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The Maker Movement Moves to the White House Is the US still a nation of “makers” instead of merely passive consumers? The White House likes to think so. Proclaiming June 18 a “National Day of Making,” the White House hosted its first Maker Faire and, in a way, authenticated the growing Maker Movement with the government’s stamp of approval. |
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Microsoft's Cortana Assistant Using Bing to Predict the World Cup We might finally have a successor to Paul the octopus. Microsoft's Cortana, which acts as a strong competitor to Apple's Siri companion, has predicted the last four World Cup games successfully. Its complex system that takes into account a handful of key metrics has the US team losing to Belgium. |
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Google Could Erase the Line between Web and Native Apps The latest update to Android is going to make web-based applications more integrated with native apps, reducing the transition time when switching from one to the other. After awhile, you might not even know whether you're thumbing through the web or accessing an app that's native to your phone. |
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Will Apple's New Language Help Build High-Quality Mobile Apps? Apple's announcement of Swift, its new programming language, has lead to speculation that some of Swift's new features will improve app quality. Many developers have high hopes that Swift's Playground feature will facilitate faster app development and lead to higher-quality apps. |
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Two Google Programming Languages You Should Learn There are several programming languages emerging as candidates to become mainstream, but there are two that share a common characteristic that may just give them a leg up on the competition. That common characteristic: being developed as a child of the Google open source projects family. |
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Global Collaboration Triggered by Startups Local startup initiatives have been growing by leaps and bounds worldwide, attracting the attention of power players like the United States to collaborate with them. This can result in big companies buying out the new organizations, or simply in recognition and encouragement helping the movement. |
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Dysfunctional DevOps DevOps is a set of principles and practices that help teams, including development and operations, to communicate and collaborate more effectively. But DevOps also has a dark side, and some dysfunctional behaviors and misunderstandings can keep organizations from implementing these best practices. |
