Monthly Archives: May 2016

WordPress Unveils Plans for .Blog, the New gTLD that Cost it $19M

WordPress parent company Automattic bought the rights to the new gTLD .blog last year for $19 million, beating Google and a handful of other companies in the auction. Continue reading

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Japan’s SoftBank and Alibaba Launch Joint Cloud Computing Venture

Japanese telecom SoftBank and Alibaba announced a partnership on Friday to launch cloud computing services in Japan based on Alibaba Cloud. Continue reading

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WebRTC: Disruptive Technology with Revenue Potential or It Just Sucks?

Where are we with WebRTC anyway? Do we stay with SIP or switch to the up and coming WebRTC technology? I’ve noticed that since the beginning of the year some of the most prolific communication industry bloggers have been very critical of the new technology that held such promise over… Continue reading

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AWS Makes Its First Big Submarine Cable Investment

Amazon Web Services has made its first investment in a submarine cable project, looking to improve capacity on its global network. Continue reading

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Digiweb Hardware Failure Brings Down Shared Hosting

Ireland-based web host Digiweb has suffered a “major hardware failure” which knocked its servers offline at around 3 pm local time on Wednesday. Continue reading

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