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Dutch Government To Help Save Open Source Projects

 

istock000068887977mediumLast week, the Dutch government voted to donate half a million euros to the OpenSSL, PolarSSL and LibreSSL open-source projects. These projects give coding tools to web developers to implement standard encryption protocols into their websites: TLS and SSL. That means better security. The code is constantly evolving and principally relies on volunteers, who appreciate when any money is thrown their way.

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How Apple Hooks Kids Onto Its Devices

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Apple has dominated the world of personal tech due in large part to its education program. These days, it’s using its textbook app to get kids to use its mobile devices early on. A history class in Belgium recently started using Apple textbooks, created by the class’s teacher. The teacher, Gwen Vergouwen, used multimedia from Europe’s digital cultural archive, Europeana, to bring information about World War I to life. Vergouwen and Europeana were able to work together as part of Apple’s greater educational program framework.

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