Articles by Dice Staff

• Microsoft Hires FTC Attorney, More People Moves

  Randall Long, a former senior Federal Trade Commission attorney, has been hired by Microsoft as director of regulatory affairs in Washington, D.C. Long, a deputy assistant director in the FTC's B…
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  SXSW: How to Survive Five Crazy Days

  SXSW Interactive starts Friday, bringing with it panels, parties, demos, parties, speakers, and parties. If you're going, you have to plan, rest, and possibly drink a lot of Red Bull. Our friend…
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  Apple's New iPad Has Retina Display, A5X, 4G LTE

  Apple has unveiled a powerful new iPad that features a 2048 x 1536 retina display, an A5X quad core chip, 4G LTE and the same price points as the previous version: $499 at the low end, $829 at th…
• To Contract or Not to Contract?

  Contract positions can be appealing due to increased flexibility, higher pay (at times) and as a foot in the door at a company, among other reasons. Before making the jump to contract, there are…
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  Google Play Puts Entertainment Features in One Place

  Google says it's "evolving" the Android market into Google Play. It's a smart move--unifying multiple services (Google Music, Android Market, Google Books and Google Movie Rentals) into a single…
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  Apple App Store Reaches 25 Billion Downloads

  Apple's App Store reached the 25 billion downloaded apps milestone on Monday. The lucky downloader of the 25th billion app, Chunli Fu, a user from Qingdao, China, will be awarded a $10,000 iTunes…
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  ESPN Will Open its APIs to Third-Party Developers

  ESPN hopes that geeks and sports go together. The mega sports media company has opened its doors to developers with a new ESPN Developer Center. It’s the first time the network will allow indepen…
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  IBM Sends Watson to Wall Street

  IBM plans to put "Jeopardy!" champ computer Watson to work on Wall Street, calling financial services the “next big one for us.” More specifically, Watson will work for Citigroup, the third-large…
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  Apple's Announcement May Not Be About the iPad 3

  Apple's product announcement tomorrow may disappoint those slathering in anticipation for their first look at the iPad 3. CNET's reporting that the device to be unveiled will be the iPad HD. That…
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  Facebook Messenger for Windows Now Available

  Facebook Messenger is now officially available for Windows. The service, which has been available for both iOS and Android, currently only supports Windows 7, but Facebook is working on a version…