MobileNews

Microsoft working to make Google’s Flutter SDK better for foldables like the Surface Duo

March 4, 2021
Microsoft is publicly sharing its efforts to improve Google’s Flutter SDK with better support for foldable devices, particularly the Surface Duo. While the big news for developers today is the announcement of Flutter 2.0 during Flutter Engage, Microsoft was also present at the event sharing their progress. Last year, Microsoft released a guide to writing apps for the Surface Duo using…
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MobileNews

Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

March 4, 2021
It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every device Samsung has updated to Android 11 so far. This article will be continuously updated with new devices as rollouts…
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DefenseNews

Former Air Force acquisition boss joins drone maker Volansi

March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON — Former Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper will join the board of directors of Volansi, a commercial drone delivery company looking to expand its defense revenue, the company announced March 3. As assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, Roper oversaw an annual budget of $60 billion in funding for research and development, testing…
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DefenseNews

Surface ship readiness continues to struggle, US Navy inspections show

March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet continues to struggle to keep its ships adequately maintained, according to the Board of Inspection and Survey, an entity responsible for monitoring the condition of the service’s ships. The surface fleet was scored as “degraded” in more than half of the “functional areas” scored by the famously invasive INSURV inspectors, with 11 of 21…
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