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Socket.IO JavaScript framework ready for real-time apps

Framework for mobile and Web apps has engine module and supports bidirectional, event-based communication

Tools rush in: Developer options grow for Internet of things

The IoT tools ecosystem is rapidly expanding as more devices come online

Ramda wants to put the function in functional JavaScript

The library will help developers put together an apps from small functions with simple interfaces

Enjoy machine learning with Mahout on Hadoop

Mahout brings the power of scalable processing to Hadoop's huge data sets

Git 2.0 features better defaults and a kinder learning curve

Google concedes in diversity data that employees mainly male and white

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has called on Google and other tech companies to diversify tech hiring

App dev Q&A: The journey to making Famo.us real

CEO Steve Newcomb discusses JavaScript, Matrix3d, Famo.us University, and the expected formal 1.0 release in 2015

Sun Microsystems reunion: The legacy continues

Four-plus years after Oracle's takeover, Sun's former execs and employees reflect on company's accomplishments

Connecting to Cassandra from Java

Know this right now about Hadoop

From core elements like HDFS and YARN to ancillary tools like Zookeeper, Flume, and Sqoop, here's your cheat sheet and cartography of the ever expanding Hadoop ecosystem.