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Analyst Watch: Windows Phone and the app economy
By Al Hilwa
In order to catch up with the competition, Microsoft has to provide a clear road map for its mobile platform
5/22/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Industry Watch: Behavior management isn’t a game
By David Rubinstein
What looks frivolous at first glance is actually a useful way of steering work behavior—and making money
5/21/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Code Watch: Welcome to the Panopticon
By Larry O Brien
Google Glasses make even more apparent the amount of time each day that we’re being recorded—and watched
5/20/2013 8:30:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: In-memory databases poised for takeoff
By Alan Zeichick
The secret of this less costly, more efficient (under certain circumstances) database type is out
5/17/2013 4:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Power down… or airplane mode?
By Alan Zeichick
It's time to end the ban on turning off devices on airplanes below 10,000 feet
5/10/2013 3:50:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Boosting developer velocity by 30x
By Alan Zeichick
Microsoft's plans for speeding up development include working even more with open-source communities
5/3/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Mobile developer mojo
By Alan Zeichick
If company developer events are any indication, mobile development is more popular than ever
4/26/2013 1:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Coping with the data
By Alan Zeichick
Black Duck's survery on open-source software adoption reveals some interesting attitudinal shifts
4/19/2013 3:55:00 PM
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Code Watch: Design patterns stand the test of time
By Larry O Brien
Despite the growing wave of criticism against them, design patterns are still useful today
4/18/2013 11:00:00 AM
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Analyst Watch: Is that message worth a life?
By Rob Enderle
Smartphones are a dangerous distraction while driving, and we should be more forceful in making our children put them down
4/17/2013 8:30:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Big Data and PC sales data
By Alan Zeichick
Following Big Data TechCon, we have more insight into what goes into Big Data, and also the changing face of computers
4/15/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Industry Watch: The season for (business) renewal
By David Rubinstein
Three companies exemplify a return to form with new products and new visions
4/12/2013 4:43:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Looking for girls who code
By Alan Zeichick
The software development world needs female coders to be involved, and that requires creating a welcoming atmosphere
4/5/2013 2:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: The 8-year-old Git is coming on strong
By Alan Zeichick
A CollabNet survey shows that Git is making impressive ground in the enterprise
3/29/2013 3:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Moving into Big Data mode
By Alan Zeichick
What you should look out for when you come to Big Data Techcon
3/26/2013 12:00:00 PM
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Industry Watch: Back to best-of-breed
By David Rubinstein
Developers need more flexibility in their tools choices, and Telerik wants to help provide that flexibility
3/25/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Analyst Watch: Get on top of your role in mobile strategy and spending
By Mike Facemire
You will need to be able to make how your organization implements a mobile development strategy; here’s how
3/20/2013 1:15:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Android + Chrome = Confusion
By Alan Zeichick
The recent leadership shakeup is confusing those who keep an eye on Android’s growth
3/18/2013 1:00:00 PM
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Code Watch: Avoiding the beginner’s reef
By Larry O Brien
Experienced program managers must be careful not to be blindsided by the problems of novices working with them
3/18/2013 11:30:00 AM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: The Last Temptation of Spock
By David Gerrold
Emotions have a logical use for humans, so naturally they have a logical use for artificial intelligence, too
3/15/2013 12:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Is Big Data a fancy way of saying Big Social?
By Alan Zeichick
Big Data is uniquely capable of handling today's social data-gathering operations
3/8/2013 3:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Bug Invaders! Angry Code! World of Compilecraft!
By Alan Zeichick
Do you use gamification to motivate your employees?
3/1/2013 4:00:00 PM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: I, Robot
By David Gerrold
What’re the pieces that go into making a machine truly intelligent? How can we teach them to think like humans?
3/1/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Big challenges with data and Big Data
By Alan Zeichick
IT decision-makers lay out what Big Data problems they face, and how they plan on taking them on
2/25/2013 1:00:00 PM
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Analyst Watch: Native vs. Web: The false choice
By Al Hilwa
Both of these technologies will do well, and so will companies that use them both
2/22/2013 3:20:00 PM
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Code Watch: Risky languages
By Larry O Brien
Developers love certain languages, but project leaders can’t let that decide which language to use
2/19/2013 12:00:00 PM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: Majel
By David Gerrold
From Eliza to Majel, developers are coming up with more clever interactive programs, but not yet artificial intelligence
2/15/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: From Apple to Microsoft to Tesla, rumors abound
By Alan Zeichick
No news, but plenty of talk this week about cars, watches and supply shortages
2/15/2013 12:00:00 PM
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Industry Watch: Responsive design
By David Rubinstein
Touted as a way to more efficiently have mobile devices display Web pages, there are still some issues to work out with it
2/14/2013 2:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: The complications of cloud adoption
By Alan Zeichick
A KPMG survey shows that cloud adoption is becoming more typical, but satisfaction is not 100%
2/7/2013 1:00:00 PM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: The part you left out
By David Gerrold
Commenting on code goes a long way to fixing problems in the code, but few companies or programmers do it
2/1/2013 12:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: You can’t analyze what you don’t capture
By Alan Zeichick
A survey shows that fewer companies are able to analyze, or even collect, extensive data about their customers
1/29/2013 1:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: We want your nominations for the 2013 SD Times 100
By Alan Zeichick
Which projects, companies, products or people were the leaders in 2012?
1/25/2013 12:20:00 PM
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Industry Watch: Time to rethink the back end for mobile
By David Rubinstein
Mobile devices are more taxing on networks than previously thought, requiring developers to consider how to handle them
1/22/2013 11:00:00 AM
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Analyst Watch: The Fall of Apple in Three Acts
By Rob Enderle
Without Jobs, Apple has been put on a downward trajectory, and it may not be able to escape
1/17/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Code Watch: What would Map do?
By Larry O Brien
The limitations of Map/Reduce drive some introspection on object-oriented programming
1/16/2013 11:30:00 AM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: Self-validating code
By David Gerrold
As certain technical glitches and errors fade into the past, are we introducing newer mistakes that slip past our notice?
1/15/2013 9:50:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Big Data, by any other name, would smell as sweet
By Alan Zeichick
Is Big Data an overhyped term? Or does it fit the bill for what, exactly, we’re describing?
1/14/2013 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Movable walls in the garden
By Alan Zeichick
What it means to be an open platform is not easy to nail down, especially with app distribution
1/4/2013 4:35:00 PM
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The Trouble with Gerrold: Let’s fix Windows
By David Gerrold
If you can find and tackle an unaddressed niche in Windows 8, you could be doing a lot of people a big favor
1/1/2013 1:30:00 PM
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