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Set up Amazon VPC peering to work with AWS resources outside of Amazon Lightsail
Lightsail lets you connect to AWS resources, such as an Amazon RDS database, through virtual private cloud (VPC) peering. Doing so lets you separate your data tier from the rest of your application. A VPC is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. Everything...
Amazon Lightsail vs. DigitalOcean
On November 30th, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new service called "Lightsail" which promises to deliver easy Virtual Private Servers (VPS) at predictable costs. AWS has been the leader in on-demand computing resources for a decade. They pioneered the space,...
NGINX at WordPress.com
Company profile WordPress.com is the cloud version of WordPress that is hosted and supported by Automattic. WordPress.com serves more than 33 million sites attracting over 339 million people and 3.4 billion pages each month. Since April 2008, WordPress.com has...
LET’S ENCRYPT: FREE SSL CERTIFICATES ON WP ENGINE
At WP Engine, we’re committed to protecting our customers’ online business, while delivering secure and blazingly fast sites. That’s why we are happy to announce that WP Engine has made Let’s Encrypt certificates available to its 50K customers. Let’s Encrypt is a...
An Online Education Breakthrough? A Master’s Degree for a Mere $7,000
The master’s degree business is booming. College graduates looking for a leg up in the job market are flocking to one- and two-year programs that promise entry to lucrative careers. Top colleges are more than willing to provide them — for a price. Tuition for a...
The FBI wants Apple to create an iPhone backdoor: Here’s how it’s possible
IMAGE: FRANK DUENZL/PICTURE-ALLIANCE/DPA/ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal court judge has ordered Apple to assist the FBI with unlocking an iPhone used by one of the attackers responsible for the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Apple, for its part, is...