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Apple’s acquisitions binge: 10 technologies that could show up at WWDC (free PDF)

Apple has upped its acquisitions game over the past year. And with WWDC is around the corner, there’s considerable speculation about what might appear as part of the event’s technology showcases. This ebook reviews 10 acquisitions that could play into new features for iOS and macOS.

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Prepare for serverless computing

When AWS Lambda launched, it came with an interesting concept: enterprises would buy business functions and the compute, storage and networking tasks would be managed in the background. What returns does serverless computing deliver for the enterprise, and which vendors deliver the best options?