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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. Programs like AWS Impact Accelerator amount to more than lip service. saw almost no progress in venture capital funding from 2013 to 2020.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. . As it’s based on open source, which is evident from the startup’s community-sourced approach to changing its product and adding new features, AppMap is free for developers to use. “We

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Gorilla Logic to Sponsor 2023 ‘Women Who Code Medellín’ Software Development Program

Gorilla Logic

Software developers from Gorilla Logic will tutor women learning how to code from scratch throughout the free 60-hour program. The program is an initiative by Women Who Code Medellín and is meant for women who are interested in technology and want to guide their professional life toward this discipline.

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5 Best Cross Platform App Development Frameworks of 2023

The Crazy Programmer

The competitive nature of the digital landscape has posed challenges for developers, compelling them to explore new app development solutions that yield optimal results with minimal effort. The demand for cross-platform app development frameworks has witnessed a remarkable surge.

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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO

For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.

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Miami-based Ironhack raises $20 million for its coding bootcamps as demand for coders continues

TechCrunch

Ironhack , a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. Last year, Lambda School raised $74 million for its coding education program. Ironhack isn’t the only bootcamp to benefit from this growth. In the U.S.

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Kathleen Booth Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Career She started working on the development of the first commercial computer, Ferranti Mark 1 in the 1950s. After that, she was involved in the development of COBOL, a programming language that was designed for business applications. In the year 1958, she wrote her first book and described how to program APE(X) computer.

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