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What the Internet looked like before Drupal, WordPress and Joomla

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Dominic Smith is a senior writer and content strategist for Rackspace Digital, the digital marketing infrastructure specialists. Putting together a recent comparison infographic of WordPress, Drupal and Joomla! got me thinking about what the Internet looked like before open source content management systems (CMS) came along. It’s been a decade or so since open source CMS began reshaping our experience of the Internet. At its core, a CMS structures the experience of developing, managing and consuming a website. Chances are good that a big chunk of the content you’ll read on the web today (including this article) is being delivered…

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Adtech firm OpenX unveils an industry-changing fusion of real-time bidding and ad networks

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Advertising technology company OpenX today announced an impressive new product, dubbed Demand Fusion, that brings together a real-time bidding platform and ad network demand. Traditionally, supply-side platforms (SSPs), which focus on serving publishers and their ad inventory, have siloed ad networks and real-time bidding (RTB). While some players offer publishers the opportunity to choose between an RTB and the flat pricing of ad networks, none have been able to combine them dynamically up until now. Demand Fusion works by holding open an RTB auction while also gathering ad network demand. The highest auction bid will act as a minimum guaranteed…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 9:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Monday is here, which means the weekend is now little more than a distant memory. Well, I guess that all depends on what you got up to over the past few days. At any rate, if you’re looking to catch up on all the tech-related tidbits you missed while you were off pursuing more pressing activities, well, here’s a quick recap. News from The Next Web over the weekend The first Vine from space is a thing of wonder Path is turning its users’ private messages ephemeral, if you can call 24 hours ‘ephemeral’ Netflix updates Android app to make…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 9:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

morning-coffee
Monday is here, which means the weekend is now little more than a distant memory. Well, I guess that all depends on what you got up to over the past few days. At any rate, if you’re looking to catch up on all the tech-related tidbits you missed while you were off pursuing more pressing activities, well, here’s a quick recap. News from The Next Web over the weekend The first Vine from space is a thing of wonder Path is turning its users’ private messages ephemeral, if you can call 24 hours ‘ephemeral’ Netflix updates Android app to make…

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