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Five Minute TTL DNS server Registration
Darwin’s Five-Minute DNS Registration
If you you’ve spent any amount of time building and creating websites you are used to having to wait for 24 hours for your new site to go live. But, with everything happening digitally, why does it take so long for your site become active? Shouldn’t the Internet be faster by now?
The answer is most domain hosts are still using slow DNS servers. This means it takes longer for your domain information to register. Your domain name and site IP address have to be registered through DNS servers before anyone in the world can access your site. Did you know that Darwin can get your site live in just five minutes?
How DNS Works
DNS has been around as long as the Internet itself. Machines understand numbers. Websites are actually each assigned a unique number known as an IP address. When the right number is given to a computer it knows where on the Internet to find the files to show you on your browser when you are looking for a website.
But, most of us cannot remember long strings of numbers. Why remember 74.125.224.72 when you can just remember Google.com instead?
DNS stands for domain name system.
It translates handles like Google.com that are easy for humans to remember into the long strings of IP addresses that are easy for machines to use to sort and organize the files we need to make the Internet usable.
When you create a new website you buy a domain name or “handle” that you are authorized to use for your website. But, before your site can go live the IP address where your files physically reside have to be registered and associated with your domain name in the DNS servers.
Virtually every other hosting company in the world requires you to wait for a full day before the DNS registration can be resolved.
But, what if there was a fast way?
Darwin Gets Your Site Live in 5 Minutes
Darwin has some of the fastest DNS servers in the world. Instead of waiting for 24 hours with almost any other provider in the world, Darwin customers see their sites go live in as little as five minutes! Lightning fast DNS servers are just another example of how Darwin is truly the world leader in web servers and online hosting.
Five minutes may seem to be good to true, but Darwin has been exciting customers with its fast download and upload speeds for years. Improving the wait time by securing industry leading DNS speed was the next logical step.
If you are interested in doing things the old, long, and slow way, you can have plenty of hosting companies to choose from. But, if you want a leading edge web hosting company that is an industry leader in speed and reliability, you only have one option, Darwin.
Contact DARWIN Servers nowThe only real question is, what will you do with your extra 23 hours and 55 minutes? Come and see what Darwin can do for you today.
Casa di Cura Liotti Spa choose DARWIN Design and Servers
Casa di Cura Liotti Spa
one of the oldest and well known Private Clinic/Hospital in Italy, choose DARWIN WebDesign and DARWIN Servers since 1996.
The new website is online starting from last week.
What we do for this customer:
- custom web design on WordPress CMS
- custom application for online appointment and booking
- original scripts for their news
- original contents for the whoole website
- continuous SEO services
- layout and graphics / images
- Web and DataBase Servers
- custom dedicated servers
Streaming server, Darwin Servers.
From 1 to 20 GBPS for every single server, upgradable with Clusters and Load Balancers
What is a Streaming Server ?
If you want your users to enjoy live events or streamed video or audio, you are going to need a streaming server. When you hear the phrase “streaming server” you probably picture a big black box that stores all of the hardware needed to process the requests and deliver the streamed content. But, a streaming server isn’t like a web server.
A streaming server is actually the software that is installed, often on a web server, which handles all of the technical sides of the data transfers that make streaming possible.
A streaming server is kind of like an usher at an enormous stadium. When you go to a concert or match at the stadium you give the usher your ticket. If you don’t have a ticket, you don’t get in. After deciding your ticket is valid, the usher shows you to the section where your seat is. You then follow the usher’s direction and the signs to find you seat and enjoy the show.
The streaming server uses protocols to direct web traffic to the correct port and then allows users to being receiving small data packets, or streams of data, in their web browsers that allow the user to watch video or listen to audio without downloading large files.
When you are looking to setup a streaming server in the cloud you have a lot of options. But, when looking for the best cloud service provider you need to consider three factors. One, how fast is the cloud server that will be hosting the streaming server, how reliable is the cloud server, and how much will the hosting cost.
Darwin servers not only has one the fastest cloud servers in the market with speeds up to
20 Gigabit per second per every single server, but they are also the industry leader in reliability. Darwin servers are up 99.99% of the time, in part because every single server can have up to 10 different network adapters. When you trust Darwin with your streaming server you know the content will be delivered fast and the server will be up when your users need access. Not only that, but Darwin makes sure users only pay for the resources they use.
