Daily Digest: Decoupling with Service Gateway, C++ REST SDK, Mobile Optimized Views, Learning from healthcare.gov debacle and more…

Amazon Plans to Use Drones to Deliver Packages: 
The futuristic service will cut delivery time to 30 minutes or less, according to Amazon
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Bitcointalk.org Warns Passwords in Danger After DNS Attack: 
Some users are advised to change their passwords
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App Helps Lowe’s Shoppers Find Products Without Asking: 
Lowe’s Companies has upgraded its main shopping app to help customers find products once they are inside a store.
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Cloud Traffic Poised to Quadruple by 2017, Challenge CIOs: 
A recent report from Cisco Systems suggests that global cloud traffic will reach 5.3 zettabytes in 2017. That’s more than four times the traffic seen in 2012. Analysts and vendors say this will have far-reaching implications for enterprise IT.
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Learning From Healthcare.gov: 4 Lessons in Choosing a IT Vendor: 
The vendor chosen in a no-bid process to build Healthcare.gov was fired from a similar project after missing deadlines and suffering security lapses for three years. Such obvious mistakes are unfortunately all too common in the private and public sector. Here are four simple ways to make sure you choose the right vendor for your IT project.
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Call Centers Suffer From Big Data Overload: 
Nearly half of all contact centers consistently collect and report on metrics that they never use to improve the customer experience, according to a new survey.
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How Analytics Helped Ford Turn its Fortunes: 
Ford is using big data to drive virtually every aspect of its global turnaround.
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Creating Mobile-Optimized Views in ASP.NET MVC 4, Part 2: Using WURFL: 
Dino Esposito follows up on how to serve up ad hoc Web site markup to different classes of devices by using server-side device and feature detection with the Wireless Universal Resource File.
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10 Wildly-Unconventional Web Designs: 
There’s a big difference between following best practices and following conventions. Best practices align your design work with business and branding goals while still allowing for distinctiveness and creativity. Following conventions, however, often yields ordinary results that fail to provide unique appeal — the designer’s main responsibility.
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Using the C++ REST SDK in Windows Store Apps: 
Learn how to use authentication while uploading a file to Dropbox, using as much portable C++ code as possible, and interfacing with the Windows Runtime only when necessary.
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Decoupling Large Applications with the Service Gateway : 
The Service Gateway is a project build within DPE to help Cloud developers take back agility and maintainability of their large application deployments by adding the ability to decompose applications into many components instead of creating one monolithic application.
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​Building Connected & Integrated Business Applications Using Office 365 Cloud Business App Project: 
With Cloud Business App projects, Visual Studio 2013 streamlines the process of building modern business applications for Office 365. In this video, you will see how developers can build social, touch-centric, cross-platform SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 business applications that run well on all modern devices.
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