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GitHub acquires Pull Panda and makes its code review tools available for free

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 5:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Exactly one year after buying GitHub for $7.5 billion, Microsoft has now purchased Pull Panda to beef up the software development platform with more collaborative tools. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the two companies. “Joining GitHub will allow our products to be fully integrated and offered to millions more developers around the world. I will be joining the GitHub team to integrate Pull Panda and continue to grow its features as part of the core product,” wrote Abi Noda, Pull Panda’s founder and CEO, announcing the move. Pull Panda, a startup that builds code review…

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Meet Nuro, the pint-sized robot that could one day deliver your pizza

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 1:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Cars


Robotics company Nuro will soon unleash its self-driving vehicles on the streets of Houston. This isn’t a ride-sharing partnership, or a new Tesla competitor, but a trial run at the future we’re all waiting for. Starting this fall, Domino’s plans to employ a fleet of Nuro vehicles, each electric and self-driving, to deliver piping-hot pizza directly from its ovens to your doors. Each of the electric autos has a top speed of around 25 miles-per-hour, and they’ll soon share the roads with human-driven cars. These vehicles, however, aren’t built for humans. Each is about half the height and width of…

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How to download new apps to your Fitbit watch

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Fitbit‘s smartwatches, the Ionic and Versa, come with a number of apps pre-installed. These apps — which include three music apps, a weather tracker, and a timer — might offer all you need, and you’d never think to try putting more on there. But if that’s the case you’re missing out, because both watches have a number of great apps. Sure, neither of them have a whole App Store at their disposal, but the number…

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