If you are thinking about setting up a streaming server, contact us today and see how Darwin can help you get your project off the ground and into the cloud.
Contact us for all infosHow easy is it to setup and use your Cloud Server ?
All too often cloud server providers promise high speeds and low costs, but they make it difficult to manage resources and to know what exactly you are paying for. Here at Darwin we do things differently.
Our easy to use control panel gives you a single place to setup and manage all of your cloud server needs while also giving you an easy way to see how much you’re spending. We believe the easier it is to do your job and the more transparent we are with costs the happier you will be and the more our business will grow. So far that has been a successful formula for us and our customers.
Once you log into the control panel with the account name and password provided to you by Darwin, you will be able to start creating your cloud center. Each step in the process is intuitive and allows you to easily click your options.
You can activate your cloud server structure on multiple data centers and easily manage each individual data center with the click of a button. We make it easy for you to design and customize your cloud server so that get all the power and speed you need, while only paying for the resources you actually use.
More infos about our Control Panel for your servers
You customize your machine by selecting:
- Operating system
- Hypervisor
- Number of virtual CPU’s
- RAM
- Size and number of hard disks
Additionally with our easy to navigate control panel you can also easily mange your virtual machines by:
- Switching the machine on and off
- Archive or delete machines
- Change assigned resources
- Manage hard drives
- Manage public IP addresses
- Manage virtual switches
Once you have setup your cloud server all you have to do is click “Create Cloud Server”. In a few minutes you will be up and running. You are able to maintain your cloud server and manage your settings at any time by simply using the console through your browser.
With our industry leading, easy to use control panel you can also see the costs and estimate monthly fees. With Darwin you only ever pay for the resources you actually use.
If it isn’t this easy to use your existing cloud server or to manage your expenses, its time for a change. Come and check out Darwin’s world class cloud hosting service and see what all the fuss is about.
Commodore is back with Pet smartphone
From two Italian guys and an English based company…
Commodore is back !
You can buy it since yesterday in their website >
http://www.commodore-pet.com/
Commodore Pet is a brand new powerful mobile device
Commodore Pet is the first Commodore branded touch-device ever made. It’s a beautifully crafted, powerful and affordable smartphone, able to provide a high level experience to its user at a fair price.
It features near the best hardware technology available on the smartphone market worldwide, dual MicroSIM capability, great construction quality, the latest Android version with all its Apps and much more!
Commodore Pet is available with fine black or bright white cover.
More amazing official accessories and covers coming soon.
Commodore Pet technical specifications
- Network s: 4G LTE, GSM, WCDMA, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, FM radio
- CPU: Octa-core 1,7 GHz 64 bit
- GPU: Mali-T760 OpenGL ES 3.1
- Storage memory (built in ROM): 32 GB (built in Pet 3/32 model) or 16 GB (built in Pet 2/16 model)
- Storage memory (optional ROM): MicroSD card up to 32 GB
- Operating memory (built in RAM): 3 GB (built in Pet 3/32 model) or 2 GB (built in Pet 2/16 model)
- Screen: 5.5’’ Full HD 1920×1080 IPS OGS Display
- Front camera : 8 MP 80° Wide Angle Lens
- Rear camera: 13 MP BSI f/2.0Large Aperture Lens with flashlight and physical clickbutton
- I/O & Connectors: 3.5 mm earphone Jack, Micro USB
- Microphones : Front silicon microphone by SMT, rear microphone for denoise
- Sensor set: Direction, Acceleration, Proximity, Air gesture, Light sensor, Hall switch, Magnetic, Gyroscope
- Sim card: DUAL SIM (2 x MicroSIM cards) user option
- Battery: 3000 mAh (hand removable)
- Expansion bay cover: Hand removable fine black or bright white shockproof cover with silver-colored finishings
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The Minions are Approaching
Minions are Kevin
T he Minions are Approaching The highly anticipated prequel to the Despicable Me franchise, Minions, is coming to theaters this summer. This movie is an origin story for the lovable, loyal, and highly incompetent minions who stole the show in the first two movies. The main story has three minions, Kevin, Stuart, and Bob looking for a new master for them and their fellow minions to devote themselves to.
W hen this movie is described as an origin story, it couldn’t be more literal. The movie opens with the evolution of the minions from single celled organisms to the Hostess Twinkie shaped creatures they grow to be and shows them continually losing their masters in the most unfortunate ways.
Kevin, Bob and Stuart.
