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  • #GoogleCloudSummit 2017 in Munich

    While Amazon Web Services reported another record quarter with $4,53B in October 2017, and Microsoft reporting 93% growth of their cloud business, Google is the third major player in the market for cloud services. At the same time, Google is not (yet) explicitly reporting numbers on their cloud offering. However, “all other” businesses, including Play…

  • Mix and Mingle

    The past weekend I traveled internationally to work with colleagues on another continent. I’m a lucky volunteering member of IEEE, and so I reached out to the community before I jumped on my flight. Turns out I have friends in this city, and so I spent a whole afternoon learning about the city and the…

  • The code I’m still ashamed of

    The following came through my timelines a few days back. A guy feels guilty for what he did – as a programmer – when he was young. Basically he built a promotional website for a questionable medicaments. Apparently the drug has side effects of depression and suicidal thoughts. Only after his sister was prescribed the same medicaments,…

  • RC4 NOMORE

    Better get rid of RC4.

  • Facebooks To Kill Flash

    Facebook’s new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has stated publicly that he wants to see Adobe end Flash. Most of the internet will consider this a good idea. Not too sure about the Facebook bunch yet. via: Slashdot

  • The women whom science forgot

    Many female scientists in the past were not given credit for their achievements – here are just a few of them. via: The women whom science forgot – BBC News

  • Who Has Your Back? 

    Who has your back? Electronic Frontier Foundation updated their scorecard of practices of major Internet companies, with regards to their publicly available policies for 2015. via: Who Has Your Back? Government Data Requests 2015 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Don't aim for disruptive

    The tech industry is optimizing everything around us, disrupting every aspect of social, business or whatsoever. The thought everything will be easier is just so tempting to everybody remotely involved in anything remotely digital. And that’s why so many app-developers, start-ups, evangelists feel inspired by the opportunity. Every new idea needs to be ground breaking,…

  • Samsung Android Mobile Device Backdoor

    You better keep your Samsung Android Device in your fridge, going forward.

  • email ain't work.

    email is one of my favorite topics when it comes to modern ways of working. There were a few articles on this blog concerning email to be abolished by major organizations in favour of social media (which won’t solve the underlying problem…) Communication is essential to most jobs, but so is productivity. Claire Diaz Ortiz…