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I got 502 problems, and Cloudflare sure is one: Outage interrupts your El R...

Richard Speed on Jul 2, 2019

UPDATED Cloudflare, the outfit noted for the slogan "helping build a better internet", had another wobble today as "network performance issues" rendered websites around the globe inaccessible. The US tech biz upd...

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INTRODUCING COI: AN OPEN CHAT SYSTEM BASED ON EMAIL

Vittorio Bertola on Jul 1, 2019

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The Huawei situation: the legal and intellectual property implications for ...

Rafael Laguna on Jun 17, 2019

What are the legal and intellectual property implications of the Huawei ban — and is the ban based on genuine security concerns or political strategy? Will the US's ban of Huawei cause the biggest ever trade war ...

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Sicherheit privater Daten - den Nutzern egal?

Rafael Laguna on May 18, 2019

Das Datenanalyse-Unternehmen Cambridge Analytica erhielt von 2010 bis 2015 Zugang zu den Informationen von bis zu 87 Millionen Facebook-Nutzern , das wurde im März 2018 bekannt. Im Oktober 2018 beschafften sich H...

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Despite this week’s quasi-competitive shift, Slack won’t replace email - he...

Rafael Laguna on May 9, 2019

Slack announced this week that it is adding email conversations and calendar integration functions to its app, including the option for non-Slack users to receive messages via email. Is this a game changer for th...

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PRIVACY INSIGHT: Shoot the Messenger

Rafael Laguna on Apr 30, 2019

In March, Mark Zuckerberg published a blog post titled “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking”, outlining Facebook’s latest goals and addressing the company’s plans to integrate Messenger, Instagram and ...

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Deutsche Agentur Fuer Sprunginnovationen Braucht Noch Zeit

Rafael Laguna on Apr 29, 2019

Die Bundesregierung will mit einer Milliarde Euro Fördergelder über eine Agentur für SprunginnovationenStart-ups fördern. Zwölf Experten aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft zurren gerade die Rahmenbedingungen fest. D...

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The ‘four commandments’ for choosing an [open] service provider

Rafael Laguna on Apr 3, 2019

The Computer Weekly Open Source Insider team this month spoke to Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange on the ‘four commandments’ to follow when choosing a service provider. With a heavy emphasis on open platforms a...

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Can Chat Over IMAP Challenge WhatsApp and Slack?

Rafael Laguna on Mar 18, 2019

The headline in the local German press read, "The German Attack on WhatsApp.” German entrepreneur Rafael Laguna is looking to counter the dominance of Facebook's messaging services WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger...

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Can Facebook ‘clear’ its own ‘history’ with its new tool

Rafael Laguna on Mar 6, 2019

Last week, Facebook announced that it will soon launch its “clear history” tool. The function, which was first announced publicly at the peak of the Cambridge Analytica debacle, will reportedly allow users to see...

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