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When a CTO asks ‘what language should we build our iOS app in?’, the surface answer is obvious, but the real answer depends on your team’s existing stack, your performance envelope, and how much platform-parity debt you’re willing to carry three years from now. Swift is Apple’s answer, and usually the right one.

Google gave US shoppers barely enough time to decide whether its shiny new Googlebooks deserved a spot in their backpacks before making that decision a little harder. Pre-orders only opened on September 21, but just a few days later, Google’s own online store appears to have burned through its available inventory. For a brand-new laptop…

At the launch of the Pixel Watch 5, Google announced Health Guardian, a suite of features that detect trends from your health data and predict concerning physiologic changes, such as hypertension, diabetes, or sleep apnea. Google promised to roll it out “in fall,” and it’s now delivering on that commitment.