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Reports: Apple is Building Its Own Content Delivery Network

Data Center Knowledge

Apple is building its own content delivery network (CDN) to deliver services to consumers, according to reports from Dan Rayburn and The Wall Street Journal. Apple Peering CDN'

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Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action

The Verge

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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In Controversial Study, Facebook Investigates Networks of Emotions

CTOvision

Facebook recently conducted a somewhat similar study, Experimental Evidence of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion through Social Networks , to investigate whether changes in social news feeds can influence individuals’ moods and behaviors. In a world where billions are connected by online social networks, these findings are significant indeed.

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F5 Networks will buy Volterra cloud computing startup for $500M in latest major acquisition

GeekWire

F5 Networks CEO Francois Locoh-Donou at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. F5 Networks announced an agreement to acquire cloud computing startup Volterra Inc. It’s part of a broader transformation of F5 Networks under CEO François Locoh-Donou in recent years. Haiyan Song (F5 Networks Photo).

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Pfizer to close Seagen manufacturing plant in Seattle area following $43B acquisition

GeekWire

“Pfizer regularly evaluates our manufacturing network to ensure capacity is effectively utilized based on projected product demands,” the company said in a statement to GeekWire. Puget Sound Business Journal first reported the news. Pfizer will lay off about 120 employees as a result of the decision.

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In COVID times: the value of keeping journals and leadership for organisational reinvention

Trends in the Living Networks

Zanele opened by asking me about my practice of keeping a journal , following up by asking me if this was particularly relevant today. I found that you actually have been keeping a journal since you were very young. And one of I think the most important things, which I actually need to do more is actually reread my journal.

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How Twitter impacts media and journalism: Five Fundamental Factors

Trends in the Living Networks

One of the most interesting issues regarding Twitter is its impact on the media and journalism. I see Five Fundamental Factors on how Twitter impacts media and journalism : 1. In my book Living Networks , released in 2002, I wrote: The brilliant visionary Marshall McLuhan accurately described the media as an extension of our senses.

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