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How to pay in Bitcoin: Hype and Coinbase
Once the wallet is created, let's see how to pay in Bitcoin to buy various products and services. If you have opened a Bitcoin wallet with HYPE, you can send payments using this cryptocurrency very easily. All you need to do is go to the Menu section of the HYPE app, press…
Category : Technology 10-12-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Use Bitcoin: mining, wallets, payments
You have certainly heard of Bitcoin, the virtual currency that periodically makes people talk about itself because of its innovative and particular nature. In this case, you have probably also wondered how it is possible to get and subsequently spend Bitcoins, and if it is something useful, as well as…
Category : Technology 10-12-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Google everywhere: anatomy of a massive giant
The alarm clock is going off. A hand floats over the bedside table groping for the source of the sound: probably a cell phone and maybe one of the more than 2.5 billion Android devices in the world. Alphabet's operating system (Google's matrix) concentrates 74.6% of the market and together with…
Category : Technology 03-12-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
The BleedingTooth vulnerability and other Bluetooth security risks
Have you ever heard of BleedingTooth? And we do not mean the really disturbing looking mushroom which goes by this name and is totally real (we double checked) but one of the lately discovered vulnerabilities in Linux systems. It had hit the tech news recently, when Andy Nguyen, a Google security…
Category : Security 10-11-2020 by Iveta Karailievova
3 awesome ways technology is helping us combat the COVID pandemic
Times are hard now, that humanity once more stumbled into a terrible pandemic. But in comparison to the poor folks back in 1918 when the Spanish flu was on wreaking havoc, nowadays we have the advantage of cutting edge technology on our side. Here’s a quick list of top three ways…
Category : Technology 28-10-2020 by Iveta Karailievova
A Dev compile and install Windows XP and Server 2003 from filtered source code
One of the events in the IT field this year was the massive leak of the source code of Windows XP and other large systems such as Windows Server 2003. Although Microsoft has not yet pronounced on the veracity of the code, researchers say it seems real, and those who…
Category : Operating systems 08-10-2020 by Luigi Nori
SEO in Google News: How to appear in Google News
Google News is a tool, from Google, that spreads current, reliable and truthful content from different websites or portals dedicated exclusively to news. The sites that appear in Google News have a great opportunity to increase traffic to your website and consequently the opportunity to increase your sales through it. If you…
Category : Seo & sem 26-06-2023 by Luigi Nori
Google Dorks: How to find interesting data and search like hacker
Go the words Google and Hacking together? Well if you thought that we will learn how to use hack Google, you might be wrong. But we can Use Google search engine to find interesting data accidentally exposed to the Internet. Such a simple search bar has the potential to help you also…
Category : Security 03-12-2021 by
How to Browse the Internet Anonymously: 6 tips
Most of the actions you take online are not as private as you might imagine. Nowadays, countless people and groups try to follow our online behaviour as closely as possible. Our ISPs, our network administrators, our browsers, search engines, the applications we have installed, social networks, governments, hackers and even the…
Category : Security 16-09-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Mobile cryptophones on the market (legals)
As we have said, it is a market often at the borders of legality, also because these devices are particularly used by criminals. Some models, however, are also available through standard commercial channels, while others are sold through direct distributors and cash payment. We list some of them here, with the…
Category : Security 15-09-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to install a Linux partition on a Windows 10 PC
In spite of a past we could say almost confronted, the approach between Windows and Linux is accelerating more and more, drawing a story closer to love than to hate. So much so that Windows 10 already offers support for Linux natively. Creating a subsystem is no longer penalized. A…
Category : Operating systems 06-09-2020 by Luigi Nori
What cybersecurity professionals have learned from the lockdown experience
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the rules of the game for most companies and individuals in a very short time; it has also changed the international computing universe. Sudden changes in people's habits as well as in business operations have altered some of the elements that characterize cyber-risk. And…
Category : Security 26-08-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Pick the Best Macbook for Graphic Design Work
Graphic designers tend to do the majority of their work using a graphics tablet. However, a computer is still something you need. The idea is that you are bound to run into problems eventually, and a good computer is going to come in handy in more ways than just for…
Category : News and events 05-08-2020 by Janeth Kent
What is the origin of the word SPAM?
