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Google denied appeal by US Supreme Court in Oracle copyright case

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by on June 29, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The U.S Supreme Court has declined to hear Google’s appeal in the case versus Oracle. When Google built Android it modeled it on the Java programming language, which was built by a company called Sun Microsystems. In order to allow developers to build their own Android apps, Google used the same names, functionality and organization as Java’s APIs but didn’t ask for Sun’s permission. Sun Microsystems was later acquired by Oracle and sued Google for copyright infringement in 2010. Application Programming Interfaces allow programs to communicate with each other in an organized fashion. Twitter, for example, makes available an API that allows developers to…

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14 tips to manage a remote dev team

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by on June 29, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, startup, YEC, yec.co

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Managing a team of developers can be a difficult undertaking when you’re working remotely. And effectively overseeing team members working solo in different time zones all over the world, as many tech companies now do, is even more complex than having just one or two off-site freelancers. That’s why I asked fourteen members from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: We work with a big team of developers, all remote. What is one tip you have for helping me better delegate/assign/monitor the workflow? (Looking for strategies more so than tools.) Their best answers are below: 1. Adopt a Known Development Management Process…

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Google Maps will map every railroad crossing in the US to keep drivers safe

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by on June 29, 2015 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google times wants to help you get around a little more safely. According to the New York Times, the mapping service will soon include data from every railroad crossing in the US, in a bid to keep drivers safe. Google will add both audio and visual cues to help alert drivers when they’re about to pass through a crossing while using turn-by-turn navigation. Last year, accidents increased 9 percent nationally at 200,000+ railroad crossings. There were 270 deaths, up from 232 the previous year. The crossing information will be provided via a partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration, which suggests…

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Inputting+ for Android lets you undo or redo your typing with a tap

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by on June 29, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Inputting+, Typing

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Third-party keyboards have been available on Android for years, but most of them lack the tools you’re used to while typing at your desk. Inputting+ for Android Lollipop 5.0 and newer lets you undo, redo and even find and replace words as you go. The app appears as a floating bubble when you interact with a text field. Tapping on the bubble brings up an overlay, where you can type and use editing tools to fix your input. You can launch Inputting+ at any time while typing to bring up its edit window. Inputting+ in action on Facebook and Google Keep…

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Tuesday has one extra second and that could be dangerous for the internet

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by on June 29, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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This Tuesday, a single second will be added to clocks around the world to help counter Earth’s rotation slowing down. Called a “leap second,” it has been added approximately every 18 months since 1972 to rectify ‘lost’ time from the slowing rotation, ensuring that the atomic clock is in sync with Earth. Humans can handle the additional second without even being aware of it, but computers aren’t quite accustomed to the path of time suddenly changing. A leap second was last added to the clock in 2012, during a weekend, which wreaked havoc online. It caused Reddit, Foursquare, Yelp, LinkedIn, Gawker and StumbleUpon to be knocked offline entirely, as well…

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