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Five Things BOINC Lets You Do with a SmartphoneThe market lifespan of a cell phone is becoming roughly equivalent to last season’s outfit, which means you may have a not-so-old smartphone just sitting around. BOINC allows smartphone users to contribute their phone's processing power to scientific research when charging their phones. | 
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Is Translation Technology Making Learning Languages Irrelevant?Anuj Magazine looks at the latest developments in translation technology and how these new technologies may influence—or even replace—our need to learn a different language. | 
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Elon Musk—Revolutionizing the Transportation IndustryEvery technological revolution has people who are visionaries—Steve Jobs in the mobile industry, Jeff Bezos in the e-commerce industry, and recently Elon Musk in the transportation industry. Rajini Padmanaban profiles the Hyperloop project, the latest from Tesla Motors cofounder and CEO Elon Musk. | 
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Google Announces Helpouts, an Educational Video Chat ServiceGoogle recently launched a site for its new Helpouts feature, a person-to-person service through Google+ Hangouts that will connect people with experts for real-time video tutorials. Once it launches, professionals can make money sharing their knowledge with anyone who has an Internet connection. | 
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Working Your Way Out of Large Technical Debt in a Small ProjectWhen you transition to agile with a small project and you have a reasonably sized codebase, chances are quite good that you’ve been working on the product for a while. You have legacy code—and that code comes with technical debt. Johanna Rothman has ideas about how to work yourself out of it. | 
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How to Get Out of a Slump at WorkIf you’re in a slump at work, you’re unmotivated. You can’t make progress in anything you’re doing. Your performance is slipping. Little things are piling up, and you’re neglecting matters of importance. Learn how to set small goals and pull yourself out of that rut with some tips from Naomi Karten. | 
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Tips for Picking the Right Software TechnologyWhen all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. You may have heard this quote before, but it applies well to software technology choices. The key to choosing an appropriate technology for a software solution is to avoid bias and carefully consider the requirements you know. | 
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Developers and Testers: How to Be a Good Follower Followership is the capacity of an individual to actively follow a leader. In an autocratic world, followership would mean "do as I say," but in information technology, which is more participative in nature, followership means much more than being a robot who just follows instructions. |
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