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HTML5 Gets Promoted to a Standard

It’s official: The new web arrives

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Android Lollipop Rolls Out Across Smartphones, Tablets

The latest version of Google’s Android, Lollipop, is now downloading to certain, select smartphones and tablets.

Fedora 21 Beta Makes It Out Following Delays

Fedora 21 is now available in beta form following its latest delays. Fedora 21 is still hoped for in official form next month and continues to be shaping up to potentially the best Fedora release ever…

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FSF-Endorsed Linux Distro ‘Trisquel 7.0′ Released

trisquel 7Like your Ubuntu-based Linux distributions a little more free? There’s a brand new LTS release of Trisquel ready for download.

The post FSF-Endorsed Linux Distro ‘Trisquel 7.0′ Released first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.

 
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IT Struggles With Control of Enterprise Data

More than 26 percent of applications are being used by various business functions without the IT department’s approval or knowledge.

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Forrester’s Top Emerging Technologies to Watch, Now Through 2020

This year’s edition of our top emerging technologies addresses age-of-the-customer realities.

CoreOS: A Lean, Mean Virtualization Machine

CoreOS is a slimmed-down Linux distribution designed for easy creation of lots of OS instances. We like the concept.

CoreOS uses Docker to deploy applications in virtual containers; it also features a management communications bus, and group instance management.

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Smart Watches Market – Latest Technology Research Report and Industry Analysis upto 2020

The global smart watches market is expected to show a remarkable growth rate by coming years. One of the major factors contributing the growth of the global smart watches market is the entrance of big vendors in the market. The market has also witnessing an increase in R&D spending. The global leading players such as Sony, Samsung, Pebble, and Maritime have increased their R&D investments for smart watches. For that, they are entering into partnerships with value-added resellers and suppliers and investing in R&D activities. These increasing R&D investments are helping players to introduce new products with better integration ability and accuracy. This will help with the reduction in smart watch prices and lead to an increase in their adoption among consumers.

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Although the various driving factors, the global smart watches market is retraining due to the lack of proper technology standards. In addition, this is a new and emerging technology and thus technology standards are not clearly defined. The wearable computing device has failed because of the bulkiness, ugly look, battery issues and weak functionality. However, after the launch of number of new smart watches, consumer perceptions have changed. Nowadays, smart watches have become an important accessory to smartphones and an independent communication device. In future, smart watches will have a screen which potentially run software and allows to serve a robust extension to smartphone operating systems and apps.

The global smart watches market is segmented into two major categories, on the basis of application into general consumers, sports and healthcare and others. The market is also segmented on the basis of product characteristics into companion devices and standalone smart watches.

The market is driven by factors such as the rapidly growing consumer electronics goods industry and its distinctive features. The rapid technological advancements and changing consumer preferences will also act as drivers for the global smart watches market. Other factors fuelling the growth of the global smart watch market are the growing adoption of wireless technologies and softwares. Also the continuous adoption of mobile processor technologies is driving the demand for this market.

 

 

Free Courseware Posted for Yocto on BeagleBone

Free Electrons has posted free training materials on building an embedded Linux project using Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded on a BeagleBone Black. The Linux Foundation’s Yocto Project has been largely supported and influenced by Intel, but it has long since evolved into a phenomenon of its own that is as at home on ARM, PowerPC, […]

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The IT Talent Shortage Debate

Talk to employers and job hunters about the state of the IT talent market, and you hear two words repeatedly: speed and pain. IT leaders must staff projects quickly, often requiring specialized skills that most job hunters — especially generalists or those looking to change tech tracks — don’t have.

As a result, hiring organizations see an IT talent shortage, while job hunters insist that employers are botching the hiring process, screening out too many good candidates. Both sides agree on one thing: They’re frustrated.

Read more at InformationWeek.