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Red Hat Unveils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the latest major release of the company's flagship platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 not only lays the foundation for the open hybrid cloud and serves enterprise…
Why Zulip will stand the test of time
Quill, a team chat company with $16 million in venture capital funding, was acquired by Twitter and shut down their product last week. Users were given a mere four days to export their data prior to deletion; direct messages and private channels could not be exported at all. Our sympathies go out to …
Elm from a Business Perspective
Elm is not just technically great, it also allows building business around it
Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update
Our team is hard at work on Thunderbird Pro. Get the latest developments on Thundermail, Appointment, and Send in our latest update.
Amazon Interactive Video Service – Add Live Video to Your Apps and Websites
Today, I am so excited to tell you about the new Amazon Interactive Video Service, which allows you to add live video directly into your own apps and websites. If you are anything like me, you are going to be blown away by how simple the team have made it to integrate interactive, low latency, […]
Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
Introduction Earlier this week, Amazon SNS released worldwide SMS delivery and made it available in six AWS Regions. Worldwide SMS delivery means that you can now send SMS text messages directly to mobile phone numbers in more than 200 countries. Along with this expansion, SNS also enabled default “opt-in” of…
U.S. Congress Renews $5M Open Textbook Pilot for Second Year
Congress approved legislation that will renew and strengthen the federal Open Textbook Pilot, which provides grants to expand OER in higher education.
Secret TPP Talks Continue as the Deal Grows More Controversial
Trade ministers are meeting behind closed-doors at the Westin Resort and Spa in Maui this week to finalize the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is the first formal round of talks since the U.S. passed the controversial Fast Track trade legislation in June, which has given U.S....
We just released VLC 1.1.0
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework , that plays most multimedias files, medias and streaming protocols.
How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
However We recently came across two services that let us put together a quality product promo video in a couple of hours and for less than $200!
OKRs vs. KPIs: understanding measurements for your SaaS business
Userpilot helps product teams deliver personalized in-app experiences to increase growth metrics at every stage of the user journey.
How to better calculate churn rates
According to Andreessen Horowitz, this number is one of the top 16 metrics to measure a SaaS startup by. Well, sorry Andreessen, and sorry Horowitz, but this just isn't right.
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Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
SaaS Pricing: Lessons from Changes
We launched Canny almost a year ago. During that time, we reached ramen profitability. We also changed our pricing four times. Here's a deep dive into each pricing change and the lessons we learned.
High court challenge to law that puts public-domain works back under copyright
Today the Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case about whether Congress has the power to "restore" copyright protection to works that already exist in the public domain. To be clear, for more than 200 years the law has been settled – once a work was in the public domain, there it remained,...
MIT’s ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight
Solar cell bonded to recently developed catalyst can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
ChessBase and Stockfish end their legal dispute
Stockfish is a free, open-source, and cross-platform chess engine, trusted by grandmasters and leading chess platforms worldwide.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Report
We at Boeing are sorry for the lives lost in the recent 737 MAX accidents. These tragedies continue to weigh heavily on our hearts and minds, and we extend our sympathies to the loved ones of the...
Logistics challenges of saving Air India’s diverted 777 in Russia
An Air India flight from New Delhi to San Francisco diverted to Russia after experiencing problems with one of its engines.