http://m.slashdot.org/story/301883

Parent Alphabet’s plan is to broadcast signals to 17,000 islands via Internet hubs floating 18,000 metres high. Only 42 million of the archipelago nation’s 250 million citizens now have web access.

http://fortune.com/2015/10/20/germany-import-trash/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/surprise-apple-made-massive-amounts-of-money-again/

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/meet-walking-dead-hp-cisco-dell-emc-ibm-oracle/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-and-emc-a-big-buyout-but-will-scale-pay-off-vs-hyperscale-cloud/

VIO 2.0 offers new tooling and seamless upgrades, while still protecting the VMware user base from attrition

Source: VMware Integrated OpenStack plays to VMware user base | InfoWorld

Solar electricity’s price tag has plummeted 70 percent, says a new report, as SolarCity rolls out a low-cost, super-efficient panel.

Source: Solar Energy Sees Eye-Popping Price Drops