Articles by Dice Staff
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Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook's acquisition of Instagram is more than a $1 billion deal that's making CEO Kevin Systrom some $400 million, and his 12 employees $100 million split among them. It's also Facebook's bigg… -
Milwaukee Faces Tech Talent Shortage
Milwaukee promises to become a hot job market for IT pros, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Committee, which says area colleges won't produce enough tech workers to replace those wh… -
Ten Tech Jobs And the Hoops You'll Have to Jump Through
IT recruiters have a habit of complaining that they can’t find enough qualified candidates. The truth is they have problems with just some positions, but if you have the skills and the willingnes… -
Facebook Veterans Launch Startups in Silicon Valley
Several Facebook alumni have formed startups to develop new social networking applications. Among them are Asana, which aims to improve collaboration among teams, Quora, which connects people and… -
GE, MIT, DARPA Build Open Industrial Software Platform
GE, MIT and DARPA are developing “vehicleforge.mil," a crowdsourcing platform that will allow experts to collaborate on the design and rapid manufacture of complex systems such as military vehicl… -
Pinterest the Third Most Popular Social Network. Whew. Fast.
Pinterest has just become the third most popular social network in the world, which is amazing given the relatively short time frame of the site. C'mon, what's so cool about Pinterest? Tell us in… -
Utah Computer System Design Jobs Rise 12 Percent
Utah's tech sector is noticeably expanding. Last year, its number of jobs expanded from 65,000 to 75,000, with computer system design positions increasing by nearly 12 percent, while overall scie… -
NOSQL and SQL: A Match Made in Heaven?
When we write applications in an RDBMS database, we can't create whatever relationship we want between database objects. Since we're using a relational database, this seems like a contradiction.… -
Hiring Humor: Pesky Applicants
You again? Sometimes it’s tough for candidates to grasp the idea that it’s not “third time’s the charm” but more like “three strikes and you’re out” with follow-up communication. Have you had app…