Global Stories

Microsoft, LinkedIn and GitHub make significant headway on digital skills initiative

Microsoft, LinkedIn and GitHub have reached 10 million learners globally since announcing their digital skills initiative.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Oct 2020

Crypto

ZCoin launches new crowdfunding system to decentralise funding

Zcoin has launched its Zcoin Crowdfunding System (ZCS) as a key step in decentralising funding and decision making of projects.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Sun, 29th Dec 2019

Data Science

Australia 13th largest user of open source in the world

Australia ranks 13th globally in open source usage, reveals GitHub's report, highlighting the notable rise of contributors and new repositories in JAPAC.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Nov 2019

Marketing Technologies

Google's Federated Learning tech gets privacy enhancements

Google advances AI with privacy-focused tech; offers open-source tools to balance smart interfaces and user trust.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Sep 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub amps up vulnerability reporting capabilities

GitHub has announced new capabilities that make it easier for developers to report vulnerabilities directly from their repositories.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 20th Sep 2019

EduTech

GitHub Classroom will now work with Google Classroom & more

GitHub's learning platform GitHub Classroom will now work with popular student platforms including Canvas, Google Classroom, and Moodle.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub Desktop evolves for improved workflow support

GitHub Desktop has evolved to version 2.0, bringing more capabilities to developers that better support workflows.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Jun 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub launches fund to sponsor open source developers

GitHub asserts 99% of new software projects use open source, launching a sponsorship program to back developers.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 24th May 2019

Data Analytics

Australia needs 35,000 skilled IT experts to fuel DX initiatives

Australia is crying out for at least 35,000 skilled IT experts who will be desperately needed to serve organisations large and small this year.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 13th May 2019

Data Analytics

Apache expands infrastructure with GitHub integration

The Apache Software Foundation has moved its Git service to GitHub, allowing its 350+ open source projects to benefit from GitHub's tools.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd May 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub's Bug Bounty program gets bigger

GitHub's Bug Bounty program is now five years old and to mark the occasion it has revamped the program's scope, rewards, and new legal rules.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Mar 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub frees up access to unlimited private repositories

GitHub now offers free unlimited private repositories, allowing developers to collaborate on private projects without the previous USD $7 per month fee.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2019

Marketing Technologies

GitHub tallies most popular programming languages in 2018

JavaScript is still a winner when it comes to programming languages but Kotlin, HCL, TypeScript and PowerShell are quickly climbing the ranks.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Nov 2018

Marketing Technologies

Interview: GitHub's promise to diversity and social impact

GitHub is primarily a collaborative approach to coding and technical expertise, but dig a little deeper and you find that the company is so much more.

By Sara Barker • 7 min read • Tue, 30th Oct 2018

Marketing Technologies

It's official: Microsoft now owns GitHub

Microsoft has completed its USD $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, appointing Nat Friedman as CEO, but vows to uphold the platform's 'developer first' ethos.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Oct 2018

Marketing Technologies

This is the Octoverse: GitHub contributors by the numbers

Between 2017 and 2018 there has been a 44% jump in the number of organisations using GitHub across public and private repositories.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Oct 2018

Marketing Technologies

GitHub & the power of a truly global workforce

GitHub fosters a global, inclusive workforce with employees from all corners of the world, promoting collaboration and diversity across 96 million repositories.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Oct 2018