Gotchas in Per-App Language Preferences and Android Locale
These are not the droids you are looking forAndroid has a curious way of handling locale.With the introduction of per-app language preferences, things have gotten even more complicated.This article won’t go deep into explaining the nooks and crannies of localization. Better blog posts (and the actual Android documentation) exist for that.Theory is boring
Read moreStubborn vs. Strategic: Navigating Problem Solving in Software Development
Image generated by MidjourneyTwo captivating figures often emerge in software development: the Stubborn Stumper and the Strategic Solver. Picture the Stubborn Stumper, a seasoned developer with grit in his eyes, fervently hammering at the keyboard as if it were an anvil, relentlessly seeking the elusive solution. We’ll call him Benjamin.“There’s
Read moreFedDev Ontario issues grants totaling $6.19 million to five GTA businesses
Five businesses from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are receiving a $6.19 million dollar investment from the federal government. The move comes as Toronto and the GTA are experiencing rapid growth in the tech sector, a development attributed to the region’s talent pool and cutting-edge research and development. The Federal
Read moreAmple to bring EV battery swapping to Mitsubishi trucks in Japan
San Francisco startup Ample is bringing its modular electric vehicle battery swapping technology to Mitsubishi Fuso’s electric trucks this winter, the company said Tuesday. This marks the first time Ample’s technology is being used for large vehicles. The company’s technology is currently being used on a small scale for ride-hail
Read moreGM isn’t going to kill off the Chevy Bolt EV after all
GM’s best-selling EV is sticking around after all. GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call that the company will produce a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV outfitted with its new Ultium architecture that includes a new battery cell design. The decision comes just three
Read moreChatGPT for Android is now available in the US, India, Bangladesh and Brazil
A few days after putting up a pre-order page on Google Play, OpenAI has flipped the switch and released ChatGPT for Android. The app is now live in a handful of countries, such as the U.S., India, Bangladesh and Brazil. If you live in a country that isn’t part of
Read moreClean Code Is Slow, but You Need It Anyway…
Beware! Clean Code can clean anything. All images from UnsplashIn case you haven’t heard, something really interesting is happening in the programming/software development scene on Twitter. It started from one of Casey Muratori’s videos on Performance Aware Programming. It is aptly titled: “Clean Code, Horrible Performance.” It stemmed from Casey’s own
Read moreIT coalition promises to improve patching, network visibility
Some of the biggest names in IT and service providers including AT&T, Cisco Systems, Fortinet, VMware and Intel today launched an industry group promising solutions that improve the security of data and IT networks. Called the Network Resilience Coalition, they hope to solve two of the biggest problems for CIOs,
Read moreMeta’s Threads app is rolling out a Following feed
Meta’s text-based social network Threads is rolling out one of the most requested features after its launch — a following feed. In a post on his Instagram Channel, Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is adding translation features as well. “Threads started rolling out an option for a chronological feed
Read moreJeeves hits over $40M in annualized revenue as it expands beyond corporate credit cards
In September of 2021, Jeeves began offering corporate credit cards as its primary product — with a primary focus on Latin America — after participating in Y Combinator’s summer 2020 batch. By that 2021 launch, Jeeves was describing itself as the first “cross country, cross currency” expense management platform —
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