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How the pandemic is bringing Elon Musk’s dream to connect everyone on Earth closer to reality

Vox

In vast swaths of the United States and the world, there are millions of people who don’t have reliable internet access. In early March, just days before cities across the US shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Elon Musk shared the latest details about his plan to build a satellite broadband service called Starlink.

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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

GeekWire

Microsoft, for example, failed to recognize how its hold on the PC industry would be disrupted first by the internet and later by mobile devices. It was also possible to access applications from any location with internet access — users were not limited to accessing an application only from within a corporate network. COVID-19 impact.

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Microsoft reveals new search engine and browser with AI ‘copilot,’ escalating battle with Google

GeekWire

However, Microsoft has quietly built a major advertising business in the process, based on Bing and related online properties. Search and news advertising topped $12 billion in revenue for Microsoft in the past 12 months. OpenAI said in the Jan. ”

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Maybe you’ve read that the metaverse is going to replace the internet. It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Maybe we’re all supposed to live there. And maybe it’s got something to do with NFTs ?

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

Or should it make it easier to shift OpenStack clouds to Amazon Web Services and Google Compute Engine for companies that want to use both approaches in a hybrid infrastructure? Architectural compatibility means that apps can move freely from private to public and back, when needed. “We Cloud Computing. November 2005 (8).

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Amazon DynamoDB ? a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database.

All Things Distributed

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Break the Internet Award: Swizz Beatz + Timbaland for the Verzuz battles on Instagram Live. Webby Award for Architecture & Design : The Urban Village Project Microsite by SPACE 10. Webby People’s Voice Award for Architecture & Design : Architectural Digest, Conde Nast. Advertising, Media & PR.

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