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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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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
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
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
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
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
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