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Is Minimalism the New Business Model for the Tech Industry? The tech business model used to be to provide comprehensive products with more features than your average consumer would use. But bigger is no longer better—with more individual and small-business clients, many just want basics. Is scaling back and offering service flexibility the new philosophy? |
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The Challenges of Wearable Tech: What It Means for QA/Test You thought the switch from developing and testing for desktop to mobile was extreme? The upsurge of wearable tech has the potential to shake up the dev and QA worlds like nothing before. |
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Bionic Arm Changes Lives and Offers Glimpse of the Future After losing his lower arm to an accident, a man was invited to try out the most advanced prosthetic in the world. The robotic hand uses custom software configurations to let him perform everyday tasks again. This is just the beginning of what can be done in merging technology with the human body. |
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The Rise of Android on the Desktop With desktop PC sales plummeting, so has the influence of Microsoft and its Windows operating system. However, as consumers look to an alternative to Windows, it appears that PC makers are turning their attention to the Android OS. Steve Vaughn explores the rise of Android on the desktop. |
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Is Firefox Mobile OS Good for Developers and Testers? Firefox’s new mobile OS is set to debut in July. Developers seem eager to get their hands on the new system. Will it become a mainstay in the mobile world? uTest's Ryan Arsenault looks at Firefox's odds of success when competing against iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. |
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Education—A Promising Playing Field for Mobile and Cloud Technology Mobile and cloud technology have become more versatile in the last decade with software products and applications touching varied disciplines. Education is one such major discipline where innovative software is taking root—benefiting learners, training organizations, and software makers. |
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Fear Not, Google Reader Fans: A Coder Developed an Open-Source Clone On the news that Google Reader, the aggregator of choice for many people's RSS feeds, was retiring, one coder took matters into his own hands and created a veritable clone. He kept the UI basic, posted his code publicly, and invited anyone who'd like to run it to do so—in true open-source fashion. |