Another acquisition leads our day. RedHat is acquiring 3scale, an API Management company. I have worked with 3scale in the past and they were a pleasure to work with, so this is a great exit for them. Google Cloud Platform talks about a better way to bootstrap MongoDB on their platform. This is cool because… Read More Geek Reading June 23, 2016 #1134
Starting our day, the Google Big Data blog talks about new integration of BigQuery with Google Drive. Google Cloud Platform gives us some goodies when they talk about Kubernetes and container portability. WordPress releases 4.5.2, a minor but important security release. I know that doesn’t sound like big news, but when security fixes are made… Read More Geek Reading May 10, 2016 #1102
Leading our day is a report from VentureBeat about Twilio adding Facebook Messenger as a supported platform. This is interesting because Twilio has been focused on SMS/MMS for a long time and adding Messenger could change the pricing and overall dynamics of the service. WordPress released v4.5 “Coleman” of their CMS. As always, it is… Read More Geek Reading April 14, 2016 #1084
I am not sure how I forgot to post it yesterday, but our lead story comes from The Next Web. SpaceX finally lands its rocket on a drone ship! Geeks around the world were going nuts and the various videos of the landing were shared all over. Wordfence continues their analysis of the Panama Papers… Read More Geek Reading April 12, 2016 #1082
It is Tuesday, so of course that means we get a pile of new security articles 🙂 On Krebs on Security, they talk about a recent phish at Seagate where it exposed all employee W-2’s. That is a huge problem given the amount of personal information available. Softpedia reports on the Custom Content Type Manager… Read More Geek Reading March 8, 2016 #1058
There were plenty of interesting articles yesterday. First, The Next Web reports on a car that has no gears and runs on hydrogen. Granted, the car has a top speed of 60 mph, but it is an interesting development regardless. Seth Godin gives us an excellent “manifesto” for small teams. Even if you have a… Read More Geek Reading February 19, 2016 #1046
It was a slow news day yesterday, but there are still some interesting stories. First, WordPress released v4.4.1, mostly a security and maintenance release. The Next Web reports on Remix OS bringing Android to every old x86 PC. This could be an interesting way to repurpose some old hardware with an OS that many people… Read More Geek Reading January 7, 2016
Wired leads the day with their story on who they think the creator of Bitcoin is. We will see if this path is true. The rest of our news is dominated by the CMS world. WordPress released v4.4, codenamed “Clifford”. WordPress also released an app for Windows. A group of Microsoft developers have saved Windows… Read More Geek Reading December 10, 2015
Leading our day is a post on Conversation Agent, where Valeria Maltoni talks about what happens when technology fails to fade into the background. The post focuses on many healthcare systems, which can be amazingly bad, but every application needs to look at their user experience and design. Simplicity is hard, but it makes user… Read More Geek Reading November 17, 2015
The big news of the day is not tech related, but on Friday the Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have a right to marry. WordPress celebrates its 10th year of service. Obviously, this is important because it powers so many websites and blogs. As always, enjoy today’s items, and please participate in the discussions… Read More Geek Reading June 29, 2015
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