Articles by Dice Staff

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  Boston Pulse: Some Argue for Getting Rid of Non-Competes

  Rising Support of Getting Rid of Tough Non-Competes: The Boston Globe's Scott Kirsner says forcing employees to sign stringent non-competes can stifle any city’s tech sector. Because talented, sm…
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  Why Job Hopping Now Can Hurt Your Job Prospects Later

  A few years ago I saw a resume for a candidate who had no more than two years or so at any one job. That's usually a red flag -- a high enough red flag to make me drop the candidate from the list…
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  HTC's New 'Status' Offers One-Touch Sharing to Facebook

  Best Buy's gearing up to launch an HTC phone that includes a dedicated Facebook share button, making it the first smartphone so closely intergrated with the mother of all social networks. The pho…
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  How The Elusiveness of Technology Can Put You at Risk

  Just recently, I read a survey that said that up to a third of iPhone 4 users think their phone is a 4G device. The numbers aren't quite as high for Android and Blackberry devices, but they're st…
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  FOWA: How Much Should You Spend Marketing Your Startup?

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY3NccIYWuI&w=560&h=349] Don’t waste your time and money on social media, says Mike McDerment, CEO and Co-founder of Freshbooks, the online invoicing servi…
• Chicago Pulse: TripAdvisor Acquires Local Site 'Where I've Been'

  Travel Site Is Acquired: Chicago-based Where I've Been, a travel website and social platform, has been acquired by TripAdvisor. Where I've Been's entire product team will join their new parent. T…
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  Update: Does Tech's Labor Market Have a Structural Problem?

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCP6qDG51dQ&w=560&h=349] A mismatch between professionals' skills and employers' needs may be keeping joblessness high in the tech sector... The video game…
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  FOWA: Helping Users Discover Apps Outside the App Store

  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPROYyAVF4&w=560&h=349] When it comes to mobile apps, it seems that Apple and its iTunes have a lock. Yes, Android has its marketplace, but it isn’t gener…
• Deep Thoughts on Women in Silicon Valley

  In a must-read profile of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, New Yorker writer Ken Auletta dives deep into the prospects for female executives in Silicon Valley and technology in general. Is there bla…
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  Google Drops Banhammer on .CO.CC Subdomains

  All 11 million websites ending with the .co.cc sub-domain has been removed from Google's search index. In other words, Google will no longer index these websites and list any of them in its searc…