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	The PHP popularity puzzle PHP, the venerable dynamic language used for server-side Web development, either is making a big comeback or is in a pronounced state of decline among developers. It all depends on how you look at it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Meet Customers Where They Are eBook Choose the customer service technologies that are ideal for your company in order to enable customer service through online and offline touch points, establish smart listening, engage your community, and consistently respond to customer issues. Read now In this Issue The worst -- and best -- IT job interview questions Microsoft kicks back $5-$10 to resellers who peddle select Windows 8 hardware Citrix adds audio, video chat to Podio enterprise collaboration suite Microsoft changes Dynamics CRM Online licensing model to compete with Salesforce Tech hiring accounts for 10 percent of U.S. employment gains WEBCAST: BlackBerry Make Your Move Easy With These Services, Tools and Offers Explore the enterprise-focused program designed to make your transition to BlackBerry® 10 seamless. Find out how to leverage your existing BlackBerry® investments and make the most of BlackBerry 10 from day one. Learn More The worst -- and best -- IT job interview questions You've probably seen them making the rounds on social media: the brain-busting, stutter-inducing questions asked in job interviews at places like Google (How many cows in Canada?), Apple (What are five ways to put a hole in a sheet of metal?), Dell (What songs best describe your work ethic?) and Novell (How would people communicate in a perfect world?). Less likely to be discussed is whether such interview questions actually help employers find the right IT pros. Read More Microsoft kicks back $5-$10 to resellers who peddle select Windows 8 hardware Microsoft will give resellers up to $10 for each device they sell from a list of 21 Windows 8 touch-enabled PCs and tablets, company executives said. The new program is the latest move by Microsoft to kick up sales, which on the PC side have been downright depressing. Research firm IDC, for instance, has forecast a decline of nearly 8 percent for 2013, and has already hinted that the drop may be even steeper. In tablets, Microsoft has had little luck in making much of an inroad into a market dominated by operating systems built by rivals Apple and Google. Read More Citrix adds audio, video chat to Podio enterprise collaboration suite Citrix has added native video and audio chat to its Podio enterprise social suite to complement the other communication and collaboration features in the product. Podio's video and audio chat feature is launched from the suite's browser-based interface, so users can initiate these types of communication sessions without moving to a separate product, the company said Tuesday. Read More Microsoft changes Dynamics CRM Online licensing model to compete with Salesforce Microsoft is rolling out a more flexible licensing policy for its CRM Online application that could make it more competitive with the likes of Salesforce.com, but in one instance it also introduces a price increase. Read More Tech hiring accounts for 10 percent of U.S. employment gains Hiring of technology professionals has been on the upswing in the first half of this year, with new IT hires accounting for about 10 percent of all the job growth in the U.S. in June, according to two independent assessments. Total tech employment reached 4.47 million in June, an increase of 22,600 jobs from the prior month, or a .51 percent gain, according to TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group which tracks employment data month-to-month. The total excludes tech manufacturing employment. Read More
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