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No Chrome-Android merger, at least in the next year or two

Several analysts said they are awaiting more clarity on a possible merger of Chrome and Android. At least two analysts say the two must come together to avoid confusion amid developers and manufacturers and duplication in their efforts. Today, there's a version of the Chrome browser that can run on the Android OS, but there are no Android apps that can run on Chrome laptops. Some rumors have suggested Google might finally announce the ability to edit Office documents in Chrome.

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Linux Tycoon
Internet anonymity: Brought to you by open source systems by Bryan Lunduke
I'm not a big fan of anonymity on the Internet. At least, not in general.Being completely (or even simply “mostly”) anonymous online tends to bring out the worst in people. Online game voice chat. Message forums. Blog comments. We've all seen it. The worst comments tend to come from someone who calls himself “NotAChance@NotReally.com” or something like that. (Note that I used the masculine pronoun - “himself” - because ladies tend to not do that sort of thing. Because ladies are, generally,...

Software Quality
Getting value out of internships, on both ends by Ole Lensmar
By Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear SoftwareAfter my article about providing software testing programs in college, I heard from several people directly and have seen multiple Twitter debates pop up about the subject. I am trying to contact as many people as possible to hear their perspectives and stories. Obviously, the subject hit a nerve and I think that makes it worthy of more discussion. So, over the coming weeks, I will be posting their stories and perspectives....

Open Source Fact and Fiction
Why I invested in Caffeine Spaces to help build a Startup Community by Alan Shimel
Last week, my partners and I in The CISO Group invested as lifetime members in Caffeine Spaces, a new co-working space that opened in the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) R&D Park here in Boca Raton, Florida. Caffeine Spaces is the brainchild of Mark Laymon, who is seeking to build a strong startup community here in South Florida. My friend Brad Feld has spent a good chunk of his time for the last few years advocating for startup communities around the world. His Startup Revolution site is...

Open Source Fact and Fiction
Point of Presence, an example of DYI publishing by Alan Shimel
In days of yore, in order for a fledgling author to have their work published they had to find a publisher who thought enough of their work or were somehow convinced that they would actually publish their book. That was not too hard if you were an ex-President or some famous person, but for most authors this was a miserable road that most often ended in failure. Some lucky or rich folks were able to hire an agent who would shop their book around, again trying to find a publisher to give them...

Software Quality
Testers and developers, please learn to get along by Ole Lensmar
I just got back from the StarEAST conference in Orlando. It’s one of the major testing conferences in the U.S. every year. As in previous years, it was inspiring to see so many qualified testers and QA managers in one place. Speaker sessions were relevant, humorous and interesting, and from the list of topics, it is evident that both junior and veteran testers have started to adopt trends like agile testing and automation without ignoring things like exploratory testing, test management and...

Open Source Fact and Fiction
When HIPAA is too hard, Health Security Solutions by Alan Shimel
Health care today is a complicated business. Staying on top of the latest medical developments, treatments and technology is a full-time job. Working within the insurance company business process so you can get paid is yet another world unto itself. Running a business trying to keep people healthy (that is the goal right?) is hard enough. Making sure that you are also complying with regulations and mandates regarding HIPAA and other confidential patient informaiton rules are frankly beyond a...

Open Source Community
How Facebook developers screwed up Facebook Home by Colin Neagle
Facebook Home, the product of Facebook's work to put its social network at the front of the Android mobile operating system, was reportedly built by a team of developers who were not familiar with Android.TechCrunch reported today that "some of the Facebookers who built and tested Home normally carry iPhones." That explains why Facebook Home has been so poorly received among Android users, many of whom have criticized changes to important Android features like widgets, docks, and app folders...

Open Source Fact and Fiction
I gave away my iPhone for a Galaxy S4 by Alan Shimel
I have used a jailbroken iPhone as my primary cellphone for a long time. I think since the iPhone 3G, if I am not mistaken. While my tablet runs Android and I run Windows and Linux on my computers, I have been a solid iPhone user. Truthfully, I wasn't planning on switching off the iPhone anytime soon, either. I have been waiting for the iPhone 5s to come out and assumed I would upgrade to that, as I skipped the iPhone 5. That all changed last Friday, though, when I unexpectedly escaped Apple's...

Linux Tycoon
Ubuntu Touch for smartphones could be ready by end of May by Bryan Lunduke
I love dog food.Nothing helps to improve the quality of software quite so much as when companies dive right in and live, day to day, in the software they create. This forces them to see, and understand, the pain their customers go through...and fix those problems.And the team behind Ubuntu Touch (aka “Ubuntu for Phones”) understands that. They have committed to pushing forward to a “dog food-able” state by the end of May.What that means: Over the next few weeks, the team behind Ubuntu Touch is...

Open Source Fact and Fiction
Ubuntu desktop is just easy by Alan Shimel
As some of you may remember, I installed a dual-boot Ubuntu set up on my laptop some weeks back using WABI. Initially, I was going to switch back and forth between Windows 8 and Ubuntu to compare and contrast between them. After a little bit of time, though, I had settled back into Windows and wasn't booting Ubuntu as much anymore. I realized that the main reason I was staying in Windows was that I was not actually shutting down my machine when I was done using it. I would either leave it on...

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