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Linus Torvalds Releases Linux Kernel 4.7 — Here Are The New Features

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>> Linux creator Linus Torvalds has finally announced the release  of Linux kernel 4.7. After seven Release Candidates, kernel 4.7 is here with numerous bug fixes, new features, and security changes. This release also brings the support for new AMD Radeon RX 480 GPUs.                    F or the past two months, Linux kernel 4.7 has been in the developments phase. Finally, on July 24, 2016, Linux creator Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 4.7 for all Linux-based operating systems.In his announcement post , Linus talked about a “slight delay due to his travels” and listed out the big changes that were made to the kernel. Over the course of past two months, a total of seven Release Candidates were released. If you’ve been following the developments of the kernel development cycle, this stretched schedule wouldn’t surprise you. The release of Linux 4.7 also means that the merge window for 4.8 kernel is now open. Linus hopes that the next

Yahoo Deal: Verizon Buys Yahoo For $4.8 Billion

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>> Reports are floating around in the digital world that the Yahoo deal has been finalized as it has been bought by Verizon Commucations Inc. in a $4.8 billion deal. The buyout announcement will be made this Monday before the start of  NYSE.   T he dark fate for Yahoo Inc is not going to end any sooner. Its constant fight for existence in the world wide web, of which it was a pioneer in its early days, has been going on since the last decade.  The company has been facing ups and downs all these years, unable to traverse in a particular direction. The appointment of Marissa Mayer as the CEO was assumed to be a ray of hope. People expected that Mayer would lift the company from drowning in the ocean of internet which requires extreme innovation and hard work to stay above the water. Behind Mayer’s lead, Yahoo went on to purchase around fifty startups including the $1.1 billion Tumblr purchase. Yahoo has still managed to get an Alexa rank 5 and receives aroun

41 Toughest Questions Google Will Ask You At Job Interviews

What are the toughest questions asked at Google’s job interviews? To give you an idea about how things proceed during a Google interview, we have brought a collection of 41 toughest questions that Google asks.  I t’s not a hidden fact that Google asks mind-bending questions at job interviews. These questions are asked to check your ability to work under pressure and test your approach of tackling problems on the spot. The company also asks some simple questions to check your way of answering in a concise way.In the past, we have brought to you the interview questions from Airbnb , SpaceX , Apple , and Facebook interviews. To give you a better idea of the Google’s  interview process, BI has compiled some of the toughest questions asked at Google job interviews from the careers website Glassdoor. Let’s take a look:   41 Toughest Questions Google Will Ask You At Job Interviews   What is your favorite Google product, and how would you improve it? — Associate Prod

Stack Overflow Launches “Documentation” To Make Lives Of Programmers Easier

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  >>Stack Overflow, the go-to community for programmers and developers, has launched a new product named Documentation. Stack Overflow Documentation will supplement the technical resources that are used by developers to solve their real-life programming problems. To promote its product and make it richer, Stack Overflow has also partnered with companies like Microsoft, PayPal, and Dropbox. I n its 2016 Annual Developer Survey , Stack Overflow presented many interesting datasets. This survey reiterated supremacy of JavaScript. The same survey also outlined a key challenge that’s faced by developers all across the world. Yes, we are talking about poor documentation that makes the jobs of developers and programmers more challenging on a daily basis. To solve this problem, Stack Overflow has launched a new product named Documentation . Harnessing its vast community, Stack Overflow aims to develop Documentation as a massive repository of standard and expert

10 Reasons Why You Should Learn Java Programming Language

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>>Why one should learn Java programming language? The answer to this question comprises of multiple reasons like its popularity, ease-to-learn nature, helpful open source tools and libraries etc. Gaining expertise in Java ensures a secure career with fat paychecks and the power to create applications with real-world applications. T here’s a long list of programming languages that continue to exist with their strengths and flaws, making our lives easier. Over the course of past 20 years, Java has proved that it’s one of the best programming languages around. However, I strongly don’t believe in any type of competition between different programming languages. During its journey, this free and open source programming language has achieved numerous milestones and proved its worth. With time, Java has evolved and established its place as an essential ingredient for making successful software and applications. The recent indexes of programming languages’ popular

Bulgaria Makes A New Law Requiring All Government Software To Be Open Source

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>>  From the world of open source, here comes a great news. The Bulgarian government has passed a law that has made the use of open source software in government offices compulsory. We welcome this step and hope that other governments will take similar steps and make more information accessible to the users.            B ulgarian government has passed a new law that requires all government software to be open source, making its code available to the common public. This announcement was shared by Bozhidar Bozhanov–a software engineer and an advisor to Bulgarian deputy prime minister–on  Medium . He writes that with the collected efforts of the deputy prime minister and colleagues, the recent amendments to the Electronics Governance act were voted in the parliament. Here’s what the official text of the recently passed law says about the procurement of some software for the government: a)  Computer programs must meet the criteria for open source software; b)  All copyri

Here Is The Quick Guide To Revise C++ Effectively..

C++ is a statically typed, compiled, general-purpose, case-sensitive, free-form programming language that supports procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming. C++ is regarded as a  middle-level  language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, as an enhancement to the C language and originally named C with Classes but later it was renamed C++ in 1983. C++ is a superset of C, and that virtually any legal C program is a legal C++ program. C++ Compiler: This is actual C++ compiler, which will be used to compile your source code into final executable program. Most C++ compilers don't care what extension you give your source code, but if you don't specify otherwise, many will use .cpp by default Most frequently used and free available compiler is GNU C/C++ compiler, otherwise you can have compilers either from HP or Sol