Articles by Dice Staff
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Apptopia Brokers the Sale of Mobile Apps
Apptopia is a specialized marketplace created to connect developers with investors interested in getting into mobile. It's not a service to help developers better market their apps. Instead, it p… -
Smartphones Could Be Used To Detect Depression
Could a smartphone app function as a virtual therapist? A team of researchers at Northwestern University seems to think so. The team behind the Mobilyze app uses a number of algorithms to predict… -
Reddit Bans Subreddits that Exploit Children
Reddit has finally decided to shut down all subreddits that focus on sexualization of children, in an effort to eradicate child porn. In the past, reddit banned the /jailbait section, but soon af… -
NASA Powers Down Its Last Mainframe
Mainframe computers may have gotten us to the moon, but yesterday’s achievements only shine for so long. In a blog post sure to cause wistful feelings among both space nerds and big iron aficiona… -
VEVO Streams NFL Game Illegally
VEVO, a music video company started as a joint venture by Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media, was caught red-handed for streaming an NFL game illegally on TVs in… -
Microsoft Removes Start Button from Windows 8
Microsoft appears to have removed the Start button from Windows 8, stirring a lot of controversy. When the Windows 8 beta first launched, the Start button had been integrated. But on the latest W… -
Google Pays Crowd for Troubleshooting
Google has paid more than $700,000 to researchers who have detected hundreds of bugs in its Chrome browser and related software. Why pay your own expensive engineers to troubleshoot your software… -
Oracle Makes Cloud Talent Move with Taleo Acquisition
The race to the cloud in talent management continues with Oracle's $1.9 billion acquisition of Taleo, the largest provider of recruitment software. That's a hefty price tag, considering Oracle CE…