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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

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A developer can, on a whim, change their mind and do whatever they want with their open source code that, most of the time, anyway comes “as is” without any warranty. Developer Azer Koçulu ran into a trademark dispute with messaging app Kik because his npm package was called “kik.”

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Poparazzi hits 5M+ downloads a year after launch, confirms its $15M Series A

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million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. million downloads for Poparazzi, which is largely in line with the startup’s claims, as these estimates aren’t an exact science.). . This is on top of the company’s $2 million seed round closed in late 2018, before Poparazzi was developed.

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GDevelop wants to make game development accessible

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GDevelop is a game engine that lets you develop a video game without any specific development experience. With GDevelop, he wanted to make game development as accessible as possible. GDevelop focuses specifically on 2D games as it’s more accessible for both players and developers. The startup has recently raised a $1.4

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Gravitee nabs new cash to simplify API development and management

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of developers responding said that they expect to use APIs more or the same as in 2021, while only 3.8% The challenge is, as new APIs and protocols emerge, some aren’t supported by existing API management and security platforms. When asked to predict API usage in 2022 in a recent survey , 90.5% think they’ll use fewer.

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Buyer’s Checklist: How to Evaluate a B2B Contact Data Provider

Leveraging a data provider to help identify and connect with qualified prospects supports company revenue goals by alleviating common headaches associated with prospecting research and empowers sales productivity. Download ZoomInfo’s data-driven eBook for guidance on effectively assessing the vendor marketplace. So what’s the problem?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Like tens of millions of others, I downloaded Threads onto my phone yesterday and signed up. As far as I can tell, Threads does not yet support ActivityPub but has committed to doing so. But more importantly, protocols that are widely used bring lots of developers to them and those developers bring lots of different ideas and products.

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Vinehealth, offering digital support for cancer patients and SaaS for R&D, gets $5.5M to launch in the US

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Vinehealth , a 2018-founded, London-based digital health startup that’s built an app which offers personalized support for cancer patients while also making it easier to gather patient-reported outcome (PRO) data, including for drug development and clinical trials, has closed a $5.5

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