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How Does An SSL Certificate Work And Why Do I Need One?

YoungUpstarts

Secure Sockets Layers, better known as SSL, is the global standard of security technology that enables encrypted communication between the web browser and the web server, keeping all information from being intercepted between communication of the browser and server. More recently, SSL and TLS are often grouped together, i.e:

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Let us look at examples of the last two major computing cycles (prior to the Internet). As you can see, we are poised to hit the major adoption wave for the Internet technology platform over the next 8 years. The internet is working. A lot has changed since the internet bubble eleven years ago. Today, there are over 2.1

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

Both Sides of the Table

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. I’m sure it probably resonants with how most of you read the web. The global advertising market is estimated at around $475 billion / year with only 12% of this online and measurable. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Addressing Common Enterprise Application Pain Points

YoungUpstarts

By John Enright, General Manager of Web and Application Services at Hostway Services, Inc. According to a December 2014 report from TechNavio, the global managed hosting services industry will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 12.63 In the current business environment, applications are everything. Problem: Shadow IT.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. So as Techcrunch was creating that crazy silly blockchain web video with Guy Kawasaki (lol!) Stuff CNBC and other media outlets don’t want to acknowledge.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1 times faster than its closest competitor in the U.S.).

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