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The Analysis Software That Wrecked J.K. Rowling’s AnonymityThe literary world was shocked to find out the nobody author of a new novel was actually super-famous J.K. Rowling. Her secret was uncovered by using software programs and algorithms to analyze her writing—a method that could also reveal hackers and others who might want to be anonymous online. | 
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Enterprise Apps Begin to Stress DesignDesign has had a major influence on consumer software in recent years. Now, startups are emphasizing design in an attempt to compete with long-established enterprise software developers. uTest's Jamie Saine looks at how design is becoming more important in today's world. | 
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App Economy Predicted to Double to $151 Billion by 2017A new report predicts that the combined value of paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services, and in-app advertising will double in the US by 2017, with the current market worth of $72 billion increasing to $151 billion. App economy jobs are also exploding, making it a hot industry. |
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Will the New Tweet Translation Feature Render Accurate Results?Twitter recently announced the inclusion of a tweet translation feature and has enabled this feature on an experimental basis. Anuj Magazine examines the translation services—Google Translate and Bing Translate—offered by Google and Microsoft respectively. | 
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How a Mobile App Helps Bypass Border Bureaucracy It used to be that those coming into the US with hopes of becoming citizens of this country might have been slightly behind the times when it comes to technology. That's hardly the case anymore. Learn how one nonprofit is hoping that a mobile app can make the journey easier for everyone. |
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Google Public Alerts Shows Need for Open Data in Disaster ResponseGoogle Public Alerts provides emergency information during natural disasters. But government agencies often store information in closed formats, making it harder to share and analyze data. Google.org is promoting the adoption of international standards of web data to speed up response efforts. |
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Inertia Is Bad: How to Generate Momentum in Your Agile ProgramIn a large agile project or program, you know how hard it can be to keep things moving. To prevent inertia from slowing an agile program, there's one simple objective you can assign everyone at the start of an iteration to help the team build momentum. Read on for great advice from Johanna Rothman. | 
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July Hacking News RoundupIn this July roundup of interesting hacking cases, read about how Microsoft might be upset with a Google researcher who found a bug in Windows, Edward Snowden’s hacking skills have come to light, and hackers have been spying on South Korea’s military for four years. | 
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