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GitHub released beta integration for Microsoft Teams

September 15 2 min Collaboration

GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft, has announced a public beta of a GitHub integration for Microsoft Teams. The beta means that developers on GitHub now can add the GitHub app to Microsoft Teams, the same way that they have been able to do with Slack. GitHub and Slack came together back in 201...

China is building a GitHub alternative amid trade war with the US

August 26 2 min Devops

China wants to make a domestic version of GitHub, the open-source software development platform. The Chinese government is turning to an old and almost forgotten platform that was named Gitee. In a recent report from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information, they said that they want to turn...

GitHub consolidates support in single platform environment

July 7 1 min Devops

GitHub has merged its two websites to support application and software developers with documentation into the single platform environment docs.github.com. The platform provides end-users and integrators with a single environment for support and resources. In practical terms, the newly presented ...

Apple launches open-source tools for developers of password managers

June 11 2 min Security

Apple is launching open-source tools to enable password managers to create strong passwords that are compatible with commonly used websites and platforms. Password Manager Resources, introduced on GitHub, enables developers to integrate website-specific requirements used by the iCloud Keychain p...

Uber launches tool to clean up old code

March 18 1 min Devops

Uber announced Piranha, a tool that automatically removes obsolete and unnecessary code from projects. Originally created to help developers remove unnecessary code from the company's apps, Piranha is now available open-source. Specifically, the tool cleans up expired feature flags, which are so...

GitHub for Android and iOS leaves beta and goes live

March 18 2 min Devops

The iOS version of the GitHub app was in the beta for just under six months, while the Android version was in the beta for just under two months. As of today, Microsoft has actually released the original version of the app in full on both platforms. Unofficial versions of GitHub had been availab...

GitHub buys open-source JavaScript registry npm

March 17 2 min Devops

GitHub, part of Microsoft, is investing heavily in the open source software community. Recently, the startup and open source registry for JavaScript software packages npm was taken over. With the takeover, the well-known open-source community gets a software package regisrty with a total of 1.3 ...

New Google Application Manager focused on GitOps

February 24 2 min Devops

Google's new application manager is focused on simplifying setting up GitOps with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as the target platform. GitOps is an approach where developers include a definition of the infrastructure in a git repository alongside the code itself. This allows developers to auto...

Google introduces open-source two-factor authentication platform

January 31 1 min Security

Google has placed a new open source project on GitHub called OpenSK. It is a multifactor authentication platform that allows small businesses and hardware vendors to develop their own security keys. OpenSK appears to be an open-source counterpart to Google's Titan security key. OpenSK uses the p...

GitHub uses AI to identify open issues in projects

January 23 2 min Devops

Using AI, GitHub will provide users with recommendations for issues that suit their interests. That way, it should be less intimidating for users to start contributing to projects somewhere. Large open source projects on GitHub often have long lists of problems that need to be addressed. To make...

Beta for Android version of GitHub appears in Play Store

January 15 1 min Devops

To make it easier for developers to collaborate, GitHub is launching the Android version of their platform in the Google Play Store. While the Android version will be available for immediate use (albeit Early Access), iOS users will have to wait a while, but on GitHub's website they can request ...

GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault should preserve open-source software

November 15 2 min Devops

GitHub announced today that it will open an Arctic Code Vault. This should become a vault in which the code for open source software can be stored and maintained. The code for open source projects will be stored in the Vault on film, with frames of 8.8 million pixels. The film is designed to las...

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