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The evolution of the developer: How cloud infrastructure and open source changed the landscape

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Ben Uretsky is the CEO & Cofounder of DigitalOcean. There’s an ongoing conversation about the shifting role of developers and what that means for IT departments. They’re now shaping product and user experience with such great influence that businesses must understand their importance in order to be as successful as possible. For a great read on the rise of the developer, check out Stephen O’Grady’s book The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered The World – in the book, the author goes into great depth about the history of developers, what circumstances expanded their resources, and ultimately how they became the ones calling the shots. Even…

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The evolution of the developer: How cloud infrastructure and open source changed the landscape

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

programming
Ben Uretsky is the CEO & Cofounder of DigitalOcean. There’s an ongoing conversation about the shifting role of developers and what that means for IT departments. They’re now shaping product and user experience with such great influence that businesses must understand their importance in order to be as successful as possible. For a great read on the rise of the developer, check out Stephen O’Grady’s book The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered The World – in the book, the author goes into great depth about the history of developers, what circumstances expanded their resources, and ultimately how they became the ones calling the shots. Even…

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Box files for $250M IPO, generated $124.2M in revenue last year from 34,000 organizations

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Box today submitted an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicating its intention to become a public company. In the filing, Box revealed that its proposed maximum aggregate offering price would raise $250 million. It reported just over $124 million in revenue for the year ending on January 31, 2014 up from $58.8 million the year before. Furthermore, the company published a net loss of $168.6 million for the same 12-month period, up from a loss of $112.6 million for the year prior. Box now has 25 million users spanning 225,000 companies. Ninety-three percent of those aren’t paying…

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Box files for $250M IPO, generated $124.2M in revenue last year from 34,000 organizations

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Box today submitted an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicating its intention to become a public company. In the filing, Box revealed that its proposed maximum aggregate offering price would raise $250 million. It reported just over $124 million in revenue for the year ending on January 31, 2014 up from $58.8 million the year before. Furthermore, the company published a net loss of $168.6 million for the same 12-month period, up from a loss of $112.6 million for the year ending on January 31, 2013. Box now has 25 million users spanning 225,000 companies. Ninety-three percent…

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Meet the Nymi authentication wristband, the first wearable device I’m actually excited about

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 8:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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The onslaught of wearable devices is hit or miss right now. Most of the ones I’ve seen are of dubious value, but Bionym’s upcoming Nymi wristband has enormous potential to improve our lives. The Nymi works by using your unique electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to act as a biometric authentication layer for other devices, applications and services. Put another way, Nymi uses your heartbeat like a password to confirm that you are, in fact, you. According to Bionym CEO Karl Martin, ECG is significantly more reliable than face recognition and only slightly less secure than a fingerprint. When it arrives later…

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