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Become a Good Listener to Your TeammatesIf teammates or customers view you as a poor listener, it’s unlikely they’re going to tell you. Instead, they'll let their impression of you color their attitude toward you and their satisfaction with your work. But you can avoid that. Naomi Karten gives you advice on becoming a good listener. | 
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Are You a Micromanager?There's a difference between hands-on management, which can be positive, and micromanagement, which means you must make every decision, you take a lead role in all significant tasks, and you ignore others' ideas. Naomi Karten reveals more warning signs—plus ways to deal with being a micromanager. |
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Recent Corporate Acquisitions Highlight Growth of DevOps With the popularity of DevOps continuing to grow in the software industry, we’re seeing more and more news in the tech media about companies adopting the methodology. This week adds to that trend with some big corporate acquisitions. |
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How Waste Impacts Software DeliveryConstant delays at the Brisbane Airport in Australia cost airlines $75 million last year. This hefty cost is not adding any value to the airlines or to the passengers. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy relates this news of financial waste to what he sees as a software delivery coach. | 
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How the Mobile Industry Is Similiar to Yesterday's PC EraSteve Vaughn writes about the similarities between today's mobile industry and yesterday's era of personal computing. Industry professionals should view the mobile market as immature and make strategic plans according to how the PC industry changed in the 1990s. | 
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Why Does IT Management Ignore Testing?Joe Townsend explores why IT upper management does not treat software testing as an equal to software development. Changing the culture and the misconceptions about software testing will be vital to the future of the field. | 
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Apple Announces 45 Billion Apps Downloaded, $9 Billion to DevelopersApple announced in its Q2 earnings call to investors this week that app downloads have passed the 45 billion milestone, only four months after hitting the 40 billion mark in January. To date, the company has paid out to developers more than $9 billion—half of that in the last year alone. | 
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Will Mobile App Development Slow Due to New Privacy Laws? A recent extension to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act has mobile application developers scrambling to not only follow the new laws but also just to understand them—and the penalties that come with them. Some believe the laws can in fact be followed, but more time is needed to comply. |
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