Category: Apps

The top social network has recently released six new open source tools for application development.

Facebook has announced the release of six new open source projects to mobile app developers, as one of the latest components of their effort to spread the weight of application development with the goal of speeding up the creation of cutting edge solutions.

All of the new mobile development open source projects were announced at the same time at the 2015 F8 Conference.

They have been drawing a considerable amount of attention among the community of mobile app developers as many offer a notable opportunity. The online newsroom at the social network provided a brief summary of all six of the projects to provide app developers with a better look at what has now been made available to them.

The following are the open source projects that have been offered to mobile app developers by Facebook.

• React Native – this is a native environments framework that gives app developers the chance to create high quality Android and iOS user interfaces without using WebView or a browser.

• ComponentKit – this is a native functional and declarative UI iOS library. React inspired its creation, and it is used within the Facebook app’s News Feed.

• Year Class and Connection Class – these two projects have been released in order to give mobile app developers the chance to intelligently segment through the use of network and device performance in real time.

• Fresco – this is a tool set that has been created for image manipulation and display specifically for the Android mobile app developer community.

• Nuclide – this is the only one of the open source projects that was announced as being open-sourced in the future, but that is not yet available in that form, at the moment. Facebook took the opportunity at F8 to demo the project, but not to actually make it openly available. It is meant to support Reactive Native, as well as Hack, and Flow, and it is IDE designed. It was developed alongside GitHub. Even though this one has not yet been open sourced, it holds enough potential that it is certainly worth watching in the future.

Semble has officially launched in New Zealand

New Zealand’s first integrated mobile wallet has been released. Smartphone users throughout the country can now download the Semble application for free, which allows them to make secure mobile payments. The application also acts as a digital wallet, storing data from retailers and financial information. Semble is an independent company, but is owned by Paymark, 2degrees, Vodafone, and Spark. The company was formerly known as TSM NZ, but was renamed for greater market impact.

Semble makes use of NFC technology to process mobile payments at physical stores

The Semble app leverages NFC technology in order to conduct mobile payments. This technology is quite common in the mobile commerce space, where it is used by a wide variety of platforms that process mobile transactions. NFC technology allows digital information to be transmitted over short distances, making it a perfect tool for contactless payments. Using this technology, Semble can be used to make a mobile payment at retail stores that support NFC-based transactions.

Consumer financial information is safely stored in Semble as a digital representation of itself

Semble stores financial information from bank and credit cards. Virtual versions of payment cards are stored within the application in a process that is similar to tokenization. Semble believes that its application will one day replace debit and credit cards. This may eventually become true, as more consumers opt to shop from their mobile devices rather than visit physical stores. A growing number of consumers are also demanding in-store support for mobile payments, which is reducing the use of credit cards and other forms of conventional commerce.

Mobile commerce is expected to continue growing in New Zealand, with more retailers showing their support

Those living in New Zealand have had relatively few options when it comes to participating in mobile commerce. The growing interest in mobile payments has made the country a relatively active market for companies that provide mobile commerce services. In the coming years, mobile commerce is expected to become more active in New Zealand, especially as more retailers opt to support mobile payments.