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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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A recent study found that applicants whose pictures appear on their social media profiles are viewed more favorably than applicants who are not pictured. Also,...Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology From ACM Careers | December 14, 2012
In the few minutes it takes to read this article, chances are you'll pause to check your phone, answer a text, switch to your desktop to read an email from the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 12, 2012
There are some disturbing indications that age bias is part of the culture in Silicon Valley. As a result, some older candidates are taking steps to appear younger...Reuters From ACM CareerNews | November 27, 2012
While the IT industry has had a number of female role models — most recently Marissa Mayer at Yahoo! — there is a growing concern that not enough women are making...Computerworld From ACM CareerNews | November 19, 2012
It was the hangar which incubated Howard Hughes's aviation dreams, each aircraft model more fanciful than the last, and half a century later it is the launchpad...The Guardian From ACM Careers | December 11, 2012
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...GigaOm From ACM Careers | December 11, 2012
So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | December 10, 2012
Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | December 10, 2012
Having spent the better part of two years re-inventing and re-sizing itself through layoffs, restructurings and acquisitions, networking giant Cisco Systems has...AllThingsD From ACM Careers | December 10, 2012
In policy circles, problems that are mind-bogglingly difficult or impossible to solve, like global warming, are formally termed "wicked."The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 10, 2012
A new report, "Technology Works: Patterns of High Technology Employment and Wages in the United States," suggests the high-tech sector is responsible for outsized...PandoDaily From ACM Careers | December 7, 2012
Just 15 years ago, New York City had 35,000 phone booths. Thanks to cell phones it now has just 11,000, most of which serve little purpose for anyone but Clark...Slate From ACM Careers | December 6, 2012
China's Lenovo is on a roll. It has just been named the world's number one PC seller, and it has rapidly won the number two spot in mobile phones in its home market...BBC News From ACM Careers | December 6, 2012
Silicon Valley is starting to attract a new wave of entrepreneurs from Latin America who have launched startups offering everything from digital wallets to video...National Journal From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2012
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the avant-garde research and development arm of the Department of Defense—perhaps best known for its central...Threatpost From ACM Careers | December 4, 2012
There is plenty of debate about just how much Big Data analytics can help businesses make smarter decisions to increase sales and cut costs. Yet there seems to...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 3, 2012
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...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | December 3, 2012
Asian-Americans make up half of the Bay Area's technology workforce, and their double-digit employment gains came from jobs lost among white tech workers, according...The San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | November 30, 2012