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Expanding the Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to Hong Kong

All Things Distributed

It's an entertainment website where users can post content or "memes" that they find amusing and share them across social media networks. Then too, Internet service providers can shut down their services any time they feel threatened by the DDoS attacks.

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How social forces could drive blockchain demand

O'Reilly

Our world is now 30 years into its internet-driven, digital-centric life. Power has become concentrated in the hands of a few internet giants, who now wield undue influence. Our digital lives generate heaps of data that propagate beyond our intent and control. Access could be rescinded at any time.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

When it comes to web content, you can easily find what you need through many different paths, from search engines and social media to playlists and blogs, jumping from one source to another with just a tap of a finger. High Performance Images. Progressive Web Apps Dean.

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No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

A good example is the comments section on this blog; a few lines of JavaScript and these pages have a dynamic nature with comments, trackbacks and social media discussion showing up as they happen. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Rethinking the 'production' of data

All Things Distributed

Developments like cloud computing, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are proving that IT has (again) become a strategic business driver. Marketers use big data and artificial intelligence to find out more about the future needs of their customers.