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What is Agile?

You may have heard of the buzz word ‘Agile’ many times such as ‘we need to be agile in software development’ and ‘need to be an agile organisation’. What is Agile exactly? Agile is a concept. Agile methods are focused on quick responses to change and continuous development. Agile Software Development...

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Your account may be hacked

Yahoo has identified data security issues concerning 500 million Yahoo user accounts. The stolen database includes names, telephone numbers, dates of birth, email addresses and both encrypted and unencrypted passwords with security questions and answers. Signs your account has been hacked: ·        You’re not receiving any emails.·        Your Yahoo mail is...

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The birth of Wikipedia

With a vision for a free online encyclopedia, Jimmy Wales assembled legions of volunteer contributors, gave them tools for collaborating, and created the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, multilingual encyclopedia of the future. That's how Wikipedia, imagined in 2001, became one of the most-referenced, most-used repositories of knowledge on the planet, with more...

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How Airbnb designs for trust

Airbnb is an online marketplace that connects property owners (hosts) and travellers. Hosts list and rent out their unused spaces in their properties, and travellers search for and book accommodations. Airbnb has grown from appealing to couch-surfing budget-conscious tourists to business travellers. It has hosts in 192 countries worldwide. In 2015,...

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Robots with "Soul"

Guy Hoffman gave this talk about how to design, build and study robots that communicate with people. One of the robots he built is a robot light, which can respond to what happens in the environment. With the same mechanical structure, at one point, just by the way it moves, she...

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The Future of Mobile Development

Join a panel of Microsoft mobile experts for an interactive discussion on the announcements from a mobile developer's perspective. The panel takes an in-depth look at the latest releases and walk through live demos of Visual Studio for Mac (the latest from Xamarin, a tool for multi-platform mobile development) and Mobile...

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