O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

All Things Distributed

JUNE 20, 2017

In 2013, AWS opened an office in Hong Kong. 9GAG is a Hong Kong-based company responsible for 9gag.com , one of the top traffic websites in the world. It's an entertainment website where users can post content or "memes" that they find amusing and share them across social media networks.

AWS 146

AWS Logistics Cloud Social Media 146

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? This book is about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications. Time is Money.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

Nefarious websites have analysed other web browser engines and found flaws that have not been disclosed, and exploit those flaws when a user goes to a particular website to silently violate user privacy or security. Competition at the frontier enables the market and competitive spirits to push innovation forward.

Engineering 98

Engineering Open Source Website Operating System 98