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The Editor's Daily Picks April 01, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Jason Hiner | Global Editor in Chief, TechRepublic | @jasonhiner I write about the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing business with technology. This newsletter is my picks for the top tech stories of the day. The STEM shortage myth: A reality check for IT employers and employees Patrick Gray thinks the STEM crisis is overblown, and that it's time to cut through the hype. Do you agree? Weigh in on this discussion. Google's 12 biggest product debacles of all time Resource of the day 5 Conversations You Need to Have with Your Employees Join us for this LIVE event!Tuesday, April 15th10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDTMost employee engagement issues can be solved through better communication between managers and staff. Yet many managers dont know when to talk, what to talk about or even how... More from TechRepublic Work this way: Using a treadmill desk can lead to better health and greater productivity ?Can apprenticeships halt the tech brain drain? Five free web-based tools that make diagramming a snap Create shiny, handsome dashboards with the Ruby on Rails-based Dashing TEDx Birmingham: Call the police on cybercrime A holistic metric pits energy demand vs. supply to improve data center efficiency Link Bubble: A better way to handle links in Android How conflict minerals funded a war that killed millions, and why tech giants are finally cleaning up their act More from ZDNet Research: 69 percent say microservers are a significant innovation Microservers: What you need to know Cisco expands security solutions with open platform, analytics ABI Research states Chromebook shipments reach 2.1 million for 2013 NSA searched U.S. calls, emails without warrant, U.S. intelligence chief admits Two banks withdraw suits against Target in post-data breach debacle Three features to help make presentations with Google Slides Hypervisors are the pillars of the Cloud, not the Achilles Heel Rural broadband 'monopoly' attacked by spending watchdog Featured multimedia Photos: The dangerous work of conflict mineral mining in the Congo Five free apps for creating diagrams in your browser Microsoft Office for iPad: Screenshots of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Decision Maker Data Center Microsoft in the Enterprise Today's recommended downloads Vendor Analysis: Worldwide Datacenter Infrastructure Management 2013 (Emerson Network Power) IDC Analyst Connection: Server Refresh Cycles - the Costs of Extending LifeCycles (HP & Intel® Xeon® Processor) Download a Trial of AppAssure 5 (Dell Software) On-demand Webcast: Behind the Scenes in Mobile ROI (SAP) Forrester: Better Outcomes, Faster Results A Path to Continuous Delivery (HP) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Microservers: A Data Center Revolution? The rise of cloud computing has put new and different demands on data center capacity. Powered by smaller chips like the ones in mobile devices, microservers have emerged to help meet the needs of 'scaling out' and to produce servers that are lower cost and lower power. Learn more in this microservers special feature. Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.