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Facebook invents a PHP virtual machine

2013-07-26 23:30:00| InfoWorld: Top News

Social networking giant Facebook has taken another step at making the PHP Web programming language run more quickly. The company has developed a PHP Virtual Machine that it says can execute the language as much as nine times as quickly as running PHP natively on large systems. "Our goal is to make PHP run really, really quickly," said Joel Pobar, a Facebook engineering manager. Facebook has been using the virtual machine, called the HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine), across all of its servers since earlier this year.

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Imprev Invents "App Generator" for Real Estate Agents

2013-07-15 03:53:56| Real Estate - Topix.net

Imprev recently announced the invention of the real estate industry's first "App Generator" that enables real estate agents to create an array of branded mobile apps to give away to homebuyers and sellers.

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Imprev Invents "App Generator" for Real Estate Agents: New...

2013-07-10 23:43:44| Real Estate - Topix.net

Powered by the Imprev Marketing Platform, the App Generator has the ability to produce both stand-alone consumer Web Apps for smart phones and tablets including iPhones, iPads and Android devices, as well as apps inside websites.

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15-year-old girl invents flashlight powered by the heat of your hand

2013-06-29 14:52:22| Extremetech

As the internet and apps era has taken hold, younger people -- often in their early twenties or late teens -- have been achieving some incredible things, such as building hit mobile games or selling their startups to corporations for large sums of money. Lately, young teens participating in science fairs have also achieved some incredible things, such as this 15-year-old girl who created a flashlight powered by the body heat of one's hand.

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