Apple’s Perils of Innovation!!!

Apple’s Perils of Innovation (via Dice News in Tech)

As expected, Apple recently announced two new iPhones — the lower cost iPhone 5C and a follow-on to the iPhone 5 named the iPhone 5S. In a previous entry, I said that the new iPhone would not be named the iPhone 5S. I was wrong. The iPhone 5S does…

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Tech Demand in Seattle Now Trumps Silicon Valley?

Tech Demand in Seattle Now Trumps Silicon Valley? (via Dice News in Tech)

Seattle-area employers advertised for more than 31,000 technology jobs during August, according to WANTED Analytics, which reports that demand in the Emerald City is growing faster than in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The number of tech jobs…

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Incubator Starter Studio Opens Doors in Orlando!!!!!!!!

Incubator Starter Studio Opens Doors in Orlando (via Dice News in Tech)

Starter Studio officially opened its doors last month in Orlando. The technology incubator is the brainchild of entrepreneur-developer Gregg Pollack, Founder of Envy Labs. Pollack’s company does a lot of Web development for clients, and is well-known…

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Square Offers Coding Camp to Women and Girls!!!!!!

Square Offers Coding Camp to Women and Girls (via Dice News in Tech)

San Francisco-based Square is offering an intensive computer science program for women in high school and college, joining a growing number of companies aiming to increase the number of women in the field. The programs are selective, with only eight…

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Google Play for Education Opens New Dev Market!!!!

Google Play for Education Opens New Dev Market (via Dice News in Tech)

Developing apps for children is decidedly tough, but not impossible. Increasingly, schools are bringing technology into every classroom. BYOD programs allow children to bring devices into school for the purpose of participating in classroom lessons.…

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Will Back Office IT Jobs Disappear?

Will Back Office IT Jobs Disappear? (via Dice News in Tech)

Back office IT jobs in North America and Europe may be in danger of disappearing over the next four years, according to a report by the Hackett Group. The research firm forecasts that nearly half of the 3.1 million such tech jobs in place in 2002 will…

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Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize!!!!!!

Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize (via Dice News in Tech)

While a lot of attention is paid to localization in game creation, many American developers don’t consider another important – some would say critical – aspect of design: culturalization. If you’re seeking to rapidly distribute titles in an…

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Tech Startups Power Local Employment!!!!

Tech Startups Power Local Employment (via Dice News in Tech)

Tech startups are more likely than other new businesses to create jobs, according to a new report from the Kauffman Foundation. In 2011, the most recent year with data available, high-tech companies between one and five years old created a net 16,700…

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How Mobile App Developers Can Find 5 Billion Users!!!!

How Mobile App Developers Can Find 5 Billion Users (via Dice News in Tech)

Speak Swahili, Bengali or Amharic? If you’re an app developer looking to launch your career on the currency of potentially 5 billion more Internet users should Facebook and internet.org successfully connect the world to the Net, then it may be time…

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Microsoft Announces Indie-Publishing Platform for Xbox One!!!!

Microsoft Announces Indie-Publishing Platform for Xbox One (via Dice News in Tech)

Microsoft began taking applications this week for independent game developers who want to self-publish games for its upcoming Xbox One console. While other consoles, such as Sony’s PlayStation4 and Nintendo’s Wii U already have indie-publishing…

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Four Strategies for Overcoming Degree Requirements!!!!

Four Strategies for Overcoming Degree Requirements (via Dice News in Tech)

Matt Goldenberg’s client wanted to get into Web marketing and analytics. He had an aptitude for his work at a real estate company but faced one big hurdle: He lacked a Computer Science degree, and many of the job postings he’d seen required one.…

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More Tech Companies Back Outreach for Women!!!!!!

More Tech Companies Back Outreach for Women (via Dice News in Tech)

Girls don’t know they can work in technology. That truth hit home when my youngest daughter graduated from elementary school. The principal read aloud each child’s aspirations as they walked across the small stage. For every girl in the class, technology…

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Big Data Training vs. Education!!!!!!

Big Data Training vs. Education (via Dice News in Tech)

“Big Data is Big Business with many new opportunities for technical people.“ I’m sure many of you have heard something like this. Last year, the Harvard Business Review went so far as to call data science “the sexiest job of the 21st century…

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Even in C-Suite, Women Earn Less!!!!!!!!!

Even in C-Suite, Women Earn Less (via Dice News in Tech)

Even women who make it to the C-Suite make less than their male peers – about 18 percent less. Bloomberg looked at the five best-paid executives at each of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index companies. That included 198 women, or 8 percent of the total…

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How to Choose The Right Conferences!!!!

How to Choose The Right Conferences (via Dice News in Tech)

Look to your right. See those conference listings? They all sound great — fun, informative, valuable. They also sound expensive. By the time you add up the conference, tutorials, travel costs, hotel and missing work, you’re easily out a few thousand…

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Zynga Drops U.S. Gambling Games, Jobs at Stake?!!!!!!

Zynga Drops U.S. Gambling Games, Jobs at Stake? (via Dice News in Tech)

Zynga’s bet on real-money gambling turned into a bust this week, with the company announcing it was dropping its plans to pursue it in the U.S. and would continue to evaluate its pilot test in the U.K. Employees tied to its real-money gambling efforts…

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This Week’s Most Popular Tech Stories 8/9/2013!!!!!!!

This Week’s Most Popular Stories (via Dice News in Tech)

For some light weekend reading, here are this week’s most popular stories. Tech Sector Layoffs Decline from 2012: Tech sector layoffs spiked in the second quarter, with some 16,404 jobs being lost, nearly 5 times the level of the previous period.…

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Watch a Job Seeker Interview with Game-Maker Turbine!!!!!!!!

Watch a Job Seeker Interview with Game-Maker Turbine (via Dice News in Tech)

Josh Green is a game designer and producer who’s been looking for work since the demise of Facebook game maker Asvathaa in mid-2012. To help him hone his interview skills, we arranged for Josh to sit down with Craig Alexander, Vice President of Product…

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This Week’s Top Five Stories 8/2/2013!!!!!!

This Week’s Top Five Stories (via Dice News in Tech)

For your weekend reading pleasure, here are this week’s five top stories on Dice News. In Silicon Valley, More Deals and More Jobs: Silicon Valley is a candidate’s market right now, says Monique Fierros, a San Jose-based Technical Recruiter for…

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Job Seekers Slow to Adopt Mobile Search Apps!!!!

Job Seekers Slow to Adopt Mobile Search Apps (via Dice News in Tech)

Although networking remains the most effective way to find a job, online recruiting sites are gaining ground. Between 2012 and 2016, the market for job sites is expected to grow to $7.5 billion, a compounded 5.5 percent annual rate, according to a report…

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