Google Play Services 7.5 Adds New Capabilities, APIs, and More

At its latest Google I/O Developer Conference, Google announced the rollout of Google Play Services 7.5, which delivers new capabilities such as Smart Lock for Passwords and Instance ID; new APIs for Google Cloud Messaging and Google Cast; and supports accessing Google Maps API on Android Wear devices.

Parse Adds New Schema API and API Console

Parse has announced its new Schema API, which allows to programmatically manipulate the database schema used by an app, and the Parse API Console, which aims to make it easier to use Parse REST API without writing any code.

Apple's watchOS 2 Introduces WatchKit Apps and Extends Hardware Support

At WWDC 2015 Apple announced watchOS 2, which brings new features and capabilities for apps “to integrate even more closely with Apple Watch” by allowing access to the Apple Watch home screen, digital crown, microphone, etc.

GitHub Revoked Compromised and Unsecure SSH Keys

GitHub has recently started revoking SSH keys that were deemed to be compromised or otherwise insecure. Systems engineer Ben Cartwright-Cox was the author of the research that uncovered the issues. InfoQ has spoken with him.

How NGINX Achieves Performance and Scalability

Owen Garrett, heads of products at Nginx, Inc., has described on Nginx’s blog which design decisions allow NGINX to provide top-in-class performance and scalability.