Facebook open-sources its 'Buck' Android build tool

Developers can now benefit from Facebook's trial and error building Android apps

Following lots of development time creating a new Android build tool to aid in development of its own Android apps, Facebook has decided to open-source it for other developers to use. Developed at a hack-a-thon last summer, the new build tool, named "Buck", was created to better address the needs of Facebook as it moved to making more native apps -- rather than just using WebViews -- for Android. The move to Buck from Ant in August of last year cut down build times for its apps dramatically, leaving no reason to continue using the old tools.

Because it improved the build times and overall development cycle for Facebook's project so notably, the engineers decided to also open-source it, making the entire code base available to check out from GitHub. According to Facebook, Buck will help most when developers are building apps with many small modules rather than just a few large ones. Development-minded folks among us can of course take a look at the tools themselves and see if it could work for their own project at the source link below.

Source: Facebook; GitHub

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Drug manufacturer agrees to $500 million penalty

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A subsidiary of an Indian pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $500 million in fines and civil penalties as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

Ranbaxy USA Inc. has admitted to making and selling adulterated generic drugs at two manufacturing sites in India.

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday that it's the largest financial penalty paid by a generic drug company for violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Prosecutors say the batches of adulterated drugs included generic versions of an antibiotic and other medications used to treat severe acne, epilepsy and nerve pain.

The company also admitted making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/drug-manufacturer-agrees-500-million-penalty-171109208.html

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Obama: IRS wrongdoing is 'outrageous' (Washington Post)

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Video: Robin Hood Fights Poverty & Hits $80 Million Target

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Why the IRS Abruptly Apologized to the Tea Party

The brothers of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro have broken their public silence, giving CNN what's billed as an exclusive sit-down interview about the case. Pedro, 54, and Onil Casto, 50, told CNN's Martin Savidge that they had no knowledge of their 52-year-old brother's alleged crimes. "It?s going to haunt me down because people [...]

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What Simple Gadget Has Made Your Life a Bajillion Times Easier?

We're all looking for something that can solve every one of our problems. Unfortunately that's probably a futile effort. Chances are though, there are cheap, easy solutions to at least one of the annoyances each of us run into every day, it's just a matter of figuring out what the hell they are.

So lets collect all our wisdom, and see if we can't come up with a list of cheap, simple solutions to the most irritating problems we all hate. What's your secret little ace in the hole that makes life so much easier that it's worth its weight in gold?

Source: http://gizmodo.com/what-simple-gadget-has-made-your-life-a-bajillion-times-500847705

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