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Development Stories
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Wearables Could Shift the Health Care LandscapeThe wearable devices and apps that Google, Apple, and other major software companies are looking to roll out will do more than just track fitness. Upcoming tech might just change the turbulent health care system as we know it, thanks to cloud storage and our strong grip on mobile devices. | 
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Domestication of Data at Agile Development/Better Software WestAt the Agile Development/Better Software Conference West, James Whittaker presented a keynote on the future of web-based data. When we want information, we still use searches and filter through results, as hunters. Whittaker says we should become gatherers and let context-based data come to us. | 
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COBOL Still Used More Than GoogleLero, a software engineering research center, recently announced that even in today’s fast-evolving and innovative society COBOL is still being used more than Google. Researchers at Lero claim that there are more than two hundred times more COBOL transactions than Google searches worldwide. | 
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Online Identify Theft Is Only Getting EasierAn expanding reliance on digital services requiring the input of personal information has increased the risk of data theft, and it only takes a few common pieces of information for the best thieves to steal your identity. More than ever, we need strong security systems to be developed. |
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Graffiti Goes Digital with Google’s Street Art ProjectThe Paris-based Google Cultural Institute, essentially a virtual museum that curates and preserves cultural content for online audiences, has unveiled its latest endeavor: Google’s Street Art Project—an ongoing collection of iconic art from streets across the globe. | 
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Is It Fair to Make APIs Copyrightable?Google recently lost a copyright appeal against Oracle. This ruling allows Oracle to copyright application programming interfaces (APIs) for Java. Anuj Magazine examines the impact of the court's recent ruling and the possible outcome for the computing industry because of this decision. | 
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iOS App Development Is About to Get EasierAt the Worldwide Developer Conference 2014 held recently, one of the announcements Apple made was about its new free programming language, Swift. People are excited because iOS development should become easier for all categories of programmers, but how much will it really affect the industry? | 
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Microsoft’s Kinect Might Finally Find a Home on PhonesMicrosoft's Kinect hardware is looking to make the move to mobile phones this year, possibly giving the struggling tech new life. While Kinect wasn't successful in video games, PCs, or medical applications, taking advantage of this innovation on a much smaller scale is a tactic that could pay off. |
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