Mac News: Apple’s Tim Cook notches first year as CEO
When Tim Cook assumed Apple’s leadership from an ailing Steve Jobs one year ago today, investors reacted by pushing down the company’s shares by more than $6. One year later, the stock is up 44 percent, the company is about to introduce a new version of its popular iPhone, and Apple is now the most valuable company in the world based on market capitalization.
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Technology News: The White House releases its first open source app on Github
No, hell has not frozen over. But the White House is very definitely not doing business — or government, rather — as usual. The U.S. government has released a repository of open source code that allows citizens to create and vote on petitions … the same functionality that drives WhiteHouse.gov.
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Programming News: The Pragmatic Architect – To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before
What makes architects masters of their craft? How do master architects design? Time and again, I’m asked these questions-and I’ve asked them time and again myself. Obviously it isn’t the degree of expertise in software engineering processes, design methods, technologies, and programming that makes the difference. Many architects have technical knowledge that’s both impressive and sound, which is indeed an inevitable basis for design success.
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Other News: Steve Jobs describes future of personal computing in 1983 speech
A 1983 speech from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was made available recently, with the tech guru expounding on how personal computers would change the landscape of technology forever.
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