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Apple Will Keep App Store Open for Developers Through Holidays

Nick Kolakowski,

November 10, 2021

3 min read

Apple plans on keeping the App Store open to developer submissions through the holidays, in a radical change from past...

Is PHP Doomed to Decline in the Long Term? TIOBE Thinks So.

Nick Kolakowski,

November 9, 2021

3 min read

While some programming languages rise in popularity, some inevitably fall. PHP might be one of the latter, according...

Tech Unemployment Dipped to 2.1 Percent in October

Nick Kolakowski,

November 8, 2021

3 min read

Tech unemployment stood at 2.1 percent in October, according to a new CompTIA analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of...

Will Google Employees Protest a Military Contract Again?

Nick Kolakowski,

November 5, 2021

3 min read

In the past, Google employees have protested their company’s work with the military. But that hasn’t dissuaded...

Microsoft’s VR ‘Metaverse’ Killer Feature: PowerPoint?

Nick Kolakowski,

November 4, 2021

2 min read

Perhaps it was only a matter of time: Microsoft has announced its own plans for the “metaverse,” the term coined...

Zillow Layoffs Show the Pitfalls of ‘Disruptive’ Strategies

Nick Kolakowski,

November 4, 2021

3 min read

In tech, sometimes the most ambitious plans crash and burn. Just ask Zillow, which thought it could...

Atlanta Stays Strong as Up-and-Coming Technology Hub

Nick Kolakowski,

November 4, 2021

56 seconds

Can we start calling Atlanta the next big tech hub? The southern metropolis continues its run as a hub of intense...

Java 17 Features Massive Upgrades, New Update Schedule

Nick Kolakowski,

November 3, 2021

3 min read

Oracle claims the latest update to Java (Java 17) features “thousands” of performance, stability, and security...

JavaScript, Python Boast World’s Largest Developer Communities

Nick Kolakowski,

November 3, 2021

53 seconds

Which programming language has the biggest community worldwide? That’s a question SlashData attempts to answer on a...

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