Google Cloud Platform Products Described in 4 Words or Less

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Machine Learning  
Cloud Machine Learning Engine -- Managed ML (TensorFlow)
Cloud Job Discovery -- ML Job Search/Discovery
Cloud Natural Language -- Text Parsing and Analysis
Cloud Speech -- Convert Speech to Text
Cloud Translation -- Language Detection and Translation
Cloud Vision -- Image Recognition and Classification
Cloud Video Intelligence -- Scene-level Video Annotation

Internet of Things
Cloud IoT Core -- Data Ingestion/Device Management

Big Data
BigQuery -- Data Warehouse/Analytics
Cloud Dataflow -- Stream/batch data processing
Cloud Dataproc -- Managed Spark and Hadoop
Cloud Datalab -- Visualize and Explore Data
Cloud Dataprep -- Transform/Clean Raw Data
Cloud Pub/Sub -- Global Real-time Messaging
Genomics -- Managed Genomics Platform
Data Studio -- Collaborative Dashboards

Databases
Cloud SQL -- Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL
Cloud Bigtable -- HBase compatible nonrelational
Cloud Datastore -- Horizontally scalable nonrelational
Cloud Spanner -- Horizontally scalable relational

Storage
Cloud Storage -- Object Storage and Serving
Nearline -- Archival Storage
Coldline -- Archival Cold Storage
Persistent Disk -- VM-attached disks

Data Transfer
Google Transfer Appliance -- Hardware for Data Migration
Cloud Storage Transfer Service -- Cloud to Cloud Transfers
BigQuery Data Transfer Service -- Bulk Import Analytics Data

Compute
Compute Engine -- Virtual Machines, Disks, Network
App Engine -- Managed App Platform
Container Engine -- Managed Kubernetes/Containers
Cloud Functions -- Event-driven serverless applications

Networking
Virtual Private Cloud -- Software Defined Networking
Cloud Load Balancing -- Multi-region Load Distribution
Cloud CDN -- Content Delivery Network
Cloud DNS -- Programmable DNS Serving
Dedicated Interconnect -- Dedicated private network connection
IPsec VPN -- Virtual private network connection
Direct Peering -- Peer with GCP
Carrier Peering -- Peer with a carrier

Identity and Security
Cloud IAM -- Resource Access Control
Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy -- Identity-based App Signin
Cloud Data Loss Prevention API -- Classify, Redact Sensitive Data
Cloud Key Management Service -- Hosted Key Management Service
Cloud Resource Manager -- Cloud Project Metadata Management
Cloud Security Scanner -- App Engine Security Scanner
Security Key Enforcement -- Two-step Key Verification

Management Tools
Stackdriver Monitoring -- Infrastructure and Application Monitoring
Stackdriver Logging -- Centralized Logging
Stackdriver Error Reporting -- App Error Reporting
Stackdriver Trace -- App Performance Insights
Stackdriver Debugger -- Live Production Debugging
Cloud Deployment Manager -- Templated Infrastructure Deployment
Cloud Console -- Web-based Management Console
Cloud Shell -- Browser-based Terminal/CLI
Cloud Mobile App -- iOS/Android GCP Manager App
Cloud Billing API -- Programmatically Manage GCP Billing
Cloud APIs -- APIs for Cloud Services

Developer Tools
Cloud SDK -- CLI for GCP
Container Registry -- Private Container Registry/Storage
Container Builder -- Build/Package Container Artifacts
Cloud Source Repositories -- Hosted Private Git Repos
Cloud Tools for Android Studio -- Android Studio GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for IntelliJ -- IntelliJ GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for PowerShell -- PowerShell GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for Visual Studio -- Visual Studio GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for Eclipse -- Eclipse GCP Tools
Gradle App Engine Plugin -- Gradle App Engine Plugin
Maven App Engine Plugin -- Maven App Engine Plugin

API Platform and Ecosystems
Apigee API Platform -- Develop, secure, monitor APIs
Apigee Sense -- API protection from attacks
API Monetization -- Monetize APIs
API Analytics -- API Metrics
Cloud Endpoints -- Cloud API Gateway

Mobile (Firebase)
Realtime Database -- Real-time Data Synchronization
Cloud Firestore -- Document Store and Sync
Cloud Storage -- File Storage and Serving
Hosting -- Web Hosting with CDN/SSL
Authentication -- Drop-in Authentication
Cloud Functions -- Event-driven Serverless Applications
Test Lab for Android -- Mobile Device Testing Service
Performance Monitoring -- App Performance Monitoring
Crashlytics -- Crash Reporting and Analytics
Cloud Messaging -- Send Messages to Devices
See all Firebase products

Free Online Programming & Computer Science Courses You Can Start in April

Dhawal Shah, founder of Class Central compiled this list of over 515 such free online courses that you can start this month. For this, he leveraged Class Central’s database of over 7,000 courses.  https://medium.freecodecamp.com/515-free-online-programming-computer-science-courses-you-can-start-in-april-8b0ce1817d61

Class Central

Class-central’s landing page.

These courses are sorted based on their difficulty level:

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Many of these courses are completely self-paced. The rest will start at various times later this month. You can find complete lists of the technology-related courses starting later in 2017 on our Computer Science and Programming subject pages.

Why Use WordPress

Why use WordPress in a classroom and for production websites?  Well, one reason is that one in four websites is now powered by WordPress.

The milestone figure doesn’t represent a fraction of all websites that have a CMS: WordPress now powers 25 percent of the Web.

The latest data comes from W3Techs, which measures both usage and market share: “WordPress is used by 58.7% of all the websites whose content management system we know. This is 25.0% of all websites.” While these numbers naturally fluctuate over the course of the month, the general trend for WordPress has been slow but steady growth.

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“We should be comfortably past 25% by the end of the year,” Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg declared. “The big opportunity is still the 57% of websites that don’t use any identifiable CMS yet, and that’s where I think there is still a ton of growth for us (and I’m also rooting for all the other open source CMSes).”

BestOf: Wireless Nework Watcher

Everyone in my neighborhood is so close, and along with XFinity routers, everyone attaches to everyone else’s Bluetooth and WiFi without much thought at all over various times.

When I wanted to monitor my WiFi I used one of my favorite tools Wireless Network Watcher from NirSoft.  I had forgotten one of their other cute little tools WakeMeOnLan which will allow me to shut off my computers and wake them up prior to getting up in the morning.  Inexplicably difficult on the BIOS anymore.

wnetwatcherWireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.
You can also export the connected devices list into html/xml/csv/text file, or copy the list to the clipboard and then paste into Excel or other spreadsheet application.