Apple has completed the CDN, or content delivery network, it began building last year. A CDN distributes content among multiple servers and datacenters in order to spread out the load and better serve demand. Dan Rayburn of StreamingMediaBlog.com has spoken to ISPs and discovered that Apple’s CDN is capable of handling ten times the capacity the company currently uses — which will come in handy for the releases of iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite, plus upcoming features like iCloud Drive, iCloud Photo Library, and any possible expansions to its streaming media services. To ensure smooth traffic flow, Apple has secured interconnect deals with ISPs like Comcast — which may explain in part why Apple has been so quiet regarding net neutrality.

 

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Apple has completed the CDN, or content delivery network, it began building last year. A CDN distributes content among multiple servers and datacenters in order to spread out the load and better serve demand. Dan Rayburn of StreamingMediaBlog.com has spoken to ISPs and discovered that Apple’s CDN is capable of handling ten times the capacity the company currently uses — which will come in handy for the releases of iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite, plus upcoming features like iCloud Drive, iCloud Photo Library, and any possible expansions to its streaming media services. To ensure smooth traffic flow, Apple has secured interconnect deals with ISPs like Comcast — which may explain in part why Apple has been so quiet regarding net neutrality.

 

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Två män som saknats efter översvämningarna i södra Rumänien hittades på torsdagen döda. Kropparna hittades nedströms området där de sveptes med av vattnet i Valcea, uppgav räddningstjänsten.

Chefen för FN-organet UNRWA vädjar om omedelbar hjälp för fylla de massiva humanitära behov som uppstått under striderna i Gaza.

Kommuner och landsting ska kunna söka bidrag hos Socialstyrelsen för insatser för att höja hbt-kompetensen, skriver ledarna för regeringspartierna på Svenska Dagbladets debattsida.

You remember Peter Hoddie, right? He was one of the original QuickTime developers at Apple. He left in 1002 to help found a startup called Kinoma, which started life developing multimedia players and browsers for mobile devices. Kinoma was acquired in 2011 by Marvell Semiconductor, whose management kept it as a separate entity. The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.' EE Times mentioned it in March, and they're not the only ones to notice this product. Quite a few developers and companies are jumping on the 'Internet of Things' bandwagon, so there may be a decent -- and growing -- market for something like this. (Alternate Video Link)

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You remember Peter Hoddie, right? He was one of the original QuickTime developers at Apple. He left in 1002 to help found a startup called Kinoma, which started life developing multimedia players and browsers for mobile devices. Kinoma was acquired in 2011 by Marvell Semiconductor, whose management kept it as a separate entity. The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.' EE Times mentioned it in March, and they're not the only ones to notice this product. Quite a few developers and companies are jumping on the 'Internet of Things' bandwagon, so there may be a decent -- and growing -- market for something like this. (Alternate Video Link)

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Emergency services say at least 15 killed and 228 injured in Kaohsiung in blasts after reports of gas leaks.

Emergency services say at least 15 killed and 228 injured in Kaohsiung in blasts after reports of gas leaks.

You can do only so much to prevent your Mac from being stolen, but with the FileVault encryption technology built into Mac OS X since 10.7 Lion, you can ensure that your confidential data — email, photos, financial information — is kept away from the prying eyes of a thief or anyone who comes into possession of your Mac.

 

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You can do only so much to prevent your Mac from being stolen, but with the FileVault encryption technology built into Mac OS X since 10.7 Lion, you can ensure that your confidential data — email, photos, financial information — is kept away from the prying eyes of a thief or anyone who comes into possession of your Mac.

 

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En 48-årig kvinna rånades på en handväska och knivskars i axeln i Storvreta norr om Uppsala på torsdagseftermiddagen. Två unga män på motorcykel eller moped överföll kvinnan när hon stod och väntade på bussen.

Skogsbränder rasade på torsdagen på flera ställen i landet. I Västmanland och Medelpad försvårade terrängen släckningsarbetet och helikopter sattes in för att vattenbomba.

Ben Thompson:

What stands out to me about Love’s approach was that from day one his differentiation was not based on design, ease-of-use, or some other attribute we usually glorify in developers. Rather, he focused on decidedly less sexy things like licensing. Sure, licensing is particularly pertinent to a dictionary app, but the broader point is that Love’s sustainable differentiation was not about his own code. Sustainable differentiation never is.