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Visual Studio 2015 is now available for building apps that run anywhere

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 2:29 pm
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Microsoft has today released the latest version of Visual Studio, a major update to the company’s flagship development environment. The update is a big upgrade for developers, inviting them to build apps for entirely new platforms and making it easier to port existing apps. Visual Studio 2015 includes mobile development tools for targeting iOS, Android and Windows, the ability to build cross-platform games and even an emulator for debugging Android applications. The release also means that developers can officially begin building apps for Windows 10 — developers that used the release candidate of Visual Studio to develop apps need to recompile them before submitting to the…

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Reddit time machine: See what was on the front page when you joined

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
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Here’s an excellent Internet Archive hack that will tell you what was getting Reddit riled up on the day you joined that incredible source of cool information/internet cesspit. These are the memes caught in artificial amber from the day in 2013 when I finally took the plunge and registered my current main account: Scumbag Steve still be scumbagging Head here and plug in your username to get your snapshot.  Share your screenshots/top post in the comments, if you fancy. ➤ Cakeday [via Boing Boing] Want more? Discover Reddit’s 11 most helpful communities 

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Reddit time machine: See what was on the front page when you joined

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

Reddit
Here’s an excellent Internet Archive hack that will tell you what was getting Reddit riled up on the day you joined that incredible source of cool information/internet cesspit. These are the memes caught in artificial amber from the day in 2013 when I finally took the plunge and registered my current main account: Scumbag Steve still be scumbagging Head here and plug in your username to get your snapshot.  Share your screenshots/top post in the comments, if you fancy. ➤ Cakeday [via Boing Boing] Want more? Discover Reddit’s 11 most helpful communities 

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Web and apps tracker SimilarWeb snaps up Swayy for content discovery and curation skills

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 1:59 pm
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SimilarWeb, a company that focuses on market intelligence reports for Web and mobile developers, has acquired Swayy for its content discovery and curation nous. While Swayy has a platform of its own up-and-running, SimilarWeb says it’ll be shut down in the “near future” and that the team will use the same Natural Language Processing and Personalization technology to improve the usage pattern data that SimilarWeb yields from millions of apps. “The Swayy team are super talented and we have been tracking their progress for awhile. When the opportunity came to bring them into the SimilarWeb fold we didn’t hesitate for a…

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Web and apps tracker SimilarWeb snaps up Swayy for content discovery and curation skills

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 1:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

similarweb
SimilarWeb, a company that focuses on market intelligence reports for Web and mobile developers, has acquired Swayy for its content discovery and curation nous. While Swayy has a platform of its own up-and-running, SimilarWeb says it’ll be shut down in the “near future” and that the team will use the same Natural Language Processing and Personalization technology to improve the usage pattern data that SimilarWeb yields from millions of apps. “The Swayy team are super talented and we have been tracking their progress for awhile. When the opportunity came to bring them into the SimilarWeb fold we didn’t hesitate for a…

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