Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on BI trends, useful jQuery snippets, and more. I hope you find them useful:

14 handy jquery code snippets for developers
If you do any web development, here’s a page you’ll want to bookmark. It provides some of the most commonly used jQuery snippets all in one place, for easy copy-and-pasting during web development.

Intelligent embedded devices will be driven by Java
Portability is a big reason we like Java so much. Java applications run virtually anywhere, and can be easily ported across platforms. But, as it turns out…Java’s portability goes far beyond porting applications across platforms. According to Oracle, the upcoming deluge of embedded devices will be driven by Java as well. How’s that for flexibility?

4 trends revitalizing Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is undergoing a period of significant change. A series of technological advancements are converging to change the way we look at and use BI. This article lists four of the biggest trends currently impacting BI’s evolution.

BYOT: The lines between work and personal technology are blurring
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is evolving into more than smartphones and tablets. It’s turning into “Bring your own technology”, spanning hardware, platforms, and apps. How can your company address the security concerns of BYOT? Easy. The same way you address BYOD.