On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:53:32 -0500 archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Someone was wanting to put Bluetooth in their old car radio case? > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/28/raspberry_pi_zero_w/ That led to https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/01/aws_s3_outage/ which said, among other things, Tuesday's Amazon Web Services mega-outage knocked offline not only websites big and small, by yanking away their backend storage, but also knackered apps and Internet of Things gadgets relying on the technology. In fact, the five-hour breakdown was so bad, Amazon couldn't even update its own AWS status dashboard: its red warning icons were stranded, hosted on the broken-down side of the cloud. ... Other IoT devices were also impacted and caused some rather surreal scenarios for their owners. We're told that cloud-connected lightbulbs, thermostats, and similar gear, stopped working properly as their backends fell over. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
