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Fast Internet connections have enabled applications that previously were unthinkable or unattainably expensive. Telemedicine is one of them and is really the future of medicine. A doctor in New York City could fill free appointment slots examining examining patients from Upstate New York cities like Jamestown. doxy.me offers a HIPAA compliant online telemedicine product that offers a free tier.

Intelligent tagging uses natural language processing and other AI technologies to infer meaning from unstructured data. Apparently there is a free limited API for that called open calais by Refinitiv formerly Reuters at https://developers.refinitiv.com/open-permid/intelligent-tagging-restful-api . The API looks intimidating and an application must be made before getting a key. A preview can be seen at https://permid.org/onecalaisViewer

Trendolizer appears to be some kind of news aggregator engine that has an automatic republishing component. It is a nice idea and can be seen live at www.trendolizer.com . An obvious improvement would be to use a summarization software like summly and public domain images for reposting. There is also an offer for a demo at get.trendolizer.com. It looks like it is powering leadstories.com a hoax debunking site. There was an EU funded similar project for journalists many many years ago that was focusing mostly on RSS feeds like Google Reader.

Quibi is a short-form mobile video platform. Apparently there is a market for people that would like to watch short-form 10 minute episodes. Alas, what next? Virtual acting using machinima?

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A lot of AWS development info at the Amazon Web Services Discussion Forums and RSS is still available. https://forums.aws.amazon.com/

Cloudflare is a very useful add on for a site.