15 programming productivity killers

Review: iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini won't knock your socks off

ITworld Today

December 01, 2013

15 programming productivity killers

Meetings, know-nothing managers, productivity metrics -- here's what's threatening to slay the next generation of great software.

Issue highlights

1. Review: iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini won't knock your socks off

2. 16 secrets of Google Drive

3. How to extract custom data from Google Analytics

4. An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears

5. Motorola inks 3D printing deal for customizable smartphone parts

6. How IT found savings by tackling (instead of cringing at) photocopiers

7. 12 creepy new robots that could take over the world

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Review: iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini won't knock your socks off

The best tablets on the market nonetheless feel more like interim upgrades than milestone devices worth ditching older models for. READ MORE

16 secrets of Google Drive

Google Drive--formerly Google Docs--has come quite a way in nearly a decade of existence. READ MORE

How to extract custom data from Google Analytics

You can use a programming language like R to bypass the Google Analytics Web interface to retrieve the data you want. Here's a step-by-step. READ MORE

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An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears

Engineer convinces bicycle maker to turn to high performance computing to build better bikes quicker and cheaper. READ MORE

Motorola inks 3D printing deal for customizable smartphone parts

3D Systems and Motorola have signed a multi-year deal that will provide highly customizable 3D-printed phone parts, giving owners a way to make functional and aesthetic choices about their device. READ MORE

How IT found savings by tackling (instead of cringing at) photocopiers

IT leader finds big savings and new opportunities by saying 'yes' to printer oversight. READ MORE

12 creepy new robots that could take over the world

A roundup of robots and drones that could take over the world. READ MORE

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