YC-backed Zapier launches dashboard to track downtime for nearly 200 APIs

App integration startup Zapier has launched a new API status dashboard, a tool that can help developers and companies identify downtime for about 200 APIs.

Treehouse is now teaching the web with the web thanks to CodePen

"We know that exploring and modifying code is one of the best ways to master markup, so this tool will be a huge help to our students as they learn."

How Mozilla is bringing desktop apps into the browser & to your phone

With this release, hypothetically, you could run a full version of Photoshop on a Kindle Fire. Or Autodesk 3ds Max on an iPhone. "We will close this gap with the native stack," says Mozilla's CTO.

Mobile app-building platform FeedHenry raises $9M

It's a crowded market, but mobile dev "studio" service and backend-as-a-service startup FeedHenry apparently has what it takes to stand out.

This white hat hacker cracks quantum encryption for fun and profit

In quantum hacking, messages are sent from Alice to Bob. But if the Institute for Quantum Computing's contract hacker is successful, Eve gets the information instead.

NimbusBase is a smart iCloud alternative that syncs user data across app platforms

All the developers and consumers out there who hate Apple's iCloud might have a new favorite service with NimbusBase, a new startup that helps sync user data across app platforms.

Google has just posted more source code for Glass

This code joins a small but growing body of sample projects, client libraries, APIs, and assets available to help developers build better Glass apps.

Apple’s OS X 10.9 likely won’t be an overhaul, but there’s plenty to be excited about

If you were hoping for massive changes in Apple's OS X 10.9 operating system, you may be disappointed when the company officially reveals it at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June.

Facebook explains why it used natural language to compete with Google search

Google has for the past decade or two been training us to search with keywords rather than natural phrases. But Facebook is taking a different approach.

The $1,600 tickets for Apple’s WWDC sold out in just two minutes

All that just to see the new OS X and iOS? C'mon, y'all, Tim already said there won't be new hardware this time. What's the big fuss?

Why developers choose the Amazon app store: fewer apps, ease of porting, and pending global expansion

While the iOS app store has well over 800,000 active apps and Google Play sports more than 600,000, the Amazon app store has only about 75,000.

That's a very good thing -- if you're an app developer.

Fusion-io acquires hybrid storage appliance vendor NexGen Storage for $114M

Fusion-io had just reported earnings earlier today, announcing $87.7 million in quarterly revenue with a net loss of $20 million, and a drop from last quarter of 27 percent and from the previous year's quarter of seven percent.

How Pixar made Monsters University, its latest technological marvel

Pixar gave a rare look inside the making of Monsters University in visit to the company's campus in Emeryville, Calif.

Heroku developers get push messaging abilities with new Urban Airship app

Smartphone notification startup Urban Airship has launched a new app in the add-on marketplace of platform-as-a-service provider Heroku, a move to give PaaS developers better access to push messaging solutions.

The first batch of Firefox OS phones sold out in just hours

Released as developer preview units, the Geeksphone models are called Keon, priced at $119, and Peak; which was selling for $194.

Facebook confirms its $300M open-source data center in Iowa

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board approved an $18 million tax break for Facebook, provided it creates at least 31 jobs in the area. There are also specific financial kickbacks from the city of Altoona.