It is 40 years since the first spam e-mail was sent. Surely most of the readers of this blog had not yet been born, as well as annoying mail with which we are bombarded in our emails, social networks, or mobiles already existed long before our existence. Have you ever wondered what the origin of the…
Category : Web marketing 03-08-2020 by Janeth Kent
Smishing: risks, examples and how to avoid it
Do you know what smishing is, what risks it involves and how you can avoid it? The cyber-criminals are betting on the technique known as Smishing when it comes to defrauding users through text messages (SMS). The objective of Smishing is the same as that of other types of scams…
Category : Security 16-07-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
A collection of interesting networks and technology aiming at re-decentralizing the Internet
The decentralised web, or DWeb, could be a chance to take control of our data back from the big tech firms. So how does it work? Take a look at this collection of projects aimed to build a decentralized internet. Cloud BitDust - is decentralized, secure and anonymous on-line storage, where only…
Category : Networking 27-08-2020 by Janeth Kent
Facebook, three questions to recognize fake news (and not share it)
Where's it coming from? What's missing? How do you feel? These are the three questions that Facebook recommends to all users to ask themselves before sharing news. The initiative is part of the fight against fake news undertaken by Mark Zuckerberg's popular social network which - during the pandemic -…
Category : Social networks 02-07-2020 by Janeth Kent
Is JavaScript good for machine learning?
One of the things you always hear when you are talking to someone related to the M.L. world is that, one must learn Python because the vast majority of the major libraries are in that technology. You're probably right, but I chose JavaScript as the metal of my sword and…
Category : Javascript 16-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Dark Web: how to access, risks and contents
You've probably heard of the Dark Web before, but do you really know what the Dark Web is, or what it consists of? Do you know its risks? Which users use the Dark Web? What content is published? Would you know how to access the Dark Web safely? If you are reading…
Category : Security 13-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Why do you vote the way you do in the age of misinformation and fake news?
In this context of the electoral campaign in which we are immersed, the 'political hoaxes' are becoming more relevant and it is expected that attacks to destabilize the parties and candidates in order to influence the electorate will increase. As recent examples, let's remember that disinformation campaigns influenced Trump to win…
Category : News and events 11-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
What is Cyber Intelligence and how is it used?
What is Cyber-intelligence and what is it used for? This is a question that is usually asked by security, cyber-security and intelligence professionals. Cyber-intelligence is a hybrid concept between these three worlds and professional fields, and therefore it is an opportunity and a necessity to know what it is and what…
Category : Security 11-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to move Chrome, Firefox or Edge cache to save space
Caching is a technique used by many programs to improve their performance, especially for applications that run over the Internet, such as streaming programs or web browsers. This technique consists of saving all or part of the information being processed in a directory so that, if we return to it,…
Category : News and events 04-06-2020 by Janeth Kent
How to enable Chrome's new feature that blocks ads that consume your CPU, battery, and Internet connection
Google has announced that it will begin experimenting with a technology that they have been developing for months, in order to improve the battery consumption of our computers and the speed of the pages we visit. In a blog post, the company announced that it plans to integrate it into Google…
Category : News and events 17-05-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Change Your DNS Server (And Why You Should)
It's so easy to connect to the internet that you don't think much about how it actually works. You've likely heard about things like IP address, ethernet, DNS servers, or similar terms. They often come up when you try to diagnose internet problems on your home network. Though, this time…
Category : Networking 09-05-2020 by Luigi Nori
Seo: How Search Behavior Has Changed During COVID-19 Pandemic
Google positioning is experiencing a before and after with the coronavirus crisis. The way we search in Google has changed; The way Google the search engine gives us the results has changed ; The tools that webmasters have at their disposal have changed. Google claims that it has never registered as many searches for…
Category : Seo & sem 08-05-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to get into the Deep Web: a guide to access TOR, ZeroNet, Freenet and I2P
We would like to present you with a guide that will allow you to enter the main darknets that make up the Dark Web, colloquially known as the Deep Web, although this last term has another meaning. The hidden Internet or Dark Web is a portion of the network in…
Category : Security 07-05-2020 by Janeth Kent
What is Google My Business and how does it help my local business?
