Security World: How I'd build a large-scale web app today vs. how I did it 10 years ago

With Dell, Dropbox seeks legitimacy at businesses | Evernote, Github, and Box agree: In 2013, resistance to the cloud crumbled

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BY IDG ENTERPRISE

December 16, 2013

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How I'd build a large-scale web app today vs. how I did it 10 years ago

A decade ago, I designed and built large-scale web applications for companies all over the world. Using the cloud and mobile technologies available today, I would've built it faster, better, and less expensively -- and quite, quite differently.

With Dell, Dropbox seeks legitimacy at businesses

Adding to a string of announcements aimed at making its service more appealing to businesses, Dropbox this morning said that Dell will start selling the service to its customers.

Evernote, Github, and Box agree: In 2013, resistance to the cloud crumbled

It turns out that most IT departments no longer want to buy, install, and run software on their own servers, and the ancillary benefits of the cloud -- like easier mobile access for workforces that combine full-time employees and contractors -- seal the deal.

Shazam predicts future pop stars by analyzing listener data

With 400 million users and 15 million tagged songs, music-identification service Shazam may be one of the biggest big data collectors on Earth. That's helped it become remarkably adept at picking future hits.

Apple's quest to dominate context-based location services

Apple's purchase of mapping startups and social analytics firm Topsy, combined with its Bluetooth-based iBeacons, could give Apple a strong chance.

GM builds custom iPad and Android apps to sell more cars and trucks

The apps aim to simplify General Motor's lengthy and complicated sales incentives processes to make it easier to ensure that customers are getting the lowest prices.

Lua: A messaging app that makes it easy to dial everyone in

Lua stands out in the crowded team messaging space by delivering something no one else does: Simple conference calling.

Cell phone location data: Today the police, tomorrow the world

We are entering unchartered territory when it comes to surveillance because of information broadcast from our smartphones even when they're off. Right now, it's the NSA collecting this data, but as computing power gets ever cheaper, it could be your local police or even the store you just entered.