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Stuff The Internet Says on 05/29/2016
Microsoft Bans Dumb Passwords Minecraft Adds A Deathmatch Mode? [tech News Digest]
Microsoft prevents people from using pathetic passwords, Minecraft gets a new Battle mode, Twitter plays nicely with Spotify, Atari Vault lands on SteamOS, and Drone Wars will blow your mind. Microsoft Bans the Worst Passwords Lesson 1: Don't tell people your password when you have the same one for every account. — Gracie Truelove (@Muggletruelove) May 27, 2016 Microsoft is “dynamically banning commonly used passwords” in an effort to prevent its users from getting hacked. The company outlines this policy in a TechNet blog post written in the aftermath of the LinkedIn hack which saw 117 million login credentials leaked...
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LinkedIn?s Chat Stickers And Gifs Are Still (unsurprisingly) Absolutely terrible
When you think social ? and stickers ? I bet LinkedIn is the last place you consider. There?s a good reason for that, too ? they?re terrible. As a professional network, LinkedIn is either a handy tool or a necessary evil depending on your perception. Last Fall, LinkedIn tried hard to refresh its service to encourage more of us to use it without wanting to wretch. Part of that effort was a revamped messenger service for desktop and mobile, adding the ability to send GIFs and stickers like you can on Facebook Messenger. The problem is ? they suck. A…
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OpenLabel ? Learn What You Really Want To Know About Any Product
OpenLabel allows shoppers to find info about products not found on labels -- and to share knowledge easily so that everyone can make responsible choices.
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When Programmers And Designers Risk Slipping From ?inspired By? To ?copying From?
The pressure to copy or take inspiration from other sites is pretty high for web designers and developers. The line can be a fine one, and there are many examples of brilliant riffs on other?s work and those whose rip-offs were exposed. As a web designer, there is often pressure, either from the client or […]
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Zopfli Optimization Literally Free Bandwidth
In 2007 I wrote about using PNGout to produce amazingly small PNG images. I still refer to this topic frequently, as seven years later, the average PNG I encounter on the Internet is very unlikely to be optimized.
For example, consider this recent Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon.
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Abhisi ? The Hasslefree Assist Desk For Everyone
Finding help should be simple. With Abhisi, it finally is.
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Google Brings Accelerated Mobile Pages And Other Speed Improvements To Its Ios app
The Google app is about to get much faster on iPhone. Google is introducing its Accelerated Mobile Pages platform to iOS, which works similarly to Facebook’s Instant Articles to reduced page sizes so they load instantly off of Search. This applies mainly to news publishers, and AMP’d pages will be marked with a lightning bolt next to the articles. Keeping with the speed theme, Google says its reduced load times throughout the app. They’re small improvements, but Google says they will save users a cumulative “6.5 million hours this year.” Finally, Google is adding sports cards to its set of…
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Here's The Programming Game You Never Asked For
You know what's universally regarded as un-fun by most programmers? Writing assembly language code.
As Steve McConnell said back in 1994:
Programmers working with high-level languages achieve better productivity and quality than those working with lower-level languages. Languages such as C++, Java, Smalltalk, and Visual Basic have been credited with
10 Reasons Why You Should Give Facebook Live Video A Go
Have you tried using Facebook Live Video to communicate with your audience? If not – you might like to give it a go, because right now it’s a pretty hot medium that I’m seeing quite a few bloggers use with great benefits. This week I want to explore Facebook Live ...more
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How Social Media Has Transformed Web Design
Social Media has introduced several changes in the way people used to communicate and interact with the brands and form their opinions about them. Not only this, but presence of brands on social media even impacts our decision making pertaining to the purchases and also, the way websites used to be designed. Like social media, people seek an intuitive and interactive experience on the websites, and thus, the website designers are now required to change the way they used to design the websites to accommodate the elements which people look for.
User Experience has now taken the centre stage as far as website designing is concerned and that?s why the top-notch Sydney Website Designers now emphasize on designing the websites which incorporate the vital social media elements.
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I'm A Hacker And This Is How I Protect My Family From Other Hackers
Focus on the mundane everyday stuff that you might not realize you should focus on, says Hadnagy. "I am worried about items that I put on my network with known vulnerabilities."