Best Places by the numbers: What IT employees want, what employers offer

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	Best Places by the numbers: What IT employees want, what employers offer Explore what matters most to IT workers, and find out which of the top 100 organizations deliver, with bountiful benefits, top-notch training and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Hiring the Right Talent Since Human Resources (HR) departments want to hire quality candidates, they have no room for error during job interviews. What can Human Resources do to increase the chance of hiring the right person? Read more In this Issue Google I/O looks to be about more than Android Surface Pro 3 not a notebook replacement to DIYers who want inside Google tests domain registration service Experimental 36-core chip spurs speed test at MIT Microsoft continues Nokia's Android plan with X2 smartphone Watch out for these smartwatches Nest now works with Mercedes, Jawbone, Whirlpool and more Hadoop analysis now tackling IoT to improve transit Encrypted Web traffic can reveal highly sensitive information Yahoo launches Aviate app for a 'smarter' Android home screen Oracle says Oregon governor spiked Obamacare site for political reasons Microsoft Lync service out for some North America customers New software targets hard-to-understand privacy policies Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 release date September -- including big phablet, say sources WHITE PAPER: SAS A Non-Geek's Big Data Playbook This white paper is designed to be a visual playbook for the non-geek yet technically savvy business professional who is still trying to understand how big data, specifically Hadoop, impacts the enterprise data game we've all been playing for years. Learn more Google I/O looks to be about more than Android Google's annual I/O conference kicks off tomorrow amid widespread expectations that a new version of the Android OS will be unveiled, along with discussions of smartwatches and, perhaps, security. Read More Surface Pro 3 not a notebook replacement to DIYers who want inside Microsoft may pitch its Surface Pro 3 as a notebook replacement, but to do-it-yourselfers, it's a tablet pure and simple, iFixit concluded today. Read More Google tests domain registration service If you fancy yourself as a .guru or any other newfangled Internet address, Google wants you to try out its new domain name registration service. Read More Experimental 36-core chip spurs speed test at MIT Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a 36-core processor in an effort to find new ways to eke more performance out of chips. Read More Microsoft continues Nokia's Android plan with X2 smartphone Microsoft is continuing Nokia's Android experiment by adding a new smartphone to the Nokia X series. The next-generation model due in July will feature even more Microsoft software. Read More Watch out for these smartwatches With Apple expected to launch an iWatch in October, other vendors including Samsung, LG and Motorola, are getting a headstart with smartwatches in varied shapes and colors. Read More Nest now works with Mercedes, Jawbone, Whirlpool and more Google-owned Nest is letting its products get cozy with other devices and apps like health trackers, home appliances, even cars. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Unlocking the Promise of Demand Sensing & Shaping Many organizations have limited insight into big data. These limitations have significant opportunity costs and can have a negative effect on identifying and understanding customer demand patterns and related supply constraints. This paper explains how the use of advanced analytical techniques and big data can enhance supply chain networks. Learn more Hadoop analysis now tackling IoT to improve transit     For the Internet of Things, collecting data is only half the battle, and public transit agencies know that as well as anyone. Read More Encrypted Web traffic can reveal highly sensitive information Analyzing encrypted Web traffic can potentially reveal highly sensitive information such as medical conditions and sexual orientation, according to a research paper that forecasts how privacy on the Internet may erode. Read More Yahoo launches Aviate app for a 'smarter' Android home screen Yahoo has released an Android personalization app that could give the company a stronger foothold in mobile contextual search. Read More Oracle says Oregon governor spiked Obamacare site for political reasons The battle between Oracle and Oregon officials over the state's Cover Oregon health insurance exchange site is raging on, with the vendor now claiming the exchange was functional in February, but Governor John Kitzhaber decided to dump it for political reasons. Read More Microsoft Lync service out for some North America customers Some North American Office 365 customers are without Lync service this afternoon due to an unexplained outage that started about 7a.m., Eastern time. Read More New software targets hard-to-understand privacy policies Have you ever tried to read a website's privacy policy only to give up after slogging through paragraphs and paragraphs of dense, lawyerly language? Privacy-focused companies Disconnect and TRUSTe have released a new browser add-on that attempts to translate those policies into easy-to-understand terms. Read More     Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 release date September -- including big phablet, say sources More images leak: It's almost as if Apple wants it to be seen ;-) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to start making two new smartphone models next month. The iPhone 6 release date looks like being in September -- not just for the 4.7-inch version, but also for the 5.5-inch phablet. Whatever happened to Apple's one-handed-operation mantra? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers start stretching their fingers in preparation. Read More
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