Daily Digest: Oracle’s Bridge to Salesforce.com, WinJS’ Next Step, Entity Framework 6, and more…

Oracle Builds a Bridge to Salesforce.com with New Adapter: 
The adapter allows organizations to synchronize Salesforce.com and on-premises applications
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Security Risk in Starbucks App a ‘Wakeup Call’ for Consumers: 
The weak protections for customer data in Starbucks’ mobile-payment app is a “wakeup call” for consumers who should never assume the apps they use in their smartphones are secure.
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WinJS Takes the Next Step: 
Eric Schmidt explores error handling in the Windows Library for JavaScript, also known as WinJS.
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Code First Goodies in Entity Framework 6: 
Julie Lerman rounds out her coverage of Entity Framework 6 with a discussion of new Code First features relating to mappings and migrations.
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Entity Framework and slow bulk INSERTs: 
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Windows Azure Scheduler: 
The Windows Azure Scheduler allows you to invoke actions – such as calling HTTP/S endpoints or posting a message to a storage queue – on any schedule. With Scheduler, you create jobs in the cloud that reliably call services both inside and outside of Windows Azure and run those jobs on demand, on a regularly recurring schedule, or designate them for a future date.
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MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis Discusses new 3D Printers: 
In this video I talk with MakerBot CEO about the exciting new Windows 8.1 compatible 3D printers announced at CES 2014.
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