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HP’splanned conclusionof its webOS hardware work, and its followingliquidation of TouchPad tablets, have failed to end developer interest in the platform. In fact, according to the company, it’s holding steady. In a very ironic twist, the massive cuts to the price of the TouchPad, that led to the moving of hundreds of thousands of the devices, has created a fertile ground for developers to sell apps, as there now exists a real market for their work....

Amazon’s EC2 servers started coming back online today, struggling in the process, as anoutage of several hoursfor numerous popular websites finally comes to an end. Disruptions ranged from error messages to total outages on sites hosted on Amazon’s cloud. At the time of writing,Redditis slowly coming back to life (even though it hasn’t announced it is operational), as isHootSuite.KickStarteris up and running andFoursquareappears to be accessible again, with checkins being logged on Twitter....

The NFT bandwagon attracts a curious mix of passengers, fromcelebrity robotstoconvicted animal abusers. The latest luminary to grab a ticket is British inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who’s auctioning off his original source code for the web as a non-fungible token. [Read:Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters] For those of you lucky enough to have missed the hype train, NFTs are unique digital tokens secured by blockchain tech. They’re used to authenticate claims of ownership to digital and physical assets that can be sold or traded, such as digital artworks....

WeddingInviteLoveis an online directory of wedding invitation designers that helps them connect with couples planning their wedding. WeddingInviteLove is open to both boutique studios as well as individual designers. Interested designers can sign up for a profile and start showcasing their designs. Profiles can be created for free and the developers promise to keep existing profiles free and continue to offer a free basic profile, if they come up with a paid plan in the future....

If you’re not already familiar withWeebly, let’s start there. It’s a WYSIWYG website editor, loaded with features and templates that you can drag and drop to customize. It includes loads of multimedia features, hosting is covered by Weebly itself and the company presently plays home to over 7 million websites. To round it up, Weebly lets you create wesbsites quickly and easily, and they actually look good. For many users, reverting to something like WordPress offers either too much depth or it isn’t suited to what they do....