T he main action of the movie will focus on the 1960’s where the trio of Kevin, Stuart, and Bob cross paths with the world’s first female super villain, Scarlet Overkill. The trio travels between New York and London. But, as things often get with minions, the situation quickly becomes a series of complicated disasters and Kevin, Stuart, and Bob must act quickly to keep all of their fellow minions, who are anxiously awaiting their return in Antarctica, from getting wiped out. Steve Carell, who voiced Gru in the first tow movies in the series, will not be in the prequel. However, Sandra Bullock will be voicing Scarlet Overkill and other actors such as Michael Keaton, Alison Janney, and Jon Hamm will also be providing voices for the new movie. While Minions was originally scheduled to be released during Christmas 2014, it was pushed back to this summer because of concern about the number of family films released over Christmas.
Minion official trailer
I nstead Minions will be released between Independence Day 2 and Superman Vs. Batman, allowing it the best chance of box office success. While the minions were a vital part of the first two Despicable Me movies, they were clearly in supporting roles. The characters speak in their own gibberish sounding language that occasionally has intelligible words like “banana” or “gelato”.
T he challenge for this movie will be how to allow the minions to step out as leads of a movie with their limited language. Judging from the most recently released trailer, the creators have decided to double down on the slapstick antics of the minions and just let the minions tell the story in their own sweet, well-meaning, and bumbling way. Letting the minions be themselves is good news for fans of the creatures and moviegoers.
Universal Animation is looking for another huge box-office win after the first two movies in this series have done so well both in the U.S. and internationally. They are taking a bit of a risk in letting Steve Carrel leave the franchise and focusing instead on the minions, who by definition were part of the background. Big studios are generally taking fewer risks and making less interesting movies over the past several years.
All post production video by DARWIN.it
Even though this film is technically part of a franchise, Universal should be applauded for taking things in a new direction and turning their storytellers loose. Minions promises to be one of the highlights of the summer movie season for adults and children alike.
the Minion language
The dating App
Coffee Meets Bagel, the dating service that focuses on quality over quantity, has today announced the close of a $7.8 million Series A financing round led by existing investor DCM Ventures. Quest Ventures and Azure Capital also participated in the round.
Launched in 2012, Coffee Meets Bagel aims to find one quality match for their users every day by using friend-of-a-friend connections on Facebook. IF both parties like their match, Coffee Meets Bagel gives the budding couple a discount on a first date activity, like grabbing a coffee or a drink.
Users have 24 hours to respond to a match before it expires and a new day brings about a new potential love interest.
Coffee Meets Bagel is an impressive little app.
Coffee Meets Bagel is different from most dating apps in that it offers some level of accountability. Potential matches are scraped from real-life connections on Facebook, which ensures that everyone is on their best behavior. Plus, one match ever 24 hours means that attention isn’t divided among multiple matches at once.
The financing will be used to hire more developers and engineers to continue building out the product.
Earlier this year, Coffee Meets Bagel finally launched an Android version of the app, opening up the service to far more potential users.
Apple Watch the ultimate health-tracker
In the months leading up to the launch of Apple Watch, talk has largely revolved around the watch’s style and specs like battery life. But Apple’s wearable might actually be a game-changer now that the Food and Drug Administration is giving health app developers more freedom.
Medical device maker DexCom is readying an Apple Watch app to pair with its diabetes glucose monitor to help diabetics monitor their blood-sugar levels all day long. According to the Wall StreetJournal, DexCom will display data it pulls from a sensor beneath the skin as a graph on the Apple Watch face.
We can expect to see more health-tracking apps for iPhone and Apple Watch since the FDA decided to loosen its restrictions on software late last year. Medical device manufacturers still need approval from the agency for their products, but health-monitoring app developers only need to register with the FDA, not obtain permission.
The new rules for health apps will make it easier for developers to take advantage of Apple Watch’s wrist real estate and deliver useful notifications. More than half of America’s top hospitals are pilot testing Apple’s HealthKit, a centralized database for medical devices and health apps to plug into, for remote health-monitoring programs. Apple Watch could play a useful role in those programs by letting patients easily glance at their data and receive notifications from their doctors if a measurement sets off alarms.
Apple hasn’t yet approved any Apple Watch apps, but developers are following WatchKit guidelines to create reasons you would want to buy a smartwatch. Apps to track your medical conditions are one of the more compelling use cases for Apple Watch.