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NEWS WATCH GitHub Desktop 2.9 revamps commit history According to GitHub, commit history is often used by developers to tell a story about the progression of a project. As of GitHub Desktop 2.9, developers will be able to drag commits on top of each other to squash them together and add a new commit message to that grouping. When merging, they will be able to squash and rebase as part of the merge. In addition, developers will now be able to drag commits in the history to reorder them. Another new feature in GitHub Desktop 2.9 is the ability to make changes to or update the commit message of the previous commit. This is intended for small changes, as there is already an existing undo feature in GitHub Desktop that reverts things back to
the previous commit. GitHub Desktop 2.9 also features the ability to start a new branch from an earlier commit. This enables developers to view the state of a repository at a previous point in time without impacting the branch currently being worked on.
Android 12 Beta 3 adds APIs, SDK The Android development team has released the third beta for Android 12, which includes the final Android 12 APIs and official SDK. This will enable mobile developers to start testing and updating their apps prior to Platform Stability in Beta 4. Beta 3 introduces the ability to capture screenshots of scrolling content; platform support for AppSearch, which allows apps to index structured data and search through it; privacy indicators APIs to
People on the move
n Automation Anywhere has appointed Sumit Johar as its new chief information officer. As CIO he will provide IT leadership and direction to business units and streamline operations through the use of the company’s Automation 360 RPA platform. Previously Johar was the CIO of MobileIron, leader of Enterprise Applications at TIBCO Software, and a manager at Wipro Technologies and Infosys. n Prakash Sethuraman is joining CloudBees as its new chief information security officer. He will lead security strategy for the company, utilizing his previous experience of leading digital and security initiatives in highly regulated industries. Prior to joining CloudBees, Sethuraman led a cybersecurity team at HSBC where he helped institute new security processes as the bank accelerated its move toward cloud and container ecosystems. n Splunk has announced three new senior leadership positions at the company. Sendur Sellakumar will become the company’s first chief cloud officer, Claire Hockin will be the new chief marketing officer, and Garth Fort will become chief product officer. All three will also hold vice president titles.
WindowInsets; improvements to auto-rotation; support for camera and microphone toggle configurations for enterprises; and new permission for CDM-paired apps starting foreground services, and the Game Mode APIS.
IBM launches cloud database as a service IBM is launching a new offering, IBM Cloud Databases powered by IBM Cloud Satellite. The new solution will enable customers to leverage the benefits of cloud databases without needing to manage the systems themselves. Customers will be able to deploy production-grade databases on cloud service providers, their own data centers or in edge locations, according to IBM. Other benefits include the ability to bring databases closer to where applications live, high-availability, secure architecture, daily backups, 24×7 monitoring, and online scaling with pay-as-you-go billing.
Eclipse Foundation releases middleware for data IPC The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of Eclipse iceoryx Almond, which is the platform’s 1.0 release. Eclipse iceoryx provides a middleware for inter-processcommunication (IPC) to allow for transmission of large amounts of data. According to the Eclipse Foundation, iceoryx is ideal for applications that need very low latency when transmitting data, such as automotive applications, robotics, gaming, and AI. Eclipse iceoryx has a laten-
cy of less than 1 microsecond to transfer a message, regardless of size. It sends the message from publisher to subscriber without creating a single copy, which is important when large amounts of data have to be processed in a short period of time, according to the company. It currently offers support for Linux, QNX, and macOS operating systems as well as C and C++. The team plans to add support for Windows and Rust in a future release.
Ambassador Labs launches Developer Control Plane 1.0 Ambassador Developer Control Plane 1.0 lets developers code, ship and run apps using Kubernetes faster. The control plane provides a new managed cloud UI and an integrated toolchain built entirely on top of Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) open-source projects. Developers can use the control plane to view and manage their organization’s apps and services across development, deployment, and production environments without needing to stitch together Kubernetes tools or needing to compromise productivity.
MongoDB releases updates for future-proofing MongoDB last month announced both the availability of MongoDB 5.0 and a preview for serverless databases in MongoDB Atlas. MongoDB 5.0 introduces new capabilities to allow organizations to more easily futureproof their applications. New features include: native time
