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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

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Overheard at a VC/startup conference recently: Product market fit is like a product going around from weirdly shaped customer group to weirdly shaped customer group, like that old kid’s book “ Are you my mommy? 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Big Tech Inc.

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Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide

Henrik Warne

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue.

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ChatGPT goes pro, layoffs at Alphabet, and Dungeons & Dragons flirts with restrictive new licensing

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Welcome, welcome, folks, to Week in Review, TechCrunch’s regular column that recaps the last week in news. With tickets starting at $99, it’ll be a worthwhile stop along the Eastern conference circuit, packed with expert-led workshops, case studies and deep dives with technical founders. per month or $19.99

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Daily Crunch: Finnish tech conference yanks $1M pitch contest prize from Russian co-founders

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Here yesterday, gone today : “We should have reviewed all participants’ operations more closely before entering into the competition.” Rolling back : Natasha M writes that she takes back what she said about tech layoffs. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Big Tech Inc. Let’s goooooo!

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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

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Our clients are often very focused on the hardware side, which requires us to be more diligent when working on the software/firmware side of the project to ensure everything will work together smoothly. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. Can you describe the intake process for new clients?

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

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While you may have planned or negotiated an exit, very often such departures are beyond your direct control, due to a leadership change, acquisition, or another strategic event. They manage networking with other professional development activities such as attending conferences, reading leadership books, and participating in social media.