Articles by Dice Staff

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  Android Development Best Practices

  Android was developed with ease-of-use in mind for end users. The open platform is designed for customization and the ability to run on multiple devices. It's great, but developing for multiple d…
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  Are You Developing With QR Codes?

  We've seen a lot of talk about QR (quick response) codes in recent years. Those curious looking square “bar codes” show up on posters, on products, and on billboards. You just whip out your Inter…
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  People Moves: Xerox, Facebook, Amazon, More

  Xerox has appointed Carol Zierhoffer as CIO. She also will serve as a vice president. She was previously vice president and global information officer at ITT Corp. She also spent 20 years in seni…
• Skills Employers Look For When Hiring

  Finding a job in technology is about a lot more than technical skills. If you want to get hired, you need to keep current, be smart about the business, and listen to what employers have to say. H…
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  Cornell Scientists Create Invisible Pocket of Time

  What if you could throw Harry Potter's invisibility cloak over time? In effect, that's what scientists at Cornell University have done, though on a really tiny scale. The military-funded research…
• More Free Online University Training for High-Tech Workers

  What many of us in Silicon Valley once thought was just an aberration could be the start of a new trend: free online university training. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the latest…
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  Google Chrome 17 A Lot Faster and Safer

  Google released the beta version of Chrome 17. With this new version, Google says some pages will load instantly. Google added the Instant Pages feature to Chrome last year. The technology pre-lo…
• Here's a Sample Resume for a Ruby on Rails Developer

  Writing a resume is hard enough without getting hung up on the format. So, here's a sample geared toward folks who want to showcase their Ruby on Rails experience. Every resume is different, of c…
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  The Mobile Development Landscape

  In “Fundamentals of Mobile Development” we looked at the different platforms and tools used by many in the mobile dev community. Now it's time to see what it looks like out there. When I think of…
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  NASA Launches Open Source Portal

  NASA's that place you may always have wanted to work. But if you don't have the right stuff to become an astronaut, there's another way in. This week, the agency added code.nasa.gov to to its ope…