In 2006 Google’s acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion, and Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. Many dismissed these purchases as indulgences of cash-rich tech behemoths, and federal regulators took no action. But, these acquisitions were far from frivolous. They shut out potential competitors, strengthening Google’s market dominance in search and Facebook’s in social media. And, now […]
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Why open source is growing – and dying – at the same time
To be honest, if the greek king Sisyphus would be a developer writing open source code in 2016, he would feel at home. Sisyphus’s famous punishment, handed down by the gods, was to be forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill – only to watch it roll back down after reaching the top, repeating […]
How Node.js created a model open source community
The creation of programming languages and platforms is rarely without challenges. A case in point is in the experiences of the community around the Node.js platform. Node.js allows the creation of backend services using JavaScript and a collection of “modules” that handle various core functionality and other core functions. Node.js’ modules use an API designed to reduce […]
Zapier Introduces Multi-Step Zaps
Easy automation for synching your apps
Three Reasons Why Open Source Will Have A Great 2016
It’s about so much more than giving code away.
How GitHub Aims To Safeguard Your Project’s Code
Protected Branches will put the kibosh on accidental overwriting.
NPM Wants To Push JavaScript Developers To Make Lego-Like Web Apps
The slogan it’s not using yet: One repo, one module.
Learn To Build An Apple Watch App With Instagram’s Open Source Library
At least one important component of a smartwatch app, that is.
How GitHub Apparently Ended Up In The Crosshairs Of Chinese Hackers
It involves dissidents hacking ways around the Great Firewall.
Apple May Have Just Killed An Open-Source Project
If you’re using (or contributing to) FoundationDB, you’re SOL.
Don’t Look Now, But Deep Linking Just Got Hot
Making apps more like the Web just became huge.
This Startup Wants To Lock Up Your Collaborations
Witkit aims for businesses that prize security over flexibility.
Ranking Programming Languages: Swift’s Growth Is “Unprecedented”
To work today, learn Java or PHP. To write the future, learn Go, Swift or R.
India Unblocks GitHub, Three Other Websites
The country is trying to curb ISIS propaganda
Teach Your Fish To Text And Beyond: ReadWrite’s Year In Tutorials
Our best beginner computer programming tutorials of 2014
How Learning To Code Reached Critical Mass In 2014
Today’s would-be coders have an embarrassment of riches.
Avoid Access Disruption On GitHub By Updating Your Keys
GitHub will allow companies to remove older SSH keys
GitHub Blocks ‘Suicide Manuals’ To Get Unblocked In Russia
Manuals are meant to troll the government, claim some.
Google Go Finds New Home On GitHub
Following right behind Microsoft
JavaScript Dominates GitHub, Language Study Shows
The real reason? JS frameworks.