Google My Business is increasingly present in the digital marketing strategies of companies, and this Google tool provides us with various options to better position our business in the search engine. Through the creation of a business file we can work on the SEO of our brand. Google My Business mixes the…
Category : Web marketing 02-05-2020 by Luigi Nori
Facebook: how to remove hidden data and personal information
Facebook is a great social network that allows us to be always updated on all the news of our friends or family or even the most relevant news of the pages we follow. However, the Zuckerberg platform may have some personal information that you do not want to be disclosed…
Category : Social networks 20-04-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
The best websites of the Tor Deep Web and Dark Web Network
We already talked about Deep Web more than a year ago, explaining that to open Deep Web (or rather Dark Web) sites you need total and undetectable user anonymity and access to the "onion" network. The Dark Web is much smaller than the Deep Web and is composed mainly of sites…
Category : Security 03-11-2022 by Janeth Kent
5 ways to improve your user experience
As a brand, UX is incredibly important when it comes to keeping your customers happy and on your site. Afterall, the longer they are on your site, the more likely they are to spend, and the more likely you are to hit your targets and KPI’s. Also, the better the…
Category : Ui/ux design 09-04-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
JavaScript. What's new in ES2020?
As we discussed in our article about the ES2019 features you should try, ECMAScript's proposals will continue to grow and give rise to new implementations. Therefore, you can already access the new ECMAScript features summarized in ES2020. So, in order not to miss the train, it is worth to be informed…
Category : Javascript 05-04-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Coronavirus: Citizen Science projects to help research from home
The term "citizen science" is used to define the involvement and active and conscious participation of people of different ages, education and social backgrounds in scientific research activities: students, simple enthusiasts, retired people and amateur scientists, not included in academic structures. In other words, everyone is invited to contribute. No specific…
Category : News and events 02-04-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to find everything you need on the Deep Web and the Dark Web
How to find everything you need on the Deep Web and the Dark Web Best links, sites, markets what you can find on the Deep Web The Deep Web is also known as the Deep Internet is a sort of layer of content that is not indexed by the search engines…
Category : Security 10-05-2021 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Improve Your Website to Attract Local Customers
If you run a small business, make no mistake: local search is imperative for your success. You might have lofty dreams of attracting the world to your website, but it’s those local visitors who will make the difference. This is because 80% of people will try and find local information with…
Category : Web marketing 18-03-2020 by
Tips to Maximize Your ROI with Google AdWords
The marketing method you use is not important. What you want is the best possible ROI. The money spent should come back to you tenfold. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the idea. If you were to try pay per click and Google AdWords in…
Category : Seo & sem 22-01-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
10 SEO trends for 2020
In "Ma-No" we have tried to make some predictions with our digital crystal ball and (knowing that we will be wrong about many things) about what will happen in SEO in the next months. These are the ten trends that could mark the evolution of web positioning in 2020. 1. More…
Category : Seo & sem 01-01-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Is It Risky to Share Data While Surfing Online?
The internet is a fantastic place to learn, engage, and connect with people across the globe. From browsing social media to performing critical work tasks, the internet has become a regular, important part of our everyday lives. The average person spends almost 7 hours a day online. That's around half…
Category : Security 30-12-2019 by Janeth Kent
Future of Artificial Intelligence for Startups
With how far-reaching the scope of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, it is bound to make an enormous impact in the lives of people — the realm of startups is no exception. Whether you’re looking to improve your omnichannel marketing or you want to make your website more accessible to people with…
Category : Technology 11-12-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
5 popular Dark Web sites
People tend to confuse the terms Deep Web and Dark Web, and while they are related, they are not exactly the same. The Deep Web is essentially the entire Internet that's out of reach of traditional search engines, and it can encompass everyday things like emails from a Gmail account,…
Category : News and events 09-12-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
The best Internet search engines used by hackers
Today, many users wonder what tools hackers use to look for different vulnerabilities on devices that are connected to the Internet. Normally, everyone uses specific tools, but there are search engines that are specifically designed for security researchers. Although many users think that a hacker is a hacker, the reality is…
Category : Security 07-01-2021 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Build Your eCommerce's Email List Using Instagram
Instagram is quickly becoming a favorite social media channel among eCommerce business owners because of its high engagement rate. But when it comes to getting the highest return on your investment, that recognition belongs to email marketing. Now, imagine what will happen to your eCommerce business if you can have a way…
Category : Web marketing 06-12-2019 by Luigi Nori
How to Secure Remote Access Using VPN
Using a VPN to get remote access allows users to connect to aSecure server via the internet. Rather than logging into the same server directly, uses instead first login to a VPN which allows them to connect to the server more securely. This goes a long way to protecting the…
Category : Networking 24-04-2020 by Luigi Nori
Java 12, finally less verbose?
