ObjectBox Swift for iOS and macOS
We’re happy to share our first Swift version of the ObjectBox database for iOS and macOS! We want to give you a Swift “native” API without any ObjectiveC legacy shining through, which is why we decided to put Swift, with its unique language features, first. We really...
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Go, ObjectBox Golang!
Today, we are bringing the power of ObjectBox to Go. Whatever solution you are building, be it a web service, an IoT/IIoT solution, or any data-driven application, you will benefit from the efficiency and speed of ObjectBox (see benchmarks below). Let us know what you...
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ObjectBox C API for IoT
The ObjectBox C API is here, as requested by IoT C/C++ developers. ObjectBox's efficiency is a perfect match for the Internet of Things with its resource-restricted devices and need for offline capability. The ObjectBox C API allows C/C++ developers to create...
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Why pitch at WomenWhoTech? & how to figure out if an event is good?
At the WomenWhoTech event in Paris I was asked: “How often do you go pitch at events like these; every week?” - and, because my face always shows everything…, it became very clear how astonished I was by this assumption. “Noooo - I wouldn’t have the time, but I really...
read moreObjectBox 2.2 comes with important fixes
We released ObjectBox 2.2 for Android more than a week ago: It comes with important fixes and we advise to update to the latest version asap. We noticed that already fixed issues are still being reported. Thus, we decided to dedicate a small blog post to increase the...
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GitCoin: Harnessing the Power of Blockchain for Open Source
Vivien had the chance to chat with Kevin Owocki, about his latest project GitCoin, and the intersection of open sourcce and blockchain. Startup entrepreneur, founder of GitCoin Vivien: Hi Kevin, thanks for talking with me today. Why don’t you start by telling me about...
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EdgeX Interview: Why open source is key for IoT and Edge Computing
We were thrilled to speak with Michael Hall, Brett Preston (the Linux foundation) and Jim White (Dell) about their open source platform EdgeX. Jim is Vice Chair of the Technical Steering Committee of EdgeX. He is also Team Lead of the IoT Platform Development and IoT...
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Startup Sesame – a field report
What is Startup Sesame? Startup Sesame is a one-of-a-kind program that connects European founders to European event organizers, bringing startups to amazing events throughout the year. While the exposure to events is great on its own, what’s even better is the...
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ObjectBox 2.0
With the release of ObjectBox 2.0 we are hitting a new milestone on our journey to make embedded databases simpler to use and faster. Two of the highlights we already announced in our 2.0 beta post: links (aka joins) and relation completeness. The final release brings...
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A Successful Open Source Story Uwe Trottmann – SeriesGuide
We had the opportunity to interview Uwe Trottmann, creator and principal contributor of the app SeriesGuide with over 1 Million downloads on Google Play. He received his M.Sc. Computer Science at TU Munich in 2013 and is interested in making software usable for...
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Top 5 reasons why edge computing is crucial for IoT
IoT is growing at a very rapid rate and with it the vast amount of data it produces. Handling these amounts of data is an unresolved challenge. Edge Computing could be part of the solution. According to Dave Evans of Cisco, in 2010 the number of IoT devices connected...
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Key Ideas to Empower Women in the Tech Industry
Highlight-Women in Tech Panel at Droidcon Berlin 2018 Meet the speakers This year at droidcon Berlin 2018 during the interactive day we were lucky to have the opportunity to host the Women in Tech panel. Our panelists had some very interesting things to say and we...
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ObjectBox 2.0 beta with Links (aka Joins)
ObjectBox 2.0 will be a big step ahead and we are proud to announce the beta release today. Relations and queries are the two major themes. First, ObjectBox finally allows queries to use relations to expand queries across multiple entities. We call this "link" and it...
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Droidcon Berlin Women in Tech Panel 2018
We are looking forward to the Women in Tech panel at droidcon Berlin. It will be taking place during the Interactive Day on June 25th from 3:00-3:45PM. The numbers show, there is still a lack of diversity in technology in both the startup world and the established...
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Let’s dive into the iOS World
Two days ago, we attended the Swift Lighting Talks Meetup in Munich for the very first time. We had beer, pizza and listened to Sebastian Sellmeier’s presentation on making programming accessible and Denis Grebennicov’s presentation on the process of developing a...
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ObjectBox 1.5: Full support for local Android unit tests
We're happy to announce ObjectBox 1.5, which comes with a couple of small but useful improvements. A focus for this release were local unit tests for Android. The test setup was greatly simplified and support for relations was added. Now, you can write super fast unit...
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ObjectBox for Desktop Apps
We're happy to announce that our embedded database ObjectBox now officially runs on all major desktop platforms. This enables Java-based desktop apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux to utilize ObjectBox' simplicity and performance. From the beginning, ObjectBox has been...
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ObjectBox 1.4 with Property Queries and Entity Inheritance
We're happy to announce 1.4 of our superfast mobile database that comes with three new features: Queries may now return values for an individual property (also supports distinct values) Entities may extend other entities 50% size reduction of native library Property...
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We are hiring
We're looking for exceptional talent with entrepreneurial spirit, who want to join the early journey and help us build ObjectBox into one of the greatest developer tool for mobile and IoT. Operations Manager (parttime / fulltime) in Munich C++...
read moreObjectBox 1.3 improves developer tooling
In ObjectBox 1.3 we made some changes under the hood to give developers a more powerful tooling. We recommend everybody to update. We've worked closely with developers of a complex app with millions of active users. At that scale, how can ObjectBox best support the...
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