Software Development

Twitter’s IPO could cost San Francisco $56 million in tax dollars

San Francisco struck a deal to keep Twitter from leaving, but it may cost the city more than previously thought.

Security Policy Orchestration brings InfoSec under larger tent

Tufin announces automation and integration of security with IT ops and development

How LinkedIn snuck Intro info into emails on iOS

LinkedIn is boasting about rolling out its new feature for mobile after facing obstacles from Google and Apple.

Microsoft Word: At 30, the word processing package is king, but threats abound

Microsoft is testing its version of Google Glass, but it’s not confident

Sources in Redmond claim the company is building Google Glass-style prototypes, but warn that it likely won't go to mass production.

Apple’s free OS is no threat to Linux at all, Torvalds says

Torvalds will keep working on Linux until he gets bored or his doctor decides he cannot do it anymore

Open source needs more tech savvy lawyers, Linux Foundation says

But other things can be done to limit the legal challenges in the open source scene today

Review: Ubuntu Touch on a Nexus 7 is almost awesome

I installed Ubuntu Touch "1.0" on my first-generation Nexus 7 tablet and have been using it as my main tablet system for the last four days. Here's how it went.

Twitter turns to open source to prevent service disruptions

Drastically changing the infrastructure made Twitter more reliable

Revisiting the shadow quality of APIs

Examining the disconnect between developers and testers.