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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Fred Wilson recently posted a great video on his blog with the CEO of Forrester Research, George Colony. The money slide is the graphic below. 

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via bothsidesofthetable.com

Five big things to watch out for in 2012

What kind of amazing new things are going to happen in tech over the next 365 days? Digital design agency Fjord got out its crystal ball and let us have a preview of its annual prediction of the most important themes in tech next year.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via gigaom.com

Top 10 Reasons to Use HTML5 Right Now

In order to further demystify HTML5 and help these knuckle dragging designers and developers to jump on the bandwagon I've put together a top ten list of reasons why we should all be using HTML5 right now.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via tympanus.net

Is Gamification Right for Your Business? 7 Things to Consider

Sure, it's a buzzword, but would gamification really fit in your business model? Check out these seven things before you commit to it.

By Janek Hiis in Technology via mashable.com

Infographic: The Most Popular Startup Developer Tools

So which work-related apps are most used by software developers, particularly those at startups and small tech-driven businesess? Below is an infographic showing results across a range of categories, from bug tracking to web hosting. 

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via blog.bestvendor.com

Apps are too much like 1990's CD-ROMs and not enough like the Web - Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman on Programming, User Experience, The Zen of Computers and Life in General

By Hiten Shah in Technology via hanselman.com

Facebook shares some secrets on making MySQL scale

Facebook held a Tech Talk on Monday night explaining how it built a MySQL environment capable of handling everything the company needs in terms of scale, performance and availability.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via gigaom.com

Firefox – tons of tools for web developers!

The idea here is to list a lot of the tools and options available to you as web developers using Firefox.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via hacks.mozilla.org

Apache considered harmful

Apache was founded about 12 years ago, a time when companies were still very afraid of open source and many people in the open source community were very afraid of companies. The world hasn't changed that tremendously, big companies still use an open

By Martin Grüner in Technology via mikealrogers.com

On the importance of daily backups - what happened to jQuerys plugins site

JQuery plugins site accidentally deleted - last backup one year old

By Martin Grüner in Technology via blog.jquery.com

Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave

With computer programmers in demand, new start-ups that aim to train people in coding skills are also becoming hot properties.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via online.wsj.com

Google Android: The Accidental Empire

What Google has done with Android is amazing. The mobile operating system is now 44% of the smartphone market and its rise, along with iOS, has contributed to the utter destruction of both RIM and Nokia.

By Martin Grüner in Technology via nikcub.appspot.com

Why I Will Never Feel Threatened by Cheap Overseas Programming

For a number of years in my industry there’s been a sense of not-necessarily impending doom, but something akin to that due to the rise in outsourcing programming work abroad, most prominently to India.  Hoards of smart people, as the alarmist vision

By Martin Grüner in Technology via blog.jpl-consulting.com

Study: Nearly 80 percent of college students can’t figure out QR codes

Read 'Study: Nearly 80 percent of college students can't figure out QR codes' on Digital Trends. While QR codes have been quickly adopted by companies and PR firms seeking to inform consumers about products, the most recent generation of college stud

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Ebay's Open Source Query Language

Ebay's Open Source Query Language

By Narpal Dhillon in Technology via ql.io

The Chrome OS dreamland - Valletta Ventures

Are traditional software companies obsolete and a poor choice for a 2011 startup?

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via vallettaventures.tumblr.com

Hosting Decisions by YCombinator Companies in 2011

Ever wonder what other companies are choosing for hosting, Email, DNS, etc.? As it happens, there's an app for that (so to speak) and someone put the Y ...

in Technology via readwriteweb.com

Comparing Agile XP and Waterfall Software Development Processes in two Start-up Companies

The work done is an attempt to investigate a suitable software development process to be followed in a fluid entrepreneurial environment. To achieve this goal, the study is conducted in the form of two different case studies where existing software d

in Technology via publications.lib.chalmers.se

What's on your Learning List?

So, as we approach the start of a new year, I encourage you to take some time for personal reflection and try making a Learning List.

By Martini Laaniste in Technology via swanson.github.com

Google I/O Moved to June and Extended to 3 Days, Developers Will Have to Code for Tickets — SiliconFilter

Google has decided to postpone the event in order to extent it to three days instead of two. It also sounds like developers will have to code and maybe even compete for spots through a competition.

By Jüri Kaljundi in Technology via siliconfilter.com

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