Sunday, June 03, 2018

Microsoft += GitHub


Microsoft confirms it will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion - The Verge
"GitHub will now be led by CEO Nat Friedman, the founder of Xamarin, who will report to Microsoft’s Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie. GitHub CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath will now become a technical fellow at Microsoft, also reporting into Guthrie."



Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion – Andreessen Horowitz


Microsoft is reportedly acquiring GitHub | TechCrunch

Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub - The Verge

"Microsoft is the top contributor to the site, and has more than 1,000 employees actively pushing code to repositories on GitHub. The service was last valued at $2 billion back in 2015, but it’s not clear exactly how much Microsoft has paid to acquire GitHub."

Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub - Bloomberg
"GitHub hosts 27 million software developers working on 80 million repositories of code."



Angular + Google Maps (AGM)



Angular 2+ Google Maps Components


SebastianM/angular-google-maps: Angular 2+ Google Maps Components @ GitHub


@agm/core

» Play with Angular Google Maps on Stackblitz
angular-google-maps-demo - StackBlitz


Getting started with Angular Google Maps (AGM)


Google Maps & Angular | ANGULAR SNIPPETS - YouTube


In the meantime, Google is adjusting pricing of maps API:

User Guide | Google Maps Platform  |  Google Maps Platform  |  Google Cloud
"Beginning on June 11, 2018, you’ll need to enable billing with a credit card and have a valid API key for all projects. This will give you the ability to scale easily with less downtime and fewer performance issues. In addition, we’re simplifying our 18 individual APIs into three products: Maps, Routes, and Places.
(on the same date) ...would stop supporting keyless usage, meaning any request that doesn’t include an API key or Client ID"

Pricing & Plans | Google Maps Platform  |  Google Maps Platform  |  Google Cloud