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Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free
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Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free

Online education isn't particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale in which online learning is growing...

One Quarter of U.s. Tech Start-Ups Founded By an Immigrant: Study
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One Quarter of U.s. Tech Start-Ups Founded By an Immigrant: Study

A new study showing that immigrants founded one quarter of U.S. technology start-up companies could fuel calls to relax immigration rules ahead of next month's...

­TEST Serves as Launch Incubator for Student Software Companies
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­TEST Serves as Launch Incubator for Student Software Companies

UTEST, a new program backed by the Canadian government, provides nascent software companies with start-up funds, work space, mentoring, and business strategy support...

Power, Pollution, and the Internet
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Power, Pollution, and the Internet

Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt.

Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality
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Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality

The robots zipping across the aluminum grid look less like Star Wars droids and more like little red wagons.

On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines
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On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines

In the rising light of a mid-September morning, the CSAV Pyrenees, a blue-water freighter sailing out of Suape Port in Brazil, was lashed to its lines at BerthPort...

IT Certifications That Mean Higher Pay
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IT Certifications That Mean Higher Pay

Certifications not only show IT industry employers, peers, and recruiters that you are up to date and knowledgeable on a given topic — they also can lead to increased...

Employee Shopping: 'acqui-Hire' Is the New Normal in Silicon Valley
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Employee Shopping: 'acqui-Hire' Is the New Normal in Silicon Valley

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech...

Tech Industry Keen on STEM Visas
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Tech Industry Keen on STEM Visas

The tech industry has a message for Republicans and Democrats bickering over competing immigration bills: See the bigger picture.

Robot Culture Blossoms in Bay Area
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Robot Culture Blossoms in Bay Area

They may not look exactly like their goofy, gangly ancestors on '60s TV.

China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It
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China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It

Stay or go? That question has erupted in a public way among China's large population of expatriate businessmen, entrepreneurs, journalists, and academics, who the...

How Student Coders Helped Cern Build Iphone App, Speed ­p Simulations
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How Student Coders Helped Cern Build Iphone App, Speed ­p Simulations

Google Summer of Code is one of the best deals out there both for students looking to hone their coding skills and for organizations that need cheap, talented labor...

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...

Don't Tell Teenager Shachi Kakkar That Chip Verification Is For Nerds
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Don't Tell Teenager Shachi Kakkar That Chip Verification Is For Nerds

Anybody who's 17, or ever been 17, knows that any suggestions your parents make are nothing but lame. But every now and then, one of those lame ideas turns into...

Pete Koomen: The Quest For More Clicks
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Pete Koomen: The Quest For More Clicks


'We're Literally Watching the Internet Be Rebuilt'
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'We're Literally Watching the Internet Be Rebuilt'

A new company uses big-data capabilities to decode the inner-workings of the modern Internet.

Meet the New Boss: Big Data
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Meet the New Boss: Big Data

When looking for workers to staff its call centers, Xerox Corp. used to pay lots of attention to applicants who had done the job before. Then, a computer program...

Arturo Bejar, Facebook Director of Engineering
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Arturo Bejar, Facebook Director of Engineering

Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar is a numbers guy by training. But he's also in charge of the giant social network's foray into what it calls "compassion...

Tech Lobbying Powerhouse Set to Open Doors in Washington
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Tech Lobbying Powerhouse Set to Open Doors in Washington

Google, Amazon.com, eBay, Facebook, and other Internet companies have formed a lobbying group called The Internet Association to tackle regulatory and political...

Breaking Tech's Code
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Breaking Tech's Code

In New York City, new introductory programming courses that lead to immediate job opportunities — even for candidates with no previous experience — are helping...
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