The mobile version of GitHub for iOS and Android devices is out of beta. You can download the application from Google Play or App Store . GitHub Mobile is also available in Team and Enterprise Cloud, support for Enterprise Server will be added before the end of this year. With GitHub mobile, you can organize and complete issues, provide feedback and answer questions, and view and merge pull requests. You cannot edit the code in the application. GitHub said that in the months since the beta version of the mobile application was released in November 2019, developers have received more than 100 thousand reviews from testers and service clients. Source: GitHub
Oracle released Java 14
Oracle has announced the release of Java 14 (Oracle JDK 14). The overall set of language improvements matches those announced at the December 2019 preview. Java 14 offers users 16 major improvements, including two Incubator modules and three preview methods. New to Java 14 is the Records feature, which is intended to replace classes used to store data in fields without any defined behavior. Added experimental support for pattern matching in the Instanceof operator, allowing you to immediately define a local variable to refer to the tested value. The information content of diagnostics when NullPointerExceptions occur has also been expanded. Java 14 improves support for text blocks, which were first introduced in Java 13 as a preview. Their main purpose is to simplify working with multiline literals. They are convenient for writing SQL queries, HTML code, JSON. Source: Oracle
Verification of mobile applications in the Google Play Store may take longer
Google warned Android developers about an unplanned extension of application moderation. Due to staff shortages, it can take a week or longer to add a new app to the store. Even later, updates to some already published applications that require manual verification will be released to the Play Store. Google already changed the moderation deadlines in August 2019. At that time, developers were advised to take into account that three days may pass from the moment an application is submitted for review to publication in the Play Store, and in exceptional cases – 7 or more days. This now applies to all applications. The company does not specify in what cases mobile applications will be checked manually. Usually all new programs and updates in some categories (for example, children's applications) go through it. Source: Android Police
Experts: Most hacker attacks occur outside of working hours
The vast majority of hacker attacks targeting the corporate sector occur after business hours, at night or on weekends. This is evidenced by a report published by the American cybersecurity company FireEye. According to the report, 76% of all attacks in the corporate sector occur after business hours, of which 49% occur in the evening or at night on weekdays, and 27% on weekends. The reason why attackers choose this particular time to attack is that many IT companies do not have staff working these shifts. Therefore, hacking is detected later than during business hours. In addition, the absence of personnel on duty in the evening or at night makes it difficult to quickly eliminate the consequences of third-party intrusion. Source: ZDNet
Samsung Electronics will expand its own cloud service
South Korean corporation Samsung Electronics will refuse the services of the cloud storage platform Amazon Web Services (AWS). The reason for this is the need to reduce costs. In 2019, Samsung paid AWS a total of $483 million. The Amazon Web Services cloud accounts for only 60% of the Korean electronics manufacturer's digital data, with the remaining 40% hosted in its own data centers. Most of Samsung's data is related to smartphone and smart TV services. The need to use the cloud is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years due to the rise in smart home appliances. Samsung Electronics owns 17 data centers in South Korea and other countries. To transfer all data to its own platform, the company will have to significantly increase the number of data centers. Source: ETNews
Microsoft has released the first preview version of .NET 5
Microsoft has released the first preview of the .NET 5 platform for native, web and mobile development. .NET 5 also provides a unified .NET SDK experience with a single base class library for all applications. The platform can be used for development for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS, WebAssembly and other operating systems. The release of a stable version is scheduled for November 2020. You can download .NET 5 for review from the official Microsoft website . Since this is a preview version, developers are encouraged to build new applications using .NET Core 3.1 and then migrate them to .NET 5. Source: Infoworld
Israel monitors quarantine compliance via smartphones
The Israel Security Agency has received permission from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to track the location of citizens via smartphones. “We are at war with an invisible enemy - a virus. We will use means previously used against terrorists. Some of them will be aggressive and violate the privacy of citizens. We must adapt to the new reality,” Netanyahu said in a televised address. Smartphone surveillance will allow authorities to monitor the movements of coronavirus-infected citizens and their contacts with other people. This will also make it easier to monitor compliance with quarantine conditions. In Israel, everyone arriving in the country from abroad is subject to a 14-day quarantine; schools, cafes, restaurants, sports clubs and shops, with the exception of food stores, are closed indefinitely. Source: Business Insider
With GitHub mobile, you can organize and complete issues, provide feedback and answer questions, and view and merge pull requests. You cannot edit the code in the application. GitHub said that in the months since the beta version of the mobile application was released in November 2019, developers have received more than 100 thousand reviews from testers and service clients. Source: GitHub
Google already changed the moderation deadlines in August 2019. At that time, developers were advised to take into account that three days may pass from the moment an application is submitted for review to publication in the Play Store, and in exceptional cases – 7 or more days. This now applies to all applications. The company does not specify in what cases mobile applications will be checked manually. Usually all new programs and updates in some categories (for example, children's applications) go through it. Source: Android Police
In 2019, Samsung paid AWS a total of $483 million. The Amazon Web Services cloud accounts for only 60% of the Korean electronics manufacturer's digital data, with the remaining 40% hosted in its own data centers. Most of Samsung's data is related to smartphone and smart TV services. The need to use the cloud is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years due to the rise in smart home appliances. Samsung Electronics owns 17 data centers in South Korea and other countries. To transfer all data to its own platform, the company will have to significantly increase the number of data centers. Source: ETNews
The platform can be used for development for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS, WebAssembly and other operating systems. The release of a stable version is scheduled for November 2020. You can download .NET 5 for review from the official Microsoft website . Since this is a preview version, developers are encouraged to build new applications using .NET Core 3.1 and then migrate them to .NET 5. Source: Infoworld
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