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Join Us Again for Global WordPress Translation Day

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Join Us Again for Global WordPress Translation Day The WordPress Polyglots team is organizing the second Global WordPress Translation Day on November 12th. Everyone is invited to join – from anywhere in the world! Translating is one of the easiest ways to get involved with WordPress and contribute to the project. Global WordPress Translation Day is your chance to learn more about translating WordPress, meet people from all over the world, and translate WordPress into one of more than 160 languages. Join us on November 12th from anywhere in the world The translation day starts on Saturday, November 12th, 2016, at 0:00 UTC and ends 24 hours later. See what time that is for you! You can join right from the start, or any time it’s convenient for you throughout the day. What are we doing? Local contributor days are happening all over the world, and are a great way [ more… ]

Instagram app for Windows 10 expands to PC and tablets

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Instagram app for Windows 10 expands to PC and tablets We’re excited to share that the Instagram app for Windows 10 is expanding beyond its current mobile availability and is optimized for tablets and PCs today. The app is free to download from the Windows Store. We welcomed the Instagram app for Windows 10 mobile back in April, and you can now use the app right from your Windows 10 tablet or PC with Windows-only experiences such as Live Tiles, which let you see new photos and notifications right from your home screen. Here are some of the features you can use in Instagram for Windows 10: Post and edit photos* – Instagram makes sharing moments with everyone in your world easy, speedy, and fun. Stories – Stories from people you follow will appear in a row at the top of [ more… ]

Global Load Balancing with Amazon Route 53 and NGINX Plus

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Global Load Balancing with Amazon Route 53 and NGINX Plus In a classic study, the retail division of Amazon tested various page load times and found that revenue dropped 1% for each additional 100 milliseconds it took for a page to load. It’s no surprise that application performance directly impacts revenue, as customers increasingly expect instant access from anywhere to the applications they depend on. With the amount of competition in today’s digital economy, customers can quickly and easily move to a competitor if your site doesn’t meet their expectations. Global load balancing (GLB) – also called global server load balancing or GSLB – improves load times by directing end users to the copy of a resource that is closest to them (where “closest” is usually measured in terms of network latency). A lot of our customers that host applications in Amazon Web Services [ more… ]

Internet of Things on the Xbox (App Dev on Xbox series)

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Internet of Things on the Xbox (App Dev on Xbox series) This week’s app is all about the Internet of Things. Best For You is a sample fitness UWP app focused on collecting data from a fictional IoT enabled yoga wear and presenting it to the user in a meaningful and helpful way on all of their devices to track health and progress of exercise. In this post, we will be focusing on the IoT side of the Universal Windows Platform as well as Azure IoT Hub and how they work together to create an end-to-end IoT solution. The source code for the application is available on GitHub right now so make sure to check it out. If you missed the previous blog post on Hosted Web Apps, make sure to check it out for in-depth on how to build [ more… ]

5 Reasons to Switch to Software Load Balancing

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5 Reasons to Switch to Software Load Balancing td { padding-right: 10px; } This post is adapted from a webinar by Floyd Smith and Faisal Memon from NGINX,  Inc. Our new ebook on the topic is available for download. Table of Contents 0:00 Introduction 1:38 Who Are You? 3:53 From Hardware to Software 6:33 The Leading Web Server for the Busiest Sites in the World 8:48 Where NGINX Fits 9:32 Modern Web Architecture 10:42 DevOps Works Great with NGINX 12:30 NGINX Plus Capabilities 14:41 Customer Case Study – WordPress.com 16:42 Customer Case Study – Montana Interactive 18:43 Customer Case Study – BuyDig.com 20:10 Ebook – 5 Reasons to Switch to Software for Load Balancing 21:22 Reason #1 – Dramatically Reduce Costs 23:19 NGINX Plus vs. F5 BIG‑IP 24:37 NGINX Plus vs. Citrix NetScaler 26:52 Reason #2 – DevOps Requires Software Application Delivery 31:59 Reason #3 – Deploy Everywhere with One ADC 35:42 Reason #4 – Adapt Quickly [ more… ]