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title: "The Developer Show — TL;DR 105"
description: "The Google Developer Show, episode 105. Topics include Web and android scholarship in Africa, GTXiLib, MongoDB Atlas availability on GCP, Chrome 66 Beta, Protect and control your GCP services and data, and Firebase Realtime Database supports Google Stackdriver Alerts."
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last_updated: "2018-05-18"
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# The Developer Show — TL;DR 105

_Published May 18, 2018_

> The Google Developer Show, episode 105. Topics include Web and android scholarship in Africa, GTXiLib, MongoDB Atlas availability on GCP, Chrome 66 Beta, Protect and control your GCP services and data, and Firebase Realtime Database supports Google Stackdriver Alerts.

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The Developer Show is where you can stay up to date on all the latest Google Developer news, straight from the experts.

Have a question? Use #AskDevShow to let us know!

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  <figcaption>TL;DR 105 — March 30, 2018</figcaption>
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#### [Web and android scholarship in Africa](https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/supporting-developers-in-africa.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_supportingdevelopersafrica_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

In partnership with Udacity and Andela, we’re offering *15,000* scholarships to aspiring and professional developers across Africa. If you’re interested and want to learn more, take a look at [the post](https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/supporting-developers-in-africa.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_supportingdevelopersafrica_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog) and follow the links to the application.

#### [GTXiLib](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/03/open-sourcing-gtxilib-accessibility.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_opensourcingaccessibility_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

Google believes everyone should be able to access and enjoy the web. Which is why we’ve open sourced GTXiLib, an accessibility test automation framework for iOS, under the Apache license. Head on over to [the post](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/03/open-sourcing-gtxilib-accessibility.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_opensourcingaccessibility_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog) for the GitHub link.

#### [MongoDB Atlas availability on GCP](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/03/expanding-MongoDB-Atlas-availability-on-GCP.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_mongoatlasgcp_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

We recently worked with MongoDB to expand the availability of *MongoDB Atlas on Google Cloud Platform*, making it available across most GCP regions as well as on Cloud Launcher. Dive into how it works with [the post](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/03/expanding-MongoDB-Atlas-availability-on-GCP.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_mongoatlasgcp_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog).

#### [Chrome 66 Beta](https://blog.chromium.org/2018/03/chrome-66-beta-css-typed-object-model.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_betatypedobject_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

Chrome 66 Beta is here with the CSS Typed Object Model, the new Asynchronous Clipboard API, the AudioWorklet object and more. A full description, and code, is available on [the post](https://blog.chromium.org/2018/03/chrome-66-beta-css-typed-object-model.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_betatypedobject_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog).

#### [Protect and control your GCP services and data](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/03/introducing-new-ways-to-protect-and-control-your-GCP-services-and-data.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_gcpservicesdata_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

We made more than 20 security announcements across the Google Cloud portfolio at last week’s CEO Security Forum in New York; covering VPC Service Controls, Cloud Security Command Center, Access Transparency, and more. For a lot of in depth details and a bunch of links, head on over to the post.

#### [Firebase Realtime Database supports Google Stackdriver Alerts](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/03/alert-alert-firebase-realtime-database.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_firebaserealtimedatabase_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

Back in December, we announced that the Firebase Realtime Database had integrated with Google Stackdriver to let you create dashboards and graphs of powerful new metrics. We’ve now made all this data actionable through Google Stackdriver Alerts. Find out how to set and customize the alerts from [the post](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/03/alert-alert-firebase-realtime-database.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_firebaserealtimedatabase_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog).

#### [Firebase for Game Developers](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/03/firebase-is-at-gdc-2018.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_firebaseatgdc_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog)

We’ve been working hard to make Firebase more valuable for all you game developers. Last week we stopped by the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to share some announcements including Google Play Games Services support in Firebase Auth, Desktop support for C++ and Unity development, and more. More details and a link to the documentation is on [the post](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/03/firebase-is-at-gdc-2018.html?utm_campaign=devshow_series_firebaseatgdc_033018&utm_source=gdev&utm_medium=blog).

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