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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels says APIs will rule the world

Here's hoping Microsoft gives away more code | In pivot, AWS acknowledges private, hybrid clouds

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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels says APIs will rule the world
Werner Vogels, Amazon's high-profile chief technology officer, told a packed crowd of SXSW attendees earlier this month that the rise of open APIs are about to change the way companies around the world do business. Read More


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Here's hoping Microsoft gives away more code
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View is a trip down memory lane like no other. My first few computers were non-PCs, and these days, that's the only place I can find a working Apple IIe or Amiga 3000. Read More

In pivot, AWS acknowledges private, hybrid clouds
In just five months Amazon Web Services has changed its tone. Not significantly, but in a slight way that could have big implications for the future of enterprise cloud adoption and the company's efforts to fend off competitors. Read More

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Written by Kendra Eash for McSweeney's Internet Tendency and called "This is a Generic Brand Video," it's also a plug for a company that makes this kind of thing possible, Dissolve Footage. And it's done so well that all concerned deserve a little pub. Read More

Is Oculus a vanity project for Zuckerberg?
Trying really hard, one can imagine a technology-based argument to integrate Occulus VR virtual reality goggles into Facebook. It would be really cool to experience Facebook's newsfeed as a simulated reality. A virtual reality experience of a friend's black diamond snowboard run would be amazing. If that were the case, though, Facebook would be working with every virtual reality company, maybe... Read More

Apple's original and secretive iPhone testing room [Photo]
In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal this week ran a compelling interview with Greg Christie, one of the first engineers involved in developing the iPhone. The story details some of the hurdles that the original iPhone team had to traverse, providing some newfound nuggets of information in the process. Read More


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MIT researchers bring Javascript to Google Glass
PhD candidates Brandyn White and Scott Greenberg led a workshop earlier this week at the MIT Media Lab to showcase an open source project called WearScript, a Javascript environment that runs on Google Glass. The category of wearables is still evolving. Read More

Cisco's cloud services reversal was inevitable
Cisco had no choice but to enter the cloud services market this week even after pledging not to do so three years ago, according to one analyst. Read More

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The industrialization of hacking has introduced a wave of threats that are increasingly sophisticated, coming from more effective and efficient actors profiting from attacks on IT infrastructure. If you think about it, just 10 years ago we were focused on less sophisticated attacks such as Blaster and Slammer. Over time, we have moved from stopping simple viruses and macroviruses of the 1990s to worms,... Read More


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