We all know Java for its characteristics thanks to which, despite more than 20 years have passed since the first version, it is still one of the most studied and most used languages, despite the growing diffusion of Python. However, one of the biggest flaws is the fact that it is…
Category : Java 10-10-2019 by Alessio Mungelli
Wi-Fi 6
In the second quarter of 2019, Wi-Fi Alliance decided to release the new version of Wi-Fi protocol, innovative already from the name. In fact, if the previous standards had incomprehensible names like IEEE 802.11a, IEEE802.11n and so on, the new protocol is called Wi-Fi 6. This standard introduces some new features.…
Category : Technology 12-09-2019 by Alessio Mungelli
How to prevent people from adding spam events and appointments in Google Calendar
Let's explain how to prevent people from adding spam to your Google Calendar by adding events and appointments without your approval. This is a practice that has been used for more than a decade to add appointments and events in which ads appear that may be fraudulent, so that they…
Category : News and events 28-08-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
5 Ways to Effectively Market Your Online Business
Creating any business is hard enough. Having people notice your business is a completely new challenge. Similar to Michael Scott’s “declaration” of bankruptcy in The Office doesn’t make it so. Creating a business doesn’t guarantee that people will be lining up the streets or parked in front with tents waiting for…
Category : Web marketing 22-04-2020 by Janeth Kent
How to conditionally build an object in JavaScript with ES6
The arrival of ES6 brought us, among many other news, the spread syntax, which, as you will already know, allows us to save a few lines of code and improve legibility. Specifically, this syntax allows us to destructure the parameters that we pass to a function so that our code goes…
Category : Javascript 09-08-2019 by Janeth Kent
RCS: Everything you need to know about the successor to the SMS
What is RCS? What is it for? Discover everything about this system that Google has been promoting for some time and the future it could have. Messaging in the handset market has changed dramatically over time. For many years SMS was the way most people used to be in contact with…
Category : Mobile 18-06-2019 by Janeth Kent
Rare earths: here is the 'endgame' threat of China that led to the immediate freezing of the U.S. ban in Huawei
The US move to put Huaweion its so-called Entity List — requiring American companies to obtain a government licence to sell to it — is a pivotal moment for the global technology industry. The action against the Chinese telecoms flagship has made global noise, monopolizing not only the political or economic news but…
Category : Technology 23-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
Best 9 Free Rss Readers
Lately we have been on a constant lookout for good RSS readers to find and share rich content for our users. RSS is a great way to keep in the loop of news, because it updates as soon as your favorite news sites update, and you get your news as…
Category : Software 22-05-2023 by Janeth Kent
How To Grow Your Small Business
A business that stays still will stagnate. To be successful and to have a business to be proud of, you need to ensure that it grows. This is not always easy, but it should always be at the forefront of your mind when it comes to your business. There will…
Category : Startups 01-05-2020 by Janeth Kent
Core features overview of JavaScript syntax (ES6)
Several changes to JavaScript were introduced by ECMAScript 2015, also well-known as ES6. Here is a summary of a number of the foremost common options and syntactic variations, where applicable, with comparisons to ES5. Variables and constant comparison In the following table, we provide a brief overview of the concepts of scope…
Category : Javascript 11-05-2020 by Janeth Kent
Tools to build PWA quickly
For quite some time now, UX has been the focus of modern web development. Several factors affect this, including page load speed, usability, scalability, and design. But now more customers prefer mobile web browsing over desktop browsing, any website— whether a niche blog or an e-commerce store — should begin…
Category : Programming 02-03-2019 by Janeth Kent
What You Need to Know When Sending a Press Release to Newswire
A newswire or a press release distribution service helps businesses in improving their online visibility and web presence. If you haven’t used it before, there are many things you need to know prior to using any platform. What is a newswire? Newswire or wire services syndicate your story across different sites and…
Category : News and events 25-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
Best 5 Javascript NewsTicker Plugins
Not all developers know the marquee tag of HTML, that allows you to create a scrolling piece of text or image displayed that is shown horizontally or vertically on the DOM. Its functional, however this tag is obsolete so you should try to avoid using it. The most reliable alternative to this…
Category : Javascript 20-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
The Best RSS Readers for Ubuntu
Even if most of the tech experts actively claim that RSS (Rich Site Summary) is dead especially after Google Reader was discontinued 5 years ago but it isn’t yet as still many people rely on RSS to get the latest news, podcasts, videos etc. and almost every website is still…
