Software Development
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Can Dropbox Survive the Emergence of Amazon's Zocalo?Amazon recently rolled out Zocalo, an enterprise storage service that lets people store and synchronize files. Another popular cloud storage provider, Dropbox, is also built on Amazon's S3 service. Will Amazon's entry into the storage-as-a-service segment spell doom for other providers? | 
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EMV—The Next Generation of Credit Card SecurityAccording to the US Department of Justice, approximately 16.6 million people, or 7 percent of all US residents age sixteen or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in 2012. Beth Cohen looks at EMV cards—the next generation of credit card security. | 
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hitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot—Where Is He Now?If you’re traveling across Canada and see a strangely cute little hitchhiker with a face made from LED lights, a plastic beer pail torso, arms and legs that look like pool noodles, and is wearing a garbage can hat, it’s only hitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot, looking for a ride. | 
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How to Launch a Successful Mobile App With so much competition in the mobile apps market, how are applications able to differentiate themselves? Several factors—design, implementation, and market dynamics—go into launching a successful mobile app. Right now, three main types of apps stand out. |
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Why Cars Need a Cyber Safety RatingIf you are an auto or tech enthusiast, it’s an exciting time to be alive as the hype surrounding transportation submerged in the Internet of Things is exploding. Some see the marriage of tech and transportation as an opportunity to make our lives better; others see it as a hacker's dream. | 
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What Apple’s Swift Means for Developers, Testers, and Businesses Apple surprised people at the Worldwide Developers Conference by introducing Swift, a brand-new programming language for OS X and iOS application development. What will this mean for developers, testers, and businesses who have poured time and resources into developing Objective-C expertise? |
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Thinking about Going Back to School? Georgia Tech Offers Online MS CSThe Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing rolled out the first accredited Online Master of Science in Computer Science program in spring 2014. Offered in cooperation with AT&T and Udacity, students can earn a degree through the massive open online courses (MOOCs) delivery format. |
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OpenStack Architecture Design Guide—Now Available for Download Organizations wanting to deploy OpenStack-based clouds have struggled with the lack of best practices for the many different use cases. To address the well-known gap in architecture design best practices documentation, the OpenStack Architecture Design Guide is now available for download. |
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