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Imagine if the inventor of the Segway claimed to own “any thing that moves in response to human commands.” Or if the inventor of the telegraph applied for a patent covering any use of electric current for communication. Absurdly overbroad claims like these would not be allowed, right? Unfortunately...
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Windows 10 has been a great journey so far. Following the plan we originally outlined in June, more than 110M devices have upgraded. If you’re already running Windows 10 – thank you! Our aspiration is for customers to choose Windows, and to love Windows. Our early data shows customers from France to Brazil to China
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Next month, Johnathan Nightingale will step down as a full time Mozillian after 8 years of distinguished service. We’d like to thank him for his countles
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“A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.” –from the movie Annie Hall Most high-growth businesses stare down periods when growth unexpectedly slows down or stops altogether. At some point, that…
Dole operates the largest refrigerated fleet, or reeferships, in the world. Here's why it makes sense for a major importer to operate its own ships.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear this week that, while the Senate is rapidly approaching recess, the Senate “will stay in [session] until a deal is struck to extend” the Patriot Act. McConnell has also introduced legislation for both long-term and short-term reauthorization...
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This is getting serious. Just 5 months after reaching 1 billion messages , Telegram doubled in user activity — and hit 2 billion messages delivered per day.
How we decided on Redshift for giving our customers access to their raw data in SQL.
Founder of Bingo Card Creator and Appointment Reminder talks Twilio. Includes monitoring, environment-based safeties, queue management and sample code.
This week, together with Public Knowledge and Engine, EFF submitted written comments to the Patent Office regarding its Patent Quality Initiative. We urge the Patent Office to ensure that this program actually reduces the number of invalid patents being issued. Its quality efforts should serve the...
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