Articles by Dice Staff
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Android Apps on Windows? Not Anytime Soon
Microsoft’s Project Astoria was supposed to represent a new direction for the company, by allowing developers to port their Android apps directly to Windows. But even as the Windows Bridge for iO… -
Google's Unusual Cloud-Storage Offer
If you’re a Google Drive user, and want 1 TB of extra space for free, Google can make that happen… provided you add to their Local Guides program. Local Guides is Google’s attempt to crowd-source… -
Working the Help Desk Can Boost Your Career
Many people view working as a help-desk specialist as the first step in launching a successful career in tech. While the job features its share of stressors—yes, you really did reset that one emp… -
Inside Millennials' Minds: 5 Key Traits for Recruiting
It is estimated that the labor force will be made up 75% millennials by 2025 (loosely defined as born between 1980 and 2000), talent recruiting professionals naturally want to know what makes thi… -
Schedule Your Job Interview for the Morning
You’ve applied for a dozen jobs, and an HR staffer at one company has (finally!) called you back. They’re offering you a handful of times for a job interview. What time should you choose? Short a… -
Boot Camps Introducing More Women to Tech
A new study from Course Report, a guide to tech boot camps, suggests that boot camps are introducing more women to the tech-employment pipeline. Data for the study came from 769 graduates from 43… -
Let Microsoft Guess How You're Feeling
If Microsoft’s current research pans out, software could learn to accurately gauge human emotion. The company’s Project Oxford, a collection of APIs designed to layer “intelligent solutions” into… -
Tech Pros' Quest for Work-Life Balance
When he was a Java developer for NBC from 2001 to 2006, Steve Nathanson freely admits, he worked more than the standard 40-hour workweek. When helping build an application for NBC News that relie… -
Adding a Qualifications Section to Your Résumé
Ask a random cross-section of tech pros whether someone should add a qualifications section to their résumé, and prepare to hear a lot of debate. The qualifications section, by concentrating your… -
October's Tech Unemployment: 2.8 Percent
The U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 5.0 percent in October, lower than analysts’ expectations. In the tech sector, the unemployment rate remained unchanged from September, at 2.8 percent; that’s…