Remember Martin Cooper? - Part 2

Apr 15, 2013 by Adrian

The first call that Martin Cooper made was to his rival, Joel Engel from Bell Labs…

Motorola wasn't the only company that pursued this dream, the engineers from Bell Labs were also trying to create such a device. ... read more


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Remember Martin Cooper? - Part 1

Mar 23, 2013 by Adrian

Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone in 1876 and although he wasn’t the first to experiment with such a concept, he was the first to obtain a patent for an "apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically", shortly, the telephone. ... read more


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It's time you learned how to code!

Mar 05, 2013 by Oana

A week ago, Code.org released a video starring some of the world’s most well-known and successful programmers and entrepreneurs in the attempt to promote programming classes into American schools and to encourage kids and young people to learn how to code. ... read more


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We provide software outsourcing, so we try harder

Feb 26, 2013 by Oana

Yes, we are not a department within your company, but as an outsourcing company we do try harder to meet your requirements, to meet the deadlines and to provide a smooth communication. ... read more


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HTML5: developed for the web, growing to be mobile - Part 3

Feb 15, 2013 by Adrian

Because I truly believe that this markup languages represents the future of the web, I'll give it one more try to point out its very best functionalities. And because I try to be fair & square, I've also underlined some disadvantages of HTML5. ... read more


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HTML5: developed for the web, growing to be mobile - Part 2

Jan 30, 2013 by Adrian

If in Part 1 I've presented a short history of how HTML5 came to be and the most noticeable differences between the latest version of HTML and its predecessors, now it's high time we discussed the bundle of new features that HTML5 comes with for the web. ... read more


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HTML5: developed for the web, growing to be mobile - Part 1

Jan 17, 2013 by Adrian

HTML is the acronym for HyperText Markup Language and it's the main markup language for displaying the information from Internet in browsers. It was wrote in 1990 and since then it was upgraded 4 times, HTML5 being the latest and "brightest" addition. ... read more


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Testers vs. developers: collaboration is always the key - Part 2

Dec 07, 2012 by AlexI

For a software development company it's highly important to reach the correct testers-to-developers ratio, because this way the number of loopholes will be reduced and many bugs will be prevented, and so the end product will become more stable. ... read more


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Testers vs. developers: collaboration is always the key - Part 1

Nov 28, 2012 by AlexI

Testers and developers are two mandatory components in any software development process, and although some might argue that you can develop a piece of software without involving testers, in order to be a competitive software company you need to have a testing department. ... read more


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Romania ranks 1st among EU countries in programming competition

Nov 15, 2012 by Oana

The International Olympiad in Informatics (also known as IOI) is a global event of excellence, where gifted students compete for the highest distinction in programming. [...] This year, the beautiful Italian region Lake Garda (Lombardy, Italy) has hosted the international programming competition, between September 23-30. Among the European Union states, the Romanian team has ranked 1st with a total of 4 medals ... read more


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Inside the rich world of RIA: HTML 5, Silverlight and WPF-XBAP

Oct 09, 2012 by Oana

Our journey inside RIA continues with the advantages and disadvantage of the much-talked about HTML 5, then we take a look at Silverlight and WPF - XBAP, and come up with a conclusion. ... read more


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Inside the rich world of RIA: Flash and Ajax

Sep 17, 2012 by Oana

Internet access is becoming indispensable for many of us, and the rate of Internet penetration into our houses is growing exponentially with the number of PC / laptops / netbooks / tablets / smartphones bought. Practically, as there are more devices on the market that allow you to connect to the Internet ... read more


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A look into Agile development - Part 2

Aug 14, 2012 by AlexI

As opposed to Agile, older methodologies, such as Waterfall, rely on a precise order of phases throughout the whole development process (Requirements, Design, Implementation, Verification, Maintenance) and heavily focus on initial planning. ... read more


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A look into Agile development - Part 1

Jul 09, 2012 by AlexI

By now you've sure heard about the Agile software development methodology, or even used this methodology in your work, so you know how intricate things can be. In order to shed some light onto this matter, I've gathered below the most important notions that a programmer / tester needs to know about Agile development. ... read more


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Suite-based testing: a challenging job

Jun 05, 2012 by DanM

Developing rich test suites can be a challenging job even for an experienced tester because it can decide the quality of the software and the rate of its success. So in the following article I will present my opinion as a software tester about the importance of suite-based testing ... read more


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Gray-box: the bridge between black-box and white-box testing

May 14, 2012 by AlexI

Traditionally, software testing is divided into two major methods: black-box testing and white-box testing. [...] Apart from these two testing methods, another methodology has become more and more popular: gray-box testing. ... read more


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How to implement a DelayTextBox - Part 2

Apr 16, 2012 by Stefan

As compared to solution #1 (using a Timer), the second approach (using the Rx / Reactive Extensions library) brings quite a few advantages: ... read more


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How to implement a DelayTextBox - Part 1

Mar 12, 2012 by Stefan

When coding, you often need to implement a functionality that requires to be automatically performed after the text inside a text-box has changed. This can easily be implemented using the TextChanged event of a TextBox control. ... read more


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How to upgrade your smartphone / tablet to Android 4.0 - Part 2

Feb 10, 2012 by DanM

Apart from the gentle way, there's also a hard way to upgrade your smartphone / tablet to the latest version of Android - Android 4.0. However, I don't recommend any of the methods presented in this post if you don't like taking risks! ... read more


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How to upgrade your smartphone / tablet to Android 4.0 - Part 1

Jan 27, 2012 by DanM

This how to presents the steps you need to follow in order to upgrade your smartphone / tablet to the latest version of Android - Android 4.0 (also known as "Ice Cream Sandwich"). ... read more


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