Android's Jack and Jill compilers head uphill to developers

Android's new, largely undocumented compilers are still works in progress, but aim to speed up the compilation process

With Android 5.0 Lollipop now winging its way to phones, Google has quietly made changes to Android's compiler tools as well. New for developers is a pair of compilers, code-named Jack and Jill, designed to speed up Android app creation.

Keep out hijackers: Secure your app store dev account

Stolen credentials are blamed for a fraudulent App Store offering -- and could easily have been prevented

Earlier this week, my colleague Simon Phipps discovered several fraudulent apps on the Apple App Store. He was able to reach one of the developers, who claimed his Apple developer credentials had been stolen, and someone else put up the fake version of Quickoffice using those credentials.

If those credentials were stolen, they didn't need to be — Apple has a strong second-factor authentication system in place to prevent account hijacking. But it was rolled out only in the last year, so many developers may not have implemented it, relying instead on the still-available, basic security system that isn't as secure.