Every four years, the world comes together for the Olympics. This global event is an athletic spectacle bringing together humanity for a few weeks to celebrate humanity’s athletic achievements. For me, the Olympics are exciting because I get to watch sports normally not shown on TV and immerse myself in the emotion and pageantry of each […]
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What is Net Neutrality and why is it important?
The idea behind Net Neutrality has been a topic of increasing scrutiny recently. There are groups of people who are very out spoken about the importance of Net Neutrality and deregulation of the Internet. For the majority of internet users the topic falls on deaf ears. This is generally because Net Neutrality is attempting to […]
How Windows Azure delivers the Olympics
NBC and Microsoft recently publicized they are streaming every event of the 2014 Winter Olympics to any iOS, Android, Windows device using Windows Azure Media Services. What is Windows Azure Media Services (WAMS) and how does it work? WAMS is a cloud optimized edition of the Microsoft Media Platform (MMP) which handles a variety of […]