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• Microsoft, Google, Mozilla team to build a faster Web

  Web apps and pages may soon get a speed boost to rival the performance of native desktop and mobile applications, thanks to a new standards initiative from Microsoft, Google and Mozilla.

• Can GitHub really be worth $2 billion?

  If you’re looking to hire a developer, which is more important: her LinkedIn profile or samples of her code on GitHub?

• A good start, but developers want more access to the Apple Watch

  A software update to the Apple Watch's OS gave third-party developers access to the device's sensors this week, fulfilling a request they've had since Apple unveiled the wearable.

• Facebook tool could help devs pinpoint elusive memory leaks

  To help developers find hidden errors in their programs, Facebook has released as open source a tool that it uses to debug millions of lines of its own code.

• Unity lays groundwork for more VR games with latest upgrade

  Virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift will never make it big without lots of content. To help developers build games for such platforms, Unity Technologies has begun adding VR-specific features to its suite of cross-platform development tools.

• Five things Apple is doing to please developers

  Apple had lots to offer developers at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Headline improvements included a new version of the soon to be open sourced Swift programming language and upgraded frameworks for creating more advanced Watch apps.

• As open source code, Apple's Swift language could take flight

  Apple will release the source code underlying its Swift programming language, a move that could broaden the user base for the new language.

• Progress brings Logi Analytics to its enterprise customers

  With the help of Logi Analytics, Progress Software has embedded business intelligence capabilities into its integrated stack of enterprise software, providing its customers with another way to wrangle more useful knowledge from their business data.

• N1QL: A SQL twist comes to document databases

  Looking to bolster query capabilities for its NoSQL database, Couchbase this week is trumpeting the arrival of its N1QL "next-generation" declarative query language, which brings SQL-like querying to Couchbase Server, the company's distributed, JSON document datastore.

• Amazon's Go SDK one step closer with preview release

  Amazon Web Services has announced the first Developer Preview of its SDK for the Go programming language, giving developers who want to integrate cloud services in their apps more choice.

• HP's Project Synergy promises Amazon-type provisioning for bare metal servers

  Hewlett-Packard is developing new capabilities for its OneView systems management software that it says will allow for automated provisioning of applications across pools of servers and storage.

• Google's Polymer 1.0 brings reuse and better branding to Web development

  Signaling Polymer's production readiness, Google announced release 1.0 at its annual I/O developer conference. A core library used to build and style Web components, Polymer transitioned rapidly from concept to production release in less than two years.

• Seven things Google is doing to please developers

  At its I/O keynote, Google did its best to get developers excited about building apps for Android with new tools and money-making schemes. But Google is also expanding support for developers who'd rather create iOS apps.

• New query language could turn log files into business insights

  IT departments have long relied on log data to help keep systems up and running, but they're not the only ones who can benefit from these vast stores of information. A new analytics language from Logentries could help managers tap log data to gain insights about their business.
  

• Keep your legacy management style out of the Cloud, Intuit exec says

  If you're moving into the cloud, check your legacy management style at the door.