Hi everyone! This week was huge, so let's recap the most interesting news together in our traditional weekly digest.
The most exciting news is landing of Rosetta’s Philae on a comet 67P! This is one of the greatest accomplishments for the entire mankind! Why? The mission (that started in March 2004) aims to study the comet, including search for organic compounds. It will help to test theories that comets could deliver water to Earth and perhaps even kick-started life on our planet! And will also help to clarify the formation of the Solar System. Be sure to check out the mind blowing photos from the spacecraft.
Now, let's return to the Earth. Finally, Google started roll out of Android 5.0 to older Nexus devices and some of Motorolla devices. New version of Android is also expected to arrive on LG G3. Not all of the supported devices have already received updates. While waiting for phone or tablet to update, you can check numerous hands-on reviews of Android 5.0 to prepare yourself for what's coming.
Firefox released the first browser built for developers with the slogan "Built for those who build the Web". It comes with lots of tools for web developers such as WebIDE, Responsive Design View, Valence, and more. You can download it to use on your computer or you can try it right now without installation via rollApp:
Microsoft surprised developers with their plans to make .NET Core (a set of foundational component of the .NET Framework) open source and bring it to Mac, Linux. This is a major event for all developers using Microsoft development stack, but it remains to be see what will be the long-term effect of this change. There were even more important announcements at the recent Microsoft's Connect(); event – read the detailed description here.
This came in late last week, but this going to be a big deal for many in the Internet: after all these years Skype will finally be available on the Web. Currently it is only available to small group of users in a limited.