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Coroutine-First Android Architecture w/ Rick Busarow
Chicago Kotlin User Group x Android ListenersHosted at GrubHub, July 17Coroutines are the new hot stuff, and right now they’re being added to lots of libraries. But what if you don’t want to use an…Continue
Tags: coroutines, android, kotlin
Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez Jul 20, 2019.
Android Class at Valencia College 3 Replies
We are having an Android App Development class at Valencia starting in August (East campus). It is COP 2660, and has a pre-requisite of COP2800 Java Programming, or permission of instructor. There…Continue
Tags: Education, Programming, Android
Started by Colin Archibald. Last reply by Jackie Gleason Jan 31, 2013.
Java applets on android tablets 1 Reply
Does anyone own one of the android java-based tablets? If you do, how does it compare to an iPad, and does it properly run java applets and applications? Do you need to install everything through a…Continue
Tags: applet, java, neelands, tablet, android
Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Colin Archibald Sep 6, 2011.
Insanely Great Social Hooks and Innovation on this iPhone/Android App
EveryTrail impresses as a well thought out app with GPS, multimedia and social integration. Not only is it well coded and solid, but the marketing is to the point and clear as well. I like how they…Continue
Tags: mobile, objective-c, travel, iphone, gps
Started by Michael Levin Dec 13, 2010.
Gainesville Mobile Programming Group
Would it be an interest in a gainesville Mobile programming group? Idea is to include android, blackberry, iphone, palm, symbian, and anything else I missed.
Started by Mauricio Tavares Oct 27, 2010.
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Comment by Vladimir Vivien on May 27, 2009 at 7:51am
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Android started as a successful mobile platform. However, evidence is showing that Android has a bright future on other consumer electronic devices (laptops, multimedia devices, telecom, etc). It's a great platform and definitely has a future.
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Teleport Report Finds Over-Privileged AI Systems Linked to Fourfold Rise in Security Incidents
Enterprises that grant excessive access permissions to AI systems experience 4.5 times as many security incidents as those that do not, according to The 2026 State of AI in Enterprise Infrastructure Security, a report published by infrastructure identity company Teleport. The study found that identity management hasn't kept up with AI adoption in production systems.
By Matt SaundersDiscord Engineers Add Distributed Tracing to Elixir's Actor Model Without Performance Penalty
Discord engineering detailed how they added distributed tracing to Elixir's actor model. Their custom Transport library wraps messages with trace context and uses dynamic sampling to handle million-user fanouts. CPU optimizations included skipping unsampled traces and filtering context before deserialization, recovering 10+ percentage points of overhead.
By Steef-Jan WiggersHashiCorp Vault 1.21 Brings SPIFFE Authentication, Granular Secret Recovery, and More
HashiCorp has released Vault 1.21. This version introduces native SPIFFE authentication for non-human workloads, expands the granular secret recovery model introduced in Vault 1.20, and adds KV v2 secret attribution, MFA TOTP self-enrollment, a Vault Secrets Operator CSI driver that mounts secrets directly into pods without persisting them in etcd, and more.
By Diogo Carleto"Pick and Mix" Custom Regions: Cloudflare Introduces Fine-Grained Data Residency Control
Cloudflare recently introduced Custom Regions, an expansion of its Regional Services that lets customers precisely define where their data is processed. By selecting specific groups of data centers by country or region, customers can ensure that TLS termination and application-layer processing remain within chosen geographic boundaries for compliance and control.
By Renato LosioExperimental Web Install API Seeks to Improve Application Discovery and Distribution
The new, experimental Web Install API is now in Origin Trial in Microsoft Edge and Chrome. The API allows developers to programmatically trigger a PWA installation prompt from in-app user interactions. The API aims to simplify software discovery and distribution, particularly for users who are unaware of the install icon in the browser’s address bar or do not typically use app stores.
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