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Global Challenges, Startup Solutions at StartupFest 2017
August 30, 2017
As one of the founding partners, AWS is once again proud to be sponsoring StartupFest Europe, taking place between 25-28 September in The Netherlands. Presented under the auspices of the national Dutch startup program StartupDelta2020, this is a nationwide week of events to share the transformational ideas and innovation happening within the European startup eco-system.
Why avatars are usually awful…and how Snappr fixed it
August 18, 2017
Getting users to upload a good profile picture, where the face isn’t too obscured, is even more difficult. Platform designers face the additional challenge of needing to consider what dozens—if not hundreds or thousands–of profiles will look like when laid out side by side.
Use Spot Instance pricing for your video encoding workflows with Bitmovin Containerized Encoding
August 10, 2017
Video encoding can be a time-consuming proposition. Every creative professional who has ever fallen asleep while exporting their Premiere or Final Cut master knows this. When encoding a video for adaptive bitrate streaming, most people do essentially the same thing: start ffmpeg and wait for it to finish churning through the bits.
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AWS Activate is a program designed to provide your startup with the resources you need to get started on AWS. Join some of the fastest-growing startups in the world and build your business using AWS.
Giving EdTech Startups a Head Start
AWS EdStart helps entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics, and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.
