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• Today's NAND flash has hit a development dead-end

  The NAND flash technology that Toshiba introduced in 1989, making thumb drives, SSDs and your smartphone's memory possible, has finally reached a development dead end.

• This new 3D XPoint memory could last forever

  Intel and Micron this week unveiled a new type of memory they plan to mass produce that is purportedly 1,000 times faster than NAND flash and has 1,000 times the endurance.

• Apple to open source Swift programming language

  "We think Swift is the next big programming language, the one that we'll all be doing application and system programming on for 20 years to come," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering who in addition to discussing Swift introduced Apple's iOS 9 developments.

• Average cost of a 128GB SSD is now $50 for PC makers

  The average price that computer manufacturers pay for a 128GB solid-state drive (SSD) dropped to $50 in the second quarter, while the average price of a 256GB SSD plunged to almost $90, according to research from DRAMeXchange.

• Swift vs. Objective-C: 10 reasons the future favors Swift

  Programming languages don't die easily, but development shops that cling to fading paradigms do. If you're developing apps for mobile devices and you haven't investigated Swift, take note: Swift will not only supplant Objective-C when it comes to developing apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and devices to come, but it will also replace C for embedded programming on Apple platforms.

• Microsoft woos Android, iOS devs with porting toolkit

  It's no secret that Microsoft has had little success competing against Google Android or Apple iOS. But the PC software giant will give it another try with tools enabling developers to use code written for Android and iOS on Windows 10 devices.

• Microsoft says developers can port iOS and Android apps to Windows 10

  A longtime concern about Windows Phone has been a shortage of apps in the Windows Store, but Microsoft on Wednesday took a big step to change things.

• Apple sets WWDC for June 8-12, again uses ticket lottery

  Apple today announced that its annual developers conference will run June 8-12, and like last year it will assign tickets with a random drawing.

• Facebook's iOS UI development framework goes open source

  Facebook has open-sourced ComponentKit, its React-inspired framework for iOS,

• Objective-C's dip in popularity tied to decline in iPad and iPhone

  The language used for Apple iOS app development drops a notch in Tiobe index

• Java retakes the lead in language popularity

  Recent security problems aside, Java moves past C in Tiobe's language popularity index thanks to its ties to Android development

• iPhone apps: A DIY skill that's in big demand

  <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> developers are in demand across the United States and Canada, causing salaries to skyrocket for those with experience creating complex, mobile <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html">applications</a> on <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a>'s iOS platform.

• LSI to buy flash controller maker SandForce

  Fabless semi-conductor maker LSI Corp. today announced it will acquire SandForce, the leading maker of flash memory controllers for enterprise-class and consumer flash cards and SSDs. The buyout catapults LSI into the leadership position in SATA SSD controllers.

• JetBrains adds IDE for Apple iOS, Mac OS X development

  Jet Brains says it now enables developers to deliver Xcode-compliant projects to the Apple App Store without ruffling any feathers thanks to its AppCode IDE for Objective-C application development introduced Tuesday.

• Objective-C, C#, D language: Winners in programming popularity

  Objective-C, used for developing Apple iOS applications, climbs to No. 6 in the monthly Tiobe Programming Community index for most popular programming languages, after being ranked at number 8 a year ago. Also posting gains, C# rose to No. 4, a jump of two spots a year ago, while PHP dropped from No. 4 at this time last year to No. 5.