Robert Garrigus and John Senden both qualified to play at Augusta. We wish both of them luck this weekend!
For Round 1 on Thursday, tee time for Garrigus is 8:01 am, and Senden is 12:25 pm.
Check out what Golfweek just wrote about Senden and his chances to go all the way.
Last week, the White House announced a “Big Data Research and Development Initiative” that will see $200 million in investments in six different federal agencies. The funding will be used on health care, energy, and defense departments “to greatly improve the tools and techniques needed to access, organize, and glean discoveries from huge amounts of digital data”.
The government’s effort in funding data-driven research is encouraging, as talk of big data in both the private and public sectors has been growing rapidly.
Congrats to Robert Garrigus, as he tied for second after a four-man playoff at the Transitions Championship in Tampa at Innisbrook. The playoff included U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, Asian Tour Champion Sang-Moon Bae, and former and current number 1 in the world Luke Donald. Robert shot a seven under 64 on Sunday, but succumbed to Donald on the first playoff hole.
Microsoft showed off its upcoming operating system Windows 8 today and released it for a consumer preview. It offers a completely different user experience than what most are familiar with (read: no traditional task bar on the desktop–although the option still is available to run existing programs). Utilizing a dramatic new look and feel than previous versions of Windows, it sports the sleek “Metro” interface that’s already on Microsoft’s mobile platform. Just as on phones and tablets, navigating through menus and apps can be done through swiping and selecting tiles.
You can install and test the preview version today at http://preview.windows.com. A final release is expected in the fall.
Starting tomorrow–Wednesday, February 22nd–catch John Senden compete head-to-head against some of the world’s best golfers in the thrilling WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.
Robert Garrigus and John Senden will both be competing at the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open, which runs February 16th - 19th. We wish them luck as they tee it off at the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades in California.
A study was just released that says the U.S. saw an estimated 466,000 new jobs through app development for smartphones and tablets. The popularity of devices running Apple iOS, Android and other mobile platforms is playing a big role in helping create what’s called the “app economy” since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.
The study “Where the Jobs Are: The App Economy”, conducted for Technet by economist Dr. Michael Mandel, says the number doesn’t just account for developers and designers, but also includes the related non-tech jobs like marketers and support staff. Expanding usage of smartphones and social networks means that we’ll see even more rapid growth in the app economy in coming years.
And speaking of mobile apps, Microsoft announced this week that the next update of its Dynamics CRM platform will include support for mobile devices. The update, which is expected in May, will have specific versions for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7, and will satisfy a growing demand among sales, marketing and service professionals.
For the developers out there, check out our Mobile App job openings!
