Software Developers

India fastest-growing developer community on GitHub; PM Modi praises youth

GitHub predicts that India will surpass the US to have the world's largest developer population on the platform by 2028

GitHub community in India is going to overtake the US: Sharryn Napier

Napier spoke about developers and their significance in AI development globally

Apple to allow developers to distribute apps directly from their websites

"We're providing more flexibility for developers who distribute apps in the European Union, including introducing a new way to distribute apps directly from a developer's website," Apple said

Apple cancels Epic Games' developer account, Fortnite ios hangs in balance

Epic Games said it had intended to use the developer account to bring its online marketplace, Epic Games Store, and the Fortnite game to iOS devices in Europe

Apple testing AI on Xcode to predict and generate software codes: Report

Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi has told his developers to come up with as many new AI features as possible for next iOS update, according to reports

Microsoft to train 100,000 Indian developers in AI technologies, tools

The developers will be trained under Microsoft's AI Odyssey initiative. The month-long programme is open to all, without any experience or background preference required

GitHub's India user base at 13.2 mn, projected to overtake US by 2027

India continues to have the fastest-growing developer population with some 3.5 million new developers joining GitHub's platform in 2023

Tally is investing heavily in AI to develop new product experience: Goenka

We have over 2.3 million licensed customers and over 7 million users in more than 100 countries across various business segments, said Goenka

Programmers using AI tools to boost global GDP by over $1.5 trn: Study

Artificial intelligence will help global economy and create demand for software developers, says GitHub

Around 92% of developers using AI coding tools at work: Github Report

About 92 per cent of developers are already using AI coding tools at work, while 70 per cent reported that AI coding tools will offer them an advantage at work, a new report showed on Wednesday

Builder.ai gets $250 mn from Qatar Investment Authority, valuation up 1.8x

The funding will fuel the company's innovation pipeline allowing further investments in talent, partnerships, and technology

Out of 0.2 mn developers around 60 pay service fee above 15%: Google

Google defended its position on Play Store fee for developers and its stance on user choice billing policy, saying that service fees are actually lowest among major app stores

Sony to shut 'PixelOpus', developer of video game Concrete Genie: Report

PlayStation Plus Collection provides access to many PlayStation 4 (PS4) titles to PlayStation 5 (PS5) players who subscribe to PlayStation Plus

Cloud-interviewing firm Karat sees Indian candidates setting the bar

Karat offers a data-enabled technology platform and combines it with human interviewers

Paid $320 billion to developers on App Store since launch in 2008: Apple

Apple has given a massive $320 billion to the developers for selling their digital goods and services since the launch of its App Store in 2008, the tech giant has announced

Intel unveils 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors with better performance

Chip-maker Intel on Wednesday unveiled 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) with better performance

Software firm Salesforce's workers brace for fresh round of layoffs

Salesforce, an enterprise software company, is preparing for another round of layoffs amid leadership changes, increased pressure to meet sales targets, and the influence of activist investors.

Microsoft to train, certify over 100k Indian software developers in a month

IT company Microsoft will train and certify over 1 lakh software developers in India in a month under its pan-India "Future Ready Champions of Code" program, the company said on Tuesday. The month-long programme will be supported by Microsoft's customers and partners incuding Accenture, HCLTech, Icertis, Infosys, InMobi, OYO, PayU, TCS, Tech Mahindra, udaan, VerSe Innovation, Wibmo (A PayU company) and Wipro among others with a focus to fast-track competency development among their developer teams, the company said in a statement. As a part of the programme, developers will be provided resources online to learn, practice, earn net new or renew Microsoft cloud certifications. Microsoft India, Executive Director for Customer Success, Aparna Gupta said India has become an innovation powerhouse with one of the fastest growing developer communities and Microsoft recognises the creativity, innovation, and passion of developers to build technology that is driving the nation's growth. "Wi

CCI order in Google case may have implications for local developers

The CCI fined Google Rs 936.44 crore on October 25 for abusing its dominant position with regards to its Play Store Billing and payment policy

Indian techies writing 35% of 100 mn lines of code for the driverless car

Global auto Tier-1 firms already have 50,000-55,000 software engineers working in India, OEMs have another 25,000