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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
The ICT industry is in the midst of a once every 20-25 years shift to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. We call it the 3rd Platform, built on...IDC From ACM Careers | November 30, 2012
I live in Brooklyn, where President Obama won 81 percent of the vote this month. It's hard to find anywhere in the country that is more Democratic-leaning.The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 29, 2012
While we love to focus on the entrepreneurs and startups that bring new technologies to market, so much of the groundbreaking innovation that has driven the U.S...Technology Review From ACM Careers | November 29, 2012
Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do the job, suggests a study...American Sociological Association From ACM Careers | November 29, 2012
Despite women's gains in educational attainment (they are now the majority of college graduates), an ugly gender pay gap persists.Forbes From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers—both University of Virginia engineering students—the culmination of months of designing and refining.Wired From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
The computer science field remains dominated by men. The U.S. National Science Foundation says the number of women graduating with computer science degrees has...SA Today From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2012
Just as the National Guard can be called upon to provide emergency relief, there are thousands of technology professionals ready, willing, and able to volunteer...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
Cloud computing skills may be providing non-tech professionals and managers an edge in the job market as well.Forbes From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
Apple Inc.'s Eddy Cue, who took charge of map software last month, is racing to turn around the troubled service, firing a senior manager, and urging partners to...Bloomberg From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | November 27, 2012
In most of corporate America, you write the press release when your creation is finished. But at Amazon, you write it before you've even begun.Wired From ACM Careers | November 27, 2012
Concordia University researcher Mohammed Othman says his mathematical model, which uses psychological data from personality tests, could improve engineer workforce...Concordia niversity From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2012
When Randy Adams, 60, was looking for a chief-executive officer job in Silicon Valley last year, he got turned down from position after position that he thought...Reuters From ACM Careers | November 27, 2012
When Willis Whitfield invented the modern-day cleanroom 50 years ago, researchers and industrialists thought it was too good to be true. But within a few years...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | November 27, 2012
One of the only solar-powered carousels in the world is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The carousel features hand-carved and hand-painted animals and...Smithsonian Institution From ACM Careers | November 27, 2012
How do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company?The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 26, 2012
Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel of Microsoft, weighs in on what academia and industry can do to produce more graduates with the IT skills...The Wall Street Journal From ACM CareerNews | October 18, 2012