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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 1:20 pm
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In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, your company has started to gain lots of traction, and as a result your user base has begun to grow rapidly. But then, as your 100 daily users suddenly become 100,000 … crash! Your platform slows to a snail pace, your app turns super glitchy and instead of basking in your newfound success, you end up frantically firefighting to keep your platform online under increased demand. After all, the plan was to make your user base explode, not…

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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 1:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, your company has started to gain lots of traction, and as a result your user base has begun to grow rapidly. But then, as your 100 daily users suddenly become 100,000 … crash! Your platform slows to a snail pace, your app turns super glitchy and instead of basking in your newfound success, you end up frantically firefighting to keep your platform online under increased demand. After all, the plan was to make your user base explode, not…

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How the new mosquito emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 1:14 pm
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Mosquitoes have arrived on our emoji keyboards as a part of the iOS 12.1 update. The Unicode Consortium approved the design earlier this year. The mosquito emoji was released alongside other emoji wildlife including butterflies, bees, whales, and rabbits. We see a strong case that the addition of the much maligned mosquito to your emoji toolbox could help health authorities battle the health risks associated with these bloodsucking pests. Given it is the most dangerous animal on the planet, the mosquito is more than deserving of an emoji. But will it make a difference to the way the science behind…

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How the new mosquito emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 1:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Mosquitoes have arrived on our emoji keyboards as a part of the iOS 12.1 update. The Unicode Consortium approved the design earlier this year. The mosquito emoji was released alongside other emoji wildlife including butterflies, bees, whales, and rabbits. We see a strong case that the addition of the much maligned mosquito to your emoji toolbox could help health authorities battle the health risks associated with these bloodsucking pests. Given it is the most dangerous animal on the planet, the mosquito is more than deserving of an emoji. But will it make a difference to the way the science behind…

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IBM launches tool to help grocery stores track food on the blockchain

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


IBM has just rolled out some new blockchain software. The global technology giant launched IBM Food Trust, a new software suite built for tracking food supply routes with distributed ledgers. IBM Food Trust is its newest contribution to the blockchain ecosystem. It pledges to connect growers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and others to a permissioned, immutable, shared database. The end result is supposedly an increase in food safety, freshness, sustainability, and a reduction in waste. For a monthly fee, businesses will be able to map “the provenance, location and [sic] status of food products on the supply chain.” The fee will depend…

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