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Break out of the coding prison DEPOSITPHOTOS ENHANCED BY COGWORLD ABCs and 123s—letters and numbers are some of the first things we learn—even before we enter school. We’re taught to recognize, memorize, understand, and eventually manipulate them to communicate and persuade. These characters reveal their greatest value

Toby Daniels is the founder of Social Media Week, one of the world’s premier conferences and industry news platforms for professionals in media, marketing and technology. I first met him when I spoke at Social Media Week (SMW) in New York at NASDAQ. Although I actively avoid Times Square with a

If you’re wading into Linux waters for the first time, chances are you’ve started with Ubuntu (here’s a guide for installing it!) It’s by far the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution, it’s a snap to use, and it’s so entrenched in the ecosystem that almost any question you

Susanna Harris was sitting in her lab class for her graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she received an email that told her she had failed what she describes as “the most important exam in grad school,” the doctoral qualifying exam.

Perhaps the most defining characteristic of social media is that it only rewards speaking, not reading. Every metric, from “likes” to “followers” are prefaced upon the primacy of publication. Even influencers are defined as those whose posts are the most read, rather than those who read the

In a world ruled by social media, posting a wrong status update has sometimes even turned out to be fatal. There have been reports where a post on something as simple as a relationship status change has resulted in suicide, especially among teenagers. People have also faced arrest for

Geoff Meads, managing director of the U.K.-based Presto Web Design, has experienced one of the most diverse musical journeys of any CE Pro All-Star Band member. Meads started his music career at age seven learning guitar. Building on his foundation of music education, he also studied brass and took various

India’s software exporters may lose their competitive edge on falling incentives and rising tax rates, industry executives said, and urged the government to extend the policy benefits of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) beyond April 2020, reduce corporate taxes for large companies and review the buyback tax introduced in the Budget. The top 150 companies contribute

A handful of IT consulting firms have scored contracts with the Department of Defence as part of a $28 million investment into defence innovations. Adelaide-based Solinnov, Sydney-based Clearbox Systems and Adelaide-based Consunet were among the 15 Australian small businesses to receive contract wins to help develop “cutting-edge

For more than a year, a company called Corellium has been offering hackers a virtual iPhone. For a price, you could summon up a virtual iPhone on your computer, changing the model or iOS version through a simple menu tab. Now, Apple is suing to shut that