Tag: Open Source

Microsoft Open Sources, Expands .NET To Linux, Mac
Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing the full server-side .NET stack, and expanding .NET to run on Linux and Mac OS. The company also released Visual Studio Community 2013,...
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Twitter Acquires Mitro Labs, As EFF Helps Turn Mitro Into Open Source Project
Twitter is apparently on something of an acquisition spree. This week, we already learned that...
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Facebook Open Sources Engine Behind Paper App (Pop)
Facebook announced that it is open sourcing Pop, the animation engine behind its recently launched Paper app. Facebook released Paper in January. It's a social news reader app...
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GNOME Foundation Has Run Out Of Money
The GNOME Foundation is one of the cornerstones of the open-source software development community. Not only does the foundation work...
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GoDaddy Partners With Spree To Offer eCommerce Solutions To Small Businesses
Last year, GoDaddy moved away from super models to focus on s...
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Google Introduces Benchmark For All Your Microbenchmarking Needs
According to Google, you will rarely ever need to run microbenchmarks. Still, some developers will find it...
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Oracle Ends Commercial Support For GlassFish
As part of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, the company also acquired the GlassFish application server project. Since its launch, GlassFish users have enjoyed commercial s...
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Ouya Launch Delayed By A Few Weeks To Meet “Greater Than Expected Demand”
In February, Ouya announced that the little Android console that could would be launch...
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Should Your Startup Use Open Source Software?
Open source software is awesome, and it's free. What more do you need to know? In all actuality, there's a lot to consider when thinking about what software to use in your startup....
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VAR Guy: VARs Can Make FOSS Better For Enterprises
Univa put out the results of a survey indicating that 75% of enterprises encounter problems when using open source software. The biggest gri...
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Google Pledges Not To Sue Open Source Distributors Over Patents
Google announced the 'Open Patent Non-Assertion' Pledge today, saying that it pledges not to sue any user, distributor or dev...
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Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 Now Available
Late last year, Mozilla released Firefox OS simulator 1.0....
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Showcase Your Knowledge With Mozilla’s Open Badges
For the past few years, Mozilla has been working on a project called Open Badges. You can think of the project like merit badges for the Internet. It allows people to prove that th...
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Kinect Code Samples Go Open Source To Encourage Development
Kinect for Windows has inspired developers to create some really impre...
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Last.fm Open Sources Moost, A C++ Library
Last.fm may be well known for its Internet radio services, but the company is also breaking into the open source scene. It's latest release is sure to pleas all the C++ coders out...
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