CB-12769: added tools release blog post

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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+    name: Steve Gill
+    url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill
+title:  "Tools Released!"
+categories: news
+tags: release tools
+---
+
+We just released a small update to our tools!
+
+* [[email protected]](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova)
+* [[email protected]](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-lib)
+* [[email protected]](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-create)
+
+With this release, creating a new cordova app with our default template will include a `package.json` file by default.
+
+To update your cordova CLI:
+
+    npm install -g cordova@latest
+
+Please report any issues you find at [issues.cordova.io](http://issues.cordova.io/)!
+
+<!--more-->
+# Changes include:
+
+## cordova-lib
+
+* [CB-12773](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12773): fixed incorrect plugin version fetching issue
+* [CB-12769](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12769): updated `cordova-create` dependency to 1.1.1
+* [CB-12757](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12757): if there's a plugin dependency in `package.json`, use that one for `config.xml`
+
+## cordova-cli
+
+* [CB-12769](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12769): Updated `cordova-lib` dependency to 7.0.1.
+
+## cordova-create
+
+* [CB-12765](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12765) default app `cordova-app-hello-world` is now treated like a template
+