See the proposed dev schedule for Blender 2.8
Mainly bugfixes for a year, then a major update in 2016 - which may not be 100% backwards-compatible.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
plans
Autodesk acquires Tweak Software
Developers of the RV image viewer will join Autodesk's Shotgun team: tools may be integrated in future.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Mixamo launches Starter and Indie pricing plans
$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014