access to additional resources including release notes, guidelines on experience design, and documentation.The SDK Preview gives developers access to the sensors available on the band, as well as...
Windows 10 Developer Tooling Technical Preview Released
Friday, March 27, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Windows developer team has released to the Windows Insiders community the first technical preview of the Windows 10 developer tooling.As a preview, do not expect a completely finished product, instead you get the opportunity to experiment with the new platform capabilities while Microsoft continues working to finish Windows 10.Here are some of the top features of th...
Microsoft Releases First Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones
Saturday, February 14, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft has announced its first build of Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones is now available for Windows Insiders. Windows 10 has the same core platform for PCs, tablets and phones, and participating in the program for phones will work much in the same way it has been working for PCs.Microsoft’s Gabe Aul says that this is the earliest publicly available preview t...
Amazon AWS Mobile SDK for Unity3D Game Development in Developer Preview
Friday, February 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Amazon’s AWS recently launched an update to the AWS Mobile SDK for Unity developers. The AWS Mobile SDK for Unity helps games handle cloud storage along with identity and user state management directly from within the Unity developer environment.The SDK is currently available in Developer Preview containing a set of .NET classes that enables games written with Unity to ...
Sony Releases Latest Version of SmartEyeglass SDK Developer Preview with New AR Rendering API
Monday, December 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Sony has released a new version of its Developer Preview of the SmartEyeglass SDK which includes a new AR (Augmented Reality) rendering API. That means developers can now render text and graphics which will stay overlaid onto fixed real-world positions when seen through SmartEyeglass. If the user turns to look in another direction, the text and graphics will stay overla...
App Developers Can Preview HTML5 and Maxwell GPU Games Built with Epic’s Unreal Engine 4
Thursday, November 13, 2014 by Richard Harris
Mozilla and NVIDIA are working with the team at Epic Games to release two Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) projects that show the flexibility of the game development engine.Unreal Engine Strategy Game Demo for HTML5Hosted at Mozilla Demo Studio as part of Firefox’s 10th anniversary feature, Epic Games’ tower defense game sample is a showcase for high-performance 3D content running...
Preview of Xamarin.Insights Provides Real time App Monitoring System
Friday, October 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Xamarin had released the preview for Xamarin.Insights, a real-time monitoring system that will help developers identify, report, and track issues that are impacting users with a single API.Developers can add Insights into an application with a single line of code providing the ability to gather and report any uncaught native or managed exceptions. In addition, developer...
Microsoft Releases Latest Version of Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 Public Preview
Friday, September 5, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft has released an updated version of the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview. This new SDK includes more than 200 improvements to the core SDK. This release includes the Kinect Fusion tool kit, which provides higher resolution camera tracking and performance. The updated SDK also includes substantial improvements in the tooling, specifically around Vi...
Microsoft Announces Availability of Azure Resource Manager Tools Preview
Friday, August 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has made publically available the Azure Resource Manager Tools Preview for Visual Studio.At Build 2014 Microsoft announced the new Azure Portal and Azure Resource Manager. The Azure Resource Manager enables the ability to create reusable deployment templates that declaratively describe the resources that make up an application (for example a website and a SQL ...
Google Moves Forward On the Wearable Front with Google Fit Preview SDK
Friday, August 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
Google has now made the Fit Preview SDK available to developers, offering a single set of APIs for apps and device manufacturers to store and access activity data from fitness apps and sensors on Android and other devices (like wearables, heart rate monitors or connected scales). One of the impacts of the SDK is that developers, with a user’s permission, can get ac...
The Lowdown on Google’s New L Developer Preview from Google IO
Thursday, June 26, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Among the biggest news from Google I/O is the L Developer Preview, which lets developers check out the new features and capabilities of the next version of Android and provides the ability to develop and test on the new platform. What Google says about the OS:Material design for the multiscreen world: A new design language that takes a comprehensive approach to vis...
Developers Can Test Out Windows Phone 8.1 with New Windows Phone Preview
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
As of this week, developers can now install Windows Phone 8.1 on their dev phone through the Windows Phone Preview for Developers and try out a lot features that were announced at Build a couple of weeks ago. Along with the tooling delivered in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC, developers can now get everything they need to start building and testing Window...
Mozilla and Epic Preview Unreal Engine 4 Running in Firefox To Scale from PC | Console to Mobile Gaming Development
Monday, March 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Mozilla is flexing its Firefox gaming muscles as it joins with Epic Games to demonstrate the ability of the Web as a platform for gaming by porting Unreal Engine 3 to the Web. Epic Citadel, using asm.js, is a supercharged subset of JavaScript pioneered by Mozilla. Unreal Engine 4 is built to power the next generation of ...
Windows Developers Have Access to Windows Phone Preview With Windows Phone 8 Update 3
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
With the release of Windows Phone 8 Update 3, Microsoft also has released the Windows Phone Preview service for developers giving access to pre-release builds of Windows Phone updates on their dev phone before operating system updates are available to consumers. Microsoft is encouraging developers to use the time to exercise code on the update and verify that their apps...
Google Provides Early Access Preview of Android Studio
Friday, May 24, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Android development using native Java has mostly come in the form of the developer downloading eclipse then grabbing the necessary Android plugins needed to develop in. But now Google is providing developers the opportunity to test drive its new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA which was announced at the recent Google I/O 2013. Simil...
Windows Phone Developer App Preview Version
Saturday, March 2, 2013 by Richard Harris
Are you a Windows phone developer wanting your stats and analytics while on the go? Microsoft has just released the Windows Phone Developer app Preview to provide you with a host of those functions.Included are total number of downloads, crash trends (and multiple time periods for those trends, starting at five days and up to one year), user reviews (translatable i...
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