Apache makes Java fun

Apache says it has released Apache Sling, an open source Web framework intended to make Java development fun again, reports InfoWorld.

Sling brings content into the Web and provides a platform to manage and upgrade content. It makes use of a Java content repository such as Apache Jackrabbit.

"Sling is intended to bring back the fun to Java developers and make the life of a Web developer easier," an Apache representative said.

Java company SpringSource closed a $15 million round of financing that will help the company continue to expand its operations and accelerate its growth strategy, says Business Journal.

SpringSource said the second round was led by Accel Partners. Benchmark Capital, the lead investor in SpringSource's first round of financing, also participated.

"SpringSource led the reinvention of enterprise Java through its Spring Portfolio technologies and is now leading the way in providing viable alternatives to legacy Java EE application servers," said Peter Fenton, general partner at Benchmark Capital.

In a serious emergency, first responders already look in your cellphone to see if you've listed an emergency contact. Increasingly, people are listing it under ICE, in case of emergency. Now your cellphone could help save your life, says Deseret News.

That's the premise behind MyRapidMD, a program that sends a java file containing information that could save emergency medical crews time in helping you should you be in an accident or unable to provide information yourself, says Mark White, president of the company.

"We took the Medical Alert bracelet idea into the 21st century," he says, adding the program was designed by first responders to help their colleagues when someone is in crisis and unable to speak for themselves.