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Windows 8 Won’t Become Business Standard: Forrester
Windows 8 Won’t Become Business Standard: Forrester (via slashdot) Windows 8 won’t become the enterprise standard, according to a new report from research firm Forrester. “Most IT shops are still too focused on migrating to Windows 7 to bother with Windows 8 anytime soon, if at all,” read the summary of Forrester’s report, which could have several Microsoft… continue…
Dropbox Plans Developer Conference to Push API
By Jennifer Goforth Gregory Most likely, you’ve uploaded one of the more than 1 billion files shared through Dropbox each day. Despite those kinds of numbers, Dropbox isn’t content to just be the most used files sharing program around. It wants IT professionals to use Dropbox in a different way – to build applications on top of its data layer platform. As part of the development of the Dropbox API, the company is holding its first developer conference to educate… continue…
JavaScript Is Eating the World
JavaScript Is Eating the World (via slashdot) With due apologies to Marc Andreessen, I believe that a very specific type of software is eating the world, namely, JavaScript. There are several trends and technologies that are coalescing at the same time to make Jeff Atwood’s famous “law”—any application that can be written in JavaScript… continue…
Google I/O Will Double as Big Data Experiment
Google I/O Will Double as Big Data Experiment (via slashdot) When the Google I/O 2013 conference kicks off May 15, the crowds of developers and Google-philes swarming San Francisco’s Moscone Center will find themselves involved in a massive Big Data experiment, courtesy of the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team. “Since we love open source hardware… continue…
What Microsoft Should Improve with Windows Blue/8.1
By now you’ve heard that Microsoft plans to release significant changes to Windows in time for Christmas. Without giving specifics Tami Reller, the head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, told the Financial Times that ‘key aspects’ of how the software is used will be changed.” The update is codenamed Windows Blue and according to Tami Reller, it’s a significant upgrade but falls short of a full release, so it will be free to customers who have already purchased Windows… continue…
Adding Custom Fonts to Your Web Pages
The Need for Custom Web Fonts On the Web, fonts have traditionally been limited to those regarded as “Web safe,” which in turn leads to something of a generic look to most company pages. Fonts — that is, the style in which letters, numbers, punctuation and special characters are visually presented — have long been a way in which brands and businesses distinguish themselves in the marketplace. For example, the distinctive Coca Cola font has been nearly unchanged for over… continue…
Drilling Into JBoss AS’s Successor – WildFly 8
Say hello to WildFly 8, the successor to the JBoss application server and a new JBoss community project. Well, it will be when it becomes available, as currently it’s at Alpha. While change for change’s sake isn’t always a good thing, the reason given for creating WildFly 8 is simple: JBoss the name is overloaded. It refers not only to to the application server, but also the JBoss Community and line of products by Red Hat. To a newcomer to… continue…
Pure Android Collection: An App Promotional Powerhouse
Introduced in October 2012, the Pure Android Collection on Google Play is an exclusive group of apps deemed worthy by Google’s Android Development & Design Teams. This group of apps is so exclusive only two have been accepted since the program’s inception last year. (Watch this episode of The App Clinic, where the collection is introduced to learn more about the criteria for selection.) “These apps represent examples that follow the Android design guidelines and coding best practices to create… continue…
4 Steps to Effective Change Control
Change control is something that is inevitable even with the most successful projects. I’m not sure I’ve ever worked on a project that didn’t have at least one modification made along the way. What’s critical is that you know how to manage change and ensure the project remains on track — and ultimately successful — despite it. When you’re starting a project, it’s important to ensure there is a change control process available. If the company you work for doesn’t… continue…
Adobe’s Creative Cloud Illustrates How the Cloud Costs You
Adobe’s Creative Cloud Illustrates How the Cloud Costs You (via slashdot) Adobe plans on focusing the bulk of its software-development efforts on its Creative Cloud offering, with no plans to further update its “boxed” Creative Suite products. The move isn’t surprising, considering the tech industry’s general movement toward the cloud over the past few years; nonetheless… continue…
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