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Fans of free and open-source software are rejoicing today at the news that Bulgaria will now require all software written for the government must be FOSS. But while this is a promising advance, don’t expect a major change in the way things work. The...

What Is Retrofit? Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java. Retrofit makes it easy to connect to a REST web service by translating the API into Java interfaces. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use one of most popular and often...

The following is a guest post by David Clark. I think David's new Sass library "Scut" is pretty interesting. It's like a design utility library, which is distinct from a design pattern library in that it enforces no particular structure or particular...

Is it time to reconsider Freedom 0, and clauses 5 and 6 of The Open Source Definition? It's been a hard week for techies, as a variety of revelations make the projects we've all worked on look less appealing. Things that might have been triumphs at...

The exhibit hall of the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, offered attendees a chance to see the latest in an incredible range of technology products and services. Technology pervades almost all aspects...