EC2 Update – T2.Nano Instances Now Available. The prices for cloud servers keeps getting lower and lower.#
Google Trends provides a way to follow what is currently happening.#
I am checking out Piggydb, which is a tool for building personal knowledgebases. Rather than installing their standalone package that uses Java, I went to Docker Hub and found a container that hosts the server based version that I've been running in Docker Toolbox for Windows. What I find interesting about Piggydb is how you can relate notes to each other. My guess is that there is relational database running in the background keeping track of all the relationships. Right now I am only running Piggydb on my laptop, I would need to move it to a server if I were to commit to it.#
WordPress has a new desktop app that I have installed on my Surface 3. It works ok, but there is an occasional lag that interrupts typing, making the app pretty unusable for me. The lag appears to be caused when the post is being autosaved, which seems to be happening ever minute. #
I think the desktop app for Wordpress as created using Electron. #
Official Android Blog: Tap. Pay. Next. More progress for Android Pay, however, I don't use any of these apps/services. I am wondering about what one pays for with OpenTable. Apparently there are some restaurants for which you can pay your bill with OpenTable. #
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is an open project sponsored by Google to try and improve reading on the web. If you use Nuzzel you can see articles available in AMP from the New York Times.#
BlueStacks Runs Android apps on Windows, and works very well on my Surface 3. The Android version of the Evernote app is much better than the touch version for Windows 10 and more touch friendly than the desktop version of Evernote. #
Microsoft, if you want to beat Evernote with OneNote, you're going to have to take the gloves off. There is a simple solution to this problem. Microsoft acquires Evernote. #