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GitHub Inc., the popular open-source hosting and repository service owned by Microsoft Corp., is hoping to entice more developers to use its platform after making all of its core features freely available for anyone to use.

For the uninitiated, GitHub is a web-based version-control and collaboration platform for software developers. Its used to store the source code for a project and track the complete history of all changes to that code. It allows developers to collaborate on a project more effectively by providing tools for managing possibly conflicting changes from multiple developers.

GitHub has always been free to use, but nonpaying customers could only store their code in a public repository thats accessible to everyone. However, todays announcementfrom Chief Executive Nat Friedman (pictured) means that developers no longer need to pay to use GitHubs private repositories.

Until now, if your organization wanted to use GitHub for private development, you had to subscribe to one of our paid plans, Friedman wrote in a blog post. But every developer on earth should have access to GitHub. Price shouldnt be a barrier.

The company told SiliconANGLE that thanks to the strength of its GitHub Enterprise business, its now in a position to make a larger set of features available for free.

The platform still isnt completely free, though, as some of the more advanced, enterprise-grade features it offers, such as Security Assertion Markup Language, can be accessed only by paid subscribers.

The good news is that developers can now pay a lot less for those additional features. Thats because GitHub has simultaneously announced that its cutting the monthly cost of its paid Team plan by more than half, from $9 per user to just $4 per user.The price change is effective immediately and also applies to existing subscribers, whose bills will be reduced automatically going forward.

Constellation Research Inc. analyst Holger Mueller told SiliconANGLE that GitHubisplaying the freemium card with todays changes, amid a battle for market share with other code repositories such as GitLab and Bitbucket.

Allowing free usage for collaborators is a key move to help build applications with teams, and the move supports modern software development, Mueller said. It remains to be seen if the move manages to attract more developers and development projects to GitHub.

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Technavio has been monitoring the forestry software market and it is poised to grow by USD 1.26 bn during 2019-2023, progressing at a CAGR of over 22% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.

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The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. Mason, Bruce & Girard Inc., Remsoft, Silvacom Ltd., Topcon Positioning Systems Inc., and Trimble Inc, are some of the major market participants. To make the most of the opportunities, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

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New embedded service enables business owners to engage clientele invideo chat to combat the effects of forced closures

DaySmart Software today announced the availability of a free tele-consultation service for its 14,000 salon and spa customers. Users of Salon Iris softwareDaySmarts premier business management solution created specifically for salons and spascan now engage with clients virtually to consult on at-home treatments, offer lessons on hair care, make up or hair color and develop new revenue by booking paid tele-consultations. By integrating this service with their existing business management solution, salon and spa owners will be able to effectively maintain client relationships, continue selling products and services and manage the health of their business operationsall from one platform.

The pandemic has forced many businesses to close their doors, and for those that require face-to-face interaction, that impact has been detrimental to their growth. Moreover, hair clipper sales rose by 166% in the last week and at-home hair color increased 23% over the same timeframe from the previous year, according to data from Nielsen. Recognizing its salon and spa customers faced a significant financial threat from COVID-19and that their clientele were in need of salon and spa interactionsDaySmart fast-tracked the development of this service and committed to deliver it to current customers at no cost. Using the tele-consultation service, now activated in every current Salon Iris account, salon owners can interact with clientele through this "video face-to-face" feature to offer complimentary consultations on home hair coloring or styling, or to sell customized hair, nail and makeup lessons or advice. Early users of the system have also found it an effective way to maintain contact with employees.

The release of the free tele-consultation service is one of many steps DaySmart has taken to offer assistance to customers impacted by COVID-19. At the start of the forced business closures, the company established free email capabilities and amended their text marketing modules to make it easier for customers to communicate with clients and employees. Additionally, DaySmart launched a partnership with Kabbage, Inc.an online financial technology company dedicated to small businessesto deliver customers a streamlined, simplified SBA loan application process. Those interested in applying can visit http://www.saloniris.com/cares.

"This is an incredibly challenging time for everyone, especially businesses that rely on face-to-face client interaction," said Jeff Dickerson, CEO of DaySmart. "Our mission has always been to empower small entrepreneurs to create sustainable growthand that can mean adapting to challenges like the one created by the current pandemic. We hope every Salon Iris customer takes advantage of this new, free service to stay connected to clients or explore new revenue opportunities."

