GitHub open-sources internal load-balancing software

GitHub will release as open source the GitHub Load Balancer (GLB), its internally developed load balancer. GLB was originally built to accommodate GitHub’s need to serve billions of HTTP, Git, and SSH connections daily. Now the company will release components of GLB via open source, and it will share design details.

More Android Leftovers

• Lenovo lays off hundreds of Motorola employees

  Lenovo has announced a new round of layoffs. Globally, the layoffs impact "less than 2 percent of its 55,000 employees," with a majority of the job cuts targeted at Motorola employees in the U.S. According to Droid-Life, over 50% of Motorola's workforce in the U.S. is being let go, affecting over 700 jobs out of the remaining 1,200. That's a reduction of over 95% from the 20,000 employees Motorola had when Google acquired the company in 2011.

• Chrome for Android will let you download entire web pages and use less data for video

• BlackBerry's Unannounced DTEK60 Android Smartphone Surfaced In FCC Filing

• Telegram adds photo masks, GIF creation, and trending stickers

• Images of Chromecast Ultra leak ahead of October 4th unveiling

Red Hat and Fedora

• Red Hat Inc. (RHT) Receives “Buy” Rating from Credit Agricole SA

• Red Hat Inc. (RHT) Rating Reiterated by William Blair

• Drexel Hamilton Reiterates Buy Rating for Red Hat Inc. (RHT)

• Red Hat Inc. (RHT) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Credit Agricole SA

• Fedora Join meetings to begin this week

  We've had the Fedora Join SIG around for a bit now, but we haven't been very active. Recently we've seen an increase in community members willing to participate in the SIG, and in combination with the work that CommOps is doing to improve the "joining experience" for newbies, we thought that it's a good time to gain some traction.

• Fedora 25 Alpha and processing.

  Is simple to use. You can used with java also with python and android mode. Come with many examples and tutorials. Today I tested with Fedora 25 alpha.

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