Friday 30 November 2018

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AWS Thinks Inside the Box With Outposts Data Center Revival
DoJ Takes Down Online Ad Fraud Ring, Indicts 8
Amazon's Shift
Salesforce's Earnings Mystery
The Unsustainability of Black Friday and Cyber Monday for E-Commerce

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AWS Thinks Inside the Box With Outposts Data Center Revival

Amazon introduced AWS Outposts at its AWS re:Invent conference in Las
Vegas. The new system, which provides AWS-branded boxes for use in
traditional data centers, will allow the company to make advances into
the world of on-premises storage, taking on legacy hardware vendors
including Cisco, Dell, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Outposts
technology can run on rival vendors' data center equipment.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85711.html

DoJ Takes Down Online Ad Fraud Ring, Indicts 8

The DoJ has revealed an unsealed indictment of eight defendants for
crimes related to their involvement in widespread digital advertising
fraud. The DoJ alleges the eight individuals were behind two global
schemes, 3ve and Methbot, which stole tens of millions of dollars
through a scam that used fake Web traffic and fake websites to reap ad
view revenue from unwitting advertisers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85707.html

Amazon's Shift

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, announced that AWS customers
would be off all Oracle databases by the end of 2019 and running on one
of Amazon's database products. This is not the first time the market has
heard something like this, but this time could be different. The
statement comes on the heels of Amazon spending significant coin on
Oracle licenses a few months ago.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85710.html

Salesforce's Earnings Mystery

My only question about Salesforce's recent revenue announcement is why
the company described the vast majority of its nonprofessional services
revenues as "subscription and support." Proserv revenues were
appropriately small, at $224 million, while subscription and support was
$3.17 billion, or 26 percent more than the same quarter a year earlier.
Nice going, by the way.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85708.html

The Unsustainability of Black Friday and Cyber Monday for E-Commerce

Black Friday made its debut sometime in the 1960s as the day to help
retailers move from the red to the black in profits. The day-after-
Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza has grown well beyond its roots since
then. Last year, at the peak of Black Friday, shoppers were spending
nearly $1 million per minute. However, the origins of Black Friday were
pre-Internet.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85704.html

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Editor's Pick: Facebook Staffers Once Brainstormed Ways to Sell User Data: Report

Facebook Staffers Once Brainstormed Ways to Sell User Data: Report

Richard Adhikari Nov 30, 2018 5:00 AM PT
	Facebook at one time considered charging companies for access to its user data, according to a report based on three pages of unredacted material from an 18-page document showing portions of some internal Facebook emails, mainly from about 2012 to 2014. The documents are linked to a lawsuit, Six4Three LLC v. Facebook Inc., alleging that Facebook's data policies were anticompetitive. [More...]

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Amazon's Shift
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, announced that AWS customers would be off all Oracle databases by the end of 2019 and running on one of Amazon's database products. This is not the first time the market has heard something like this, but this time could be different. The statement comes on the heels of Amazon spending significant coin on Oracle licenses a few months ago. [More...]

Amazon Comprehend Medical Makes Sense of Scattered Healthcare Data
Amazon has announced Amazon Comprehend Medical, a language processing service that lets users gather information -- such as a patient's medical condition and medication dosage, strength and frequency -- from sources including doctors' notes, clinical trial reports, hospital admission notes and patient health records. Most health and patient data currently is stored as unstructured medical text. [More...]

Void Linux: Built From Scratch for Full Independence
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Transforming Customer Insights Into Actionable Intelligence
From technology innovation to the workplace, the business landscape has been evolving rapidly, and companies now are tasked with adapting to fast change in a world of digital transformation. There is one element that will remain a constant requirement for success: meeting the needs of customers and delivering a quality experience. Nurturing customer relationships is vital for a company's success. [More...]

DoJ Takes Down Online Ad Fraud Ring, Indicts 8
The DoJ has revealed an unsealed indictment of eight defendants for crimes related to their involvement in widespread digital advertising fraud. The DoJ alleges the eight individuals were behind two global schemes, 3ve and Methbot, which stole tens of millions of dollars through a scam that used fake Web traffic and fake websites to reap ad view revenue from unwitting advertisers. [More...]

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The Morning After: Netflix drops 'Daredevil'

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It's Friday, November 30, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

We have bad news for yet another Marvel series on Netflix, and Starbucks said it’s putting a porn filter on its free WiFi networks. Finally, kick off your Friday with our review of HP’s surprising leather-bound laptop.

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After three seasons, the debut MCU show on Netflix joins 'Luke Cage' and 'Iron Fist.'

Netflix and Disney cancel 'Daredevil'

Last month, Netflix canned two of the Marvel series it co-produced with the comics juggernaut. The latest casualty? Daredevil. Season three debuted just a few weeks ago starring Charlie Cox as the blind hero protecting Hell's Kitchen, but that's it -- for now. Notably, Daredevil was the first Marvel/Netflix show to hit the service back in 2015, and now only Jessica Jones and The Punisher are left.

So who needs a leather computer? Maybe you.

HP Spectre Folio review: This leather PC means business

The Spectre Folio’s leather case looks and feels luxurious, and its convertible hinge is a step above the competition. While there’s room for improvement, it’s a solid stab at making an entirely new type of laptop.

There’s no word on the specific actions taken.

China halts scientist's gene-edited baby research

China’s vice minister of science and technology, Xu Nanping, told state media outlet CCTV that the government was opposed to researcher He Jiankui’s claimed application of gene editing. Using CRISPR/Cas9, He says he edited the genes of twin girls, Lulu and Nana, in order to make them more resistant to HIV. Xu said He's work "crossed the line of morality and ethics adhered to by the academic community and was shocking and unacceptable."

This $130 3-in-1 charging station is just $35 for Cyber Week

The company is now vowing to block explicit imagery after promising to do it in 2016.

Starbucks is addressing its public-WiFi porn problem

Starbucks says it will finally block people from viewing explicit content over its stores’ WiFi hotspots. While it had initially promised to filter its WiFi networks back in 2016, the coffee chain didn’t follow up on that commitment. It will, however, have a system in place in US stores next year.

Lockheed Martin and some lesser-known firms are among its selection.

NASA reveals companies that will help it return to the moon

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said that, "Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the moon and Mars.” And now we know which companies that will involve. Lockheed Martin, a recognizable name in this space, is among those eligible for missions, but the list includes lesser-known business like Astrobotic Technology, Deep Space Systems, Draper and several more. The goal is to have multiple providers that can compete on both cost and innovation. NASA says lunar missions could take place as early as next year after putting out a call for lunar-study proposals in October.

Meet the Synthwatch.

This tiny synth craze has gotten out of hand

Audioweld has made what it claims is the first synthesizer watch -- the appropriately named Synthwatch. The husky contraption offers a set of seven keys for capturing tunes via a companion app for iOS and Android. With that software, you can control recording, access a sequencer and tap into a bank of 200 sounds.

The device is quite bulky compared to a smartwatch (or even a normal watch), so you'll have to pay attention not to bang it on something. The company is taking pledges of €450 (roughly $512) if you’re looking to get in on the wristrument. I’m copyrighting that term.

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