Category: Internet
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Google Killing Reader – And A Bit Of Themselves
Google announced that Google Reader will be shut down on July 1st, 2013. How sad. I use Reader daily – mostly through apps for Android – and it’s my primary (only?) way to stay up-to-date with industry news. I use it so much that I learned about Google’s decision in Google Reader! I’ve read tons…
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And That’s Why Yahoo! Is Becoming Irrelevant
Try asking a teenager if he/she knows Yahoo! and what they do (or used to do). Truth is, the only relevant product in Yahoo!’s portfolio is Flickr and even that is becoming obsolete. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Yahoo! is selling Flickr to – say – Facebook or Google. It wouldn’t be a…
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No More Grey, There’s Only ‘Like’ And… What Else?
Coming up with a grade, be it in tenths or 1-to-5 stars, is not easy. If you lurk around Google Play, you’ll notice that apps rated 4 or better tend to polarize the vast majority of votes on 5, 4, and 1 stars. There’s significantly less people giving 3 or 2 stars. That is easily…
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IFTTT: The API Of The Web
IFTTT means “If This, Then That” and it’s a website that allows you to create recipes that do things automatically. A few examples: Save any new photo I upload to Flickr to Dropbox Send me a SMS tomorrow at 10 reminding me to buy milk Automatically send any new post on my blog to Twitter.…
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@font-face: A Small Revolution
I just used the @font-face CSS rule to change the font of this website and use a nicer one: Open Sans. @font-face is supported by all modern desktop browsers, including IE (since version 5.5!). The stock Android browser also supports it, but I have no idea about iOS or Windows Phone. How does it work?…