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Makers of the popular and award-winning Salon Iris, Orchid, 123Pet and Inkbook software solutions, DaySmart is the leading provider of business management tools designed to make it easier for entrepreneurs to run and grow their business. DaySmart desktop software and cloud apps are purpose-built for the salon, spa, pet and tattoo industries, and backed by a US-based support team that is dedicated to client success.

Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, DaySmart has been a small business champion since 1999. The company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list for nine consecutive years.

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Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced a new version of Snowball Edge, its system for running edge computing workloads and migrating data to the cloud, that features more powerful silicon as well as additional management tools.

AWS launched the first Snowball device in 2015 as a way for enterprises to move large amounts of records to its public cloud. A company could order a system to its data center, load it up with data and ship it to the nearest AWS facility. Snowball Edge (pictured) serves this function as well, but it can also double as an edge computing platformfor runningapplications in environments such as factories and ships.

AWS refreshed the so-called Storage Optimized variant of the device as part of todays upgrade. The company has added in a 3.2-gigahertz processor that doubles the systems computing power and provides a total of 40 virtual central processing units, or vCPUs, for local cloud instances. A vCPU is a unit of processing power used by AWS that usually corresponds to one thread in a physical processor core.

The upgraded Snowball Edge also features other hardware improvements. In addition to the 80 TB of storage for data processing and data transfer workloads, theres now 1 TB of SATA SSD storage that is accessible to the EC2 instances that you launch on the device, AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post. Companies can combine up to12 Snowball Edge devicesto assemble an edgecomputing cluster with a petabyte of storage capacity.

For cloudmigration use cases, in turn,the device provides 25% faster data transfer speeds. This is made possible by a new 100 Gigabit QSFP+ network adapter in the chassis, Barr detailed.

AWS will ship the upgraded hardware with a number of new software capabilities. Theres now a visual management console administrators can use to perform tasks such as configuring the device, while an integration with AWS Systems Manager service makes it possible to write scripts to automate maintenance chores.

Capping off the update is an access control tool meant to boost cybersecurity. According to AWS, it allowcompanies to manage which user can access whatresource in situations where multiple employees are using the same Snowball Edge deployment.

This is an attempt by AWS to get more infrastructure from on-prem to their cloud, Marty Puranik, chief executive of cloud hosting solutions provider Atlantic.Net, told SiliconANGLE. They are working to get better product-market fit, based on customer feedback, of improvements they needed to make. It looks like security and compliance were key in getting adoption of this product going.

Edge computingis a priority for AWS rivals as well. Microsoft Corp. offers Azure Stack appliances companies can deploy on-premises and Google LLC hasGlobal Mobile Edge Cloud, which allows telecommunications customers to run applications not just in its main cloud data centers but also its 130-plus edge locations.

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Popular DJ and music production software company Serato has released an update to its Serato Studio DAW, and it comes with a big change: theres now a free edition. This free edition is feature-limited, but it does let you make, save, and export tracks.

Serato Studio is a digital audio workstation like Ableton or Logic, but it has features that are geared toward DJs and beat-makers. It integrates with Seratos DJ software so you can quickly make edits or mashups of tracks you already have. It also includes DJ-style channel mixing strips and works with Serato DJ-compatible controllers, so DJs can use them to make music with Serato Studio.

The free edition of Serato Studio has most of the functionality of the full edition, but with restricted use. The amount of audio sources you can work on at one time is limited, you can only export tracks as a single MP3 file, and automation is disabled.

The free edition probably isnt a good solution for someone who wants to make robust tracks that use a lot of audio sources. But it could be useful for beginners and DJs who want to alter songs for use in live performances. We wanted to offer the best tool for people to start making beats and DJ edits, Nick Maclaren, chief strategy officer at Serato, said in a statement. Just load up an acapella or full track to chop up, make a mashup, or create a quick intro edit so its ready for your DJ sets.

Serato Studio is also getting other updates today. A new auto chord mode lets you play chords in the key of your project by pressing any note, and a Feel parameter will adjust the timing and velocity of the chords individual notes to make it sound more natural. There are also a handful of minor improvements around quantizing and layout.

Any time is a good time for freebies, but theyre especially welcome now as much of the world is stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of other companies have issued temporary free offers as of late, but this one is nice since its a permanent move.

Serato Studios free edition can be downloaded now. If you want to upgrade, the full edition of Serato Studio has a 14-day trial and is available as a $10-per-month subscription or a one-time cost of $199.

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