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Today's Top Stories // Aug 23, 2013

Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever

A Certificate Of Incorporation unearthed by AllThingsD today shows that Uber has closed $361.2 million in its latest round. It's unknown why TPG, who picked... read more

Steve Ballmer To Retire As Microsoft CEO Within 12 Months

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iWork For iCloud Beta Launches To Public

Apple today opened up access to its iCloud for iWork beta to the public, following a period of testing which has seen the service gradually becoming more... read more

Modus III Is A Portable Workstation That Wants To Turn Your iPad Into A Desktop

Modus III is a home for your iPad that promises to iron out tablet productivity niggles by giving your slate a laptop/desktop-esque workstation home. The... read more

With Flipkart's Launch Of PayZippy, India's Answer To Amazon Wants To Become Its PayPal, Too

Flipkart, the largest e-commece site in India, has been likened to Amazon both for what it offers and its presence in the market. But it has one crucial... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Keen On… Brewster Kahle: How The Internet Archive Is Fighting Our Orwellian Government

Even if he hadn't founded the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle - the co-founder of Alexa and Thinking Machines... read more

Foundation: David Copperfield On The Art Of Magic And Eternal Curiosity

In this episode of my Foundation video series, I travel to Las Vegas to interview famed illusionist, magician,... read more

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Cloud Adoption: 4 Human Costs | Can IT Improve Workplaces?

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Jared Wray Cloud Adoption: 4 Human Costs
Moving to the cloud imposes changes on your IT workforce. Think in terms of changed expectations, education, migration and maintenance.



Can IT Help Build A Better Workplace Environment?
Forrester's "employee-centric design" process brings IT and business leaders together to improve on how employees do their jobs.

Taxing The Cloud Brings Practical Challenges
You buy a server, you pay tax once. You buy AWS capacity, you may pay over and over. Should taxes be the latest decision point in the in-house vs. cloud conversation?

Innovation Is Executive Porn
When it comes to both innovation and porn, there's a huge appetite for fantasy.

Ignore Facebook At Your Peril
Facebook continues to make consumer inroads, yet the social networking site makes 'real business' uncomfortable. Time to adjust.

Big Data Planning: Start Slow, Let It Grow
Don't begin with an end in mind. Allow yourself to be surprised by what big data reveals.

5 Ways To Ace Phone Interviews
Spend all your time preparing for the face-to-face interview and you may not move past the phone interview step.


 
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