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Feed: Cambridge Intelligence. Author: Michael Barlow. Part 1: visualizing blocks of transactionsWhether it’s Bitcoin’s value fluctuations, million-dollar hacks, the launch of new currencies or stories of regulators grappling with a brave new world, barely a week passes without cryptocurrencies hitting the headlines.While governments and banks still dislike the concept of digital currencies, there’s a huge business opportunity. Compared to traditional fiat currencies, decentralized cryptocurrencies offer a secure, low-cost way to transfer funds anywhere in the world. They’re widely regarded as the future of finance, so it’s no wonder people want to learn more.This blog is the first of two posts ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Aleksander Hougen; Opera and Firefox are two of the oldest active web browsers and have both changed dramatically over their long lifespans. Throughout their existence, they have both occupied a niche corner of the browser market, compared to the more mainstream Google Chrome and Internet Explorer (read our Internet Explorer review) before it.  Today, it’s time to pit Opera vs. Firefox and find out which one comes out on top. Although Firefox has consistently been the more popular option, both it and Opera scored well in their individual reviews. If you want a more in-depth analysis of ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. As communities around the world grow, traffic congestion problems increase. Cities and states in addition to regional authorities face decisions around how to modernize, maintain, and budget for upgrades to their transportation network to improve the quality of life and safety of their residents.Congestion itself is not the problem, but rather a sign of a city’s prosperity. Economic growth, job creation, and increased mobility are outcomes of a healthy city, state, or region. So as congestion becomes a way of life, how do transportation officials prioritize decisions and measure the results ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. (© Photo by Jakub Mosur) Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a consortium of Bay Area community colleges along with their K12 and California State University partners, launched a regional initiative to prepare students for jobs in one of the fastest-growing, and highest-paying, areas in the technology field: cloud computing. The schools include City College of San Francisco, Canada College, De Anza College, Evergreen Valley College, Foothill College, Las Positas College, College of San Mateo, Mission College, SIATech High Schools and Skyline College. The consortium will launch a multi-course curriculum, complete with ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. My wife and I are moving into a new house, and my wife has her heart set on a new refrigerator. It’s a modern appliance, but it’s styled like a 1950s refrigerator: rounded corners, levered handles, single door or double doors, and offered in a selection of solid retro colors, such as fire-engine red, lime green, or turquoise. It’s an example of a concept that the manufacturing industry has been wrestling with for many years: mass customization. And it’s a far cry from the days when you could buy a Ford Model-T in any ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Page Cvelich. April Query, PhD, is the Regional and Community Services Manager for the College Foundation of North Carolina...otherwise known as CFNC. Dr. Query has a strong desire to make college a reality for all, and for the past thirteen years has assisted students and their families with college and career planning as well as financial aid and financial literacy information. In the two podcasts below, you will learn: How to get a student loan from the federal government; Where to get help to fill out the FAFSA form; How much money to consider borrowing; Options ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. Your workloads have different characteristics and may have evolved over time, making it challenging to support them with high-performing, scalable and low-cost computing. That’s why we’ve added new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances that come with the latest processor technology, to help you optimize your workloads even more and save.Upgrade to new general purpose M5 and memory-optimized R5 instances The general purpose (M5) and memory optimized (R5) instance families of Amazon EC2 now have easy upgrade options. New! General purpose M5 instances. General purpose computing workloads benefit from a balance of ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Elsie Otachi; If you’re a Dane living abroad, you’ve probably noticed that you can’t access content or websites in Denmark. All you get are error messages. That’s because of geoblocks, which restrict content access to Denmark unless you’re physically there.  Thankfully, though, you can change your IP address to a Danish one and stream exclusive content from DR TV or even access your Danske Bank account. We’re going to show you how to get one. An IP address is a set of random numbers that holds information about your location and the device you’re using. By changing ... Read More

Feed: Radar. Author: Mac Slocum. Radar trends began as an internal resource for O’Reilly. It’s a monthly list of things that I find interesting or important—possibly not “trends,” strictly understood, but ideas that might become trends. Most items on the list have links to media sources—some original sources, more frequently other reporting, whichever I think is more informative. Some items are personal observations or summaries of interesting conversations. Learn faster. Dig deeper. See farther. Many items are about technology, conceived rather broadly. Over time, topics will include biology and biotech, design and user experience, ethics, open source communities, energy, and ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. AWS EdStart members are pushing the limits in education by creating products and solutions to improve school administration. In honor of back to school season, we are featuring companies who are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build solutions that help educational institutions improve operations.Read on to learn about these AWS EdStart EdTechs: Hive Digital Minds Hive Digital Minds was created to help school leaders with their communication and parent engagement strategies. Their core product SchoolBzz is a software as a service (SaaS) platform that simplifies how information is shared with families ... Read More