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Which iPhone App May Get You Into Stanford? The One You Make
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Which iPhone App May Get You Into Stanford? The One You Make

Standing out from the crowd of applicants vying to get into Stanford University's Computer Science undergraduate program is no easy task.

Applying Search Engine Techniques to Physics Data, Yandex Partners ­p with Cern
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Applying Search Engine Techniques to Physics Data, Yandex Partners ­p with Cern

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is perhaps best-known for two things: (probably) locating the elusive Higgs Boson, and being the birthplace...

Open Compute Project to Ask College Students for Hardware Ideas
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Open Compute Project to Ask College Students for Hardware Ideas

In its quest to figure out how best to build efficient, scalable data centers, the Open Compute Project is looking to students and other independent people for...

Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App
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Meet the Guys Behind the Iphone's Best Calendar App

It's not a surprise when a company with copious resources like Google builds a better iPhone search or mail app. But it’s far more interesting when small development...

We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se
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We Don't Need More Data Scientists; Just Make Big Data Easier to ­se

Virtually any article today about big data inevitably turns to the notion that the country is suffering from a crucial shortage of data scientists.

Agile Developers Rule the Roost, Experience Trumps Toolsets
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Agile Developers Rule the Roost, Experience Trumps Toolsets

If you're an agile development pro, especially on the West Coast, Utah, Minnesota, New York or Massachusetts, you're pretty much in the catbird seat when comes...

How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started
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How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started

Four years ago developer Matt Biddulph jokingly coined "Silicon Roundabout" as a description of East London's small but growing startup scene—now it's become the...

How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World
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How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World

Next time you pull out your smartphone to use a popular application—whether it's to price check items in a store, to tweet or to check your cloud-based calendar—you...

Why Better Traffic Data Means More Than Just a Faster Commute
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Why Better Traffic Data Means More Than Just a Faster Commute

You might never have heard of Inrix, but there's a good chance it’s already helped you out—or vice versa.

5 Most Surprising Things Heard at Harvard's Cyberposium
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5 Most Surprising Things Heard at Harvard's Cyberposium

There was the usual talk about the excitement of the startup universe and the thrill of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School's 18th annual Cyberposium on...

5 Cool Things at MIT Media Lab
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5 Cool Things at MIT Media Lab

You probably expect all the latest and greatest high-tech gear to be out in force at the MIT Media Lab innovation complex. And you’d be right. Holograms? Check....

Why Becoming a Data Scientist Might Be Easier than You Think
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Why Becoming a Data Scientist Might Be Easier than You Think

Several novice programmers who signed up for a free machine-learning class on Coursera have gone on recently to win predictive-modeling competitions.

Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together
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Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together

Ask a group of data scientists the toughest part of their job, and many will probably tell you–it's not the math but the work required to turn raw data into something...

Making Money on Mobile: The Youtube Perspective
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Making Money on Mobile: The Youtube Perspective

It's no secret that more and more content is being consumed on mobile devices. While this has been a source of stress for some web publishers like Facebook, YouTube...

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Big Apple

When it comes to New York's booming tech startup scene, digital media and new commerce companies get all the attention, but in reality, the Big Apple's big opportunity...

5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game
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5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game

Rui Viana isn't a full-time app developer and he hasn't learned how to use Apple's iOS software development kit.

The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You
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The Biggest Obstacle to Embracing Big Data? You

The technological hurdles to embracing big data are well-known at this point—McKinsey & Co. predicted a shortage of nearly 200,000 skilled data analysts by 2018—but...

A Winning Strategy in the War For Talent
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A Winning Strategy in the War For Talent

Despite a massive surplus of people looking for work, technology companies are having a hard time finding talent. When big companies take out billboards to find...

The Future of Work Won't Contain Resumes
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The Future of Work Won't Contain Resumes

Social networking sites are making the traditional resume obsolete. Resumes overemphasize a good GPA, a great degree and accomplishments at previous jobs, but don't...
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