Microsoft .NET MAUI Developers: Redmond Isn't Listening

IN THIS ISSUE: .NET MAUI Nets Complaints; Credential Manager Ends Passwords; AWS Unveils Amazon Q; AI to generate Google Play FAQs?; Gemini AI is Uniquely Multimodal; Holiday Shopping: Gifts for Geeks

Microsoft .NET MAUI Nets Complaints

Microsoft's nascent .NET Multiplatform App UI (MAUI) is drawing developer ire. They're upset about Redmond's lack of response to reported bugs and inoperative components, as well as the need in some places for platform-specific code, which defeats MAUI's raison d'etre. 

Credential Manager Boosts Security, Ends Passwords

Google last month released Credential Manager, a component of Android 14 that it says simplifies sign-ons, improves security and eliminates completely the need for passwords. 

AWS Unveils Amazon Q

Amazon Web Services last week unveiled Amazon Q, a chatbot designed to allow enterprise developers to help automate tasks within their new or existing business apps. The tool's abilities  reportedly include code writing, opening a ticket in Jira and executing AWS services. 

Google Introduces Gemini Multimodal AI

Developers will get their first look at Google Gemini on Dec. 13, when Google will make Gemini Pro APIs available in Google AI Studio. According to the company its Gemini AI was uniquely trained and designed to be multi-modal, including text, image, audio and video.  

AI to Generate Google Play FAQs?

With artificial intelligence infiltrating everything from search results to soda machines, harvesting its LLM for previously asked questions to generate an FAQ seems a reasonably safe way to use AI, akin perhaps to Amazon's AI-generated summary of product feedback. 

Holiday Shopping: Gifts for Geeks

It's that time of year again. And while the techies in your life are often the easiest to buy for, there's no harm in browsing gift lists for ideas. This one has 91, sure to meet every body and every budget. For ultra-cool (but more expensive) gifts, check out Esquire's List of 72.