Amazon Adds Support for Python to Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon has just added support for Python applications to their Elastic Beanstalk service.
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2014 articles
HEVC Draft Released; Twice as Efficient as H.264
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) has been working on a new video format that supersedes H.264 / AVC (Advanced Video Coding) and allows for twice the efficiency.
The future of mobile calls is VoIP and video
Voice over IP also known VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a transmission techniques involved in the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Joel Evans, based on his personal experience crowns VoIP and video as the future of mobile calls.
JavaScript fundamentals: development for absolute beginners
JavaScript is a programming language that makes web sites interactive. Bob Tabor with the help of 21 episodes teaches you the concepts applicable to web based videogames, enhanced user interfaces, and dynamic web pages.
MySQL Heading Down a Closed Path?
It seems that Oracle has begun closing off parts of the MySQL development process, thus causing worries that the openness of the database system is in jeopardy.
Steam for Linux and Big Picture Mode Coming “Fairly quickly”
Valve has given some confirmation about some of its major upcoming technologies, and it seems a lot is going to be happening in the next few months.
Twitter Makes Changes to its APIs; Locks Down Third Parties
Twitter has detailed the changes coming in the next version of the Twitter API (v1.1) and things don’t sound that great for third parties. The API and Twitter’s guidelines for using them are becoming increasingly rigid and locked down.
Adobe’s Project “Alchemy” is now Flash Runtime C++ Compiler
A long time ago, back in 2008, Adobe unveiled a new experiment for using C / C++ code on the Flash Player. Now the project has settled on its final commercial name, Flash Runtime C++ Compiler.
Adobe Reveals Flash Premium Licensing Details
Even as Flash recedes from the mobile space, Adobe is charging on with Flash as a gaming and premium video platform.
Rover Curiosity Streams Live from Planet Mars
The historic landing of Mars rover Curiosity, which JPL streamed to hundred thousands of concurrent viewers, was enabled by Adobe Media Server and Amazon Web Services (AWS) developed on a combination of Adobe Flash Media Server, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances running the popular nginx caching tier, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Route 53 for DNS management, and Amazon CloudFront for content delivery.