New Android Features for Project ARA to Become Part of Mainline Android
Google is working with Linaro to develop a special edition of Android to support specific features required for the Project Ara customizable smartphone, said Linaro CEO George Grey. This collaboration is aimed to make improvements and additional functionality in the Android ARA version “part of mainline Android,” Grey said.
Facebook Releases Graph API v2.1 and Updates Platform Policies to Forbid Like-gating
New Facebook Graph API v2.1 incorporates several commonly requested features that build on the changes in v2.0, says Facebook. The company has also sparked a certain amount of reactions announcing changes to its platform policies that prohibit well-established like-gating practices.
Guido van Rossum Wants to Bring Type Annotations to Python
Guido van Rossum, best known as designer of the Python programming language, recently sent out a proposal on the python-ideas mailing list for adding type annotations to Python function declarations. The proposal aims at bringing to Python the benefits provided by static typing without changing Python’s dynamic typing nature and interpreter behaviour.
C++14 Is Here: Summary of New Features
C++14, the new C++ standard succeeding C++11, has been finally approved and is heading to ISO for publication this year. While improvements in C++14 are “deliberately tiny” compared to C++11, says C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup, they still “add significant convenience for users” and are a step on the route to make C++ “more novice friendly.”