Category : Software 19-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
Best 5 Frontend Development Topics in 2019
Ah, a new year. A time of positivity, a time to restart. For new objectives and proposals. And in the world of developers, to look at the scenery and decide what we need to learn to keep up. Because let's face it-web development is always changing, and we're falling behind…
Category : Programming 18-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
ES2019 JavaScript and its new features
ECMAScript 2019 has finished and rolled out new exciting features for developers. The proposals which have been accepted and reached stage 4 by the TC39 committee would be included in the specification of that year and the others - are postponed to the next year. What that’s mentioned above is a…
Category : Javascript 18-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
Top Social Media Marketing Tools in 2019
Social media marketing is a baffling area. The social media has revolutionized and completely changed the way we send and receive information. It is more interactive, can be done in real time and uses a wide number of media like text, audio, video, pictures, graphics and more. Tools such as…
Category : Social networks 08-10-2019 by Janeth Kent
Designers and Marie Kondo: a life lesson
A new phenomenon is sweeping the world, and it's fascinating. Who would have imagined that Europe's new obsession would be tidy up? The revolution is led by Marie Kondo. I'm going to admit that I wasn't thrilled when my best friend bought me The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I followed…
Category : Ui/ux design 11-02-2021 by Janeth Kent
The era of automation: Google Docs Api
Google recently announced the official launch of a new Google DocsAPI that allows developers to automate many of the tasks typically performed manually by users in the company's online office suite. As Google details, the REST API was designed to help developers build workflow automation services for their users, build content…
Category : Programming 13-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
How to Become an Automation Engineer
In today’s climate, IT professionals have just about as diverse a range of career options as anybody else. One such pathway that such a professional can take is automation engineering. If you have a passion for machinery, enjoy being detail oriented, and fancy making a boatload of cash, then this…
Category : Technology 08-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
Javascript: is this the origin of a new developing era?
Javascript is winding up increasingly more and more. It has for quite some time been utilized for substantially more than simply the Web. Is it true that we are toward the start of a Javascript era? Javascript was originally developed for the web browser. Content should be able to dynamically change without…
Category : Javascript 13-06-2020 by Janeth Kent
The Most Useful 50 Web Sites you wish you knew earlier
There are so many websites around, and it is very complicated to know each and every one of them. Our lisy provides 100 those websites that we find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names. archive.is — take a snapshot of…
Category : Web marketing 13-06-2020 by Janeth Kent
Six Ways to Make Your Design Brand Stand Out with a Portfolio
Design businesses have never been more needed than they are today. With an increasing number of individuals becoming entrepreneurs and starting their own online companies, the need for professional logos, web designs, social media designs and more is on the rise. This is great news for creative professionals, with the job…
Category : Ui/ux design 21-11-2018 by Janeth Kent
10 JavaScript podcasts for web developers
1. Syntax.fm Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling. 2. Front End Happy Hour A podcast featuring a panel…
Category : Javascript 05-10-2018 by Janeth Kent
How to install Letsencrypt Certificates with Certbot in Ubuntu
In this article we will explain how to install, manage and configure the SSL Security certificate, Let's Encypt in NGINX server used as proxy. This certificate is free but does not offer any guarantee and has to be renewed every 3 months. We recommend that users with shell access use the…
Category : Servers 09-05-2020 by Janeth Kent
JavaScript Manual for Beginners
The JavaScript Manual shows you how to use JavaScript and gives an overview of the language. I GETTING STARTED ABOUT Created by Netscape in 1995 as an extension of HTML for Netscape Navigator 2.0, JavaScript had as its main function the manipulation of HTML documents and form validation. Before winning this name so…
Category : Javascript 04-09-2018 by Janeth Kent
A Guide to Moving IT Services During an Office Relocation
Relocating a business from one office to another can be stressful. You can’t afford any loss of productivity and given that there are so many things that can go wrong, it is wise to plan everything down to the last detail. Moving desks and other office furniture is relatively straightforward. A…
Category : News and events 21-08-2018 by Janeth Kent
Four of the Biggest Reasons Your Emails are Sent to Spam
Email marketing still plays a huge part in getting the word out to potential and existing customers, but according to a study carried out by Return Path in 2015, only 79% of marketing emails will actually land in the recipient’s inbox. As a result, one in every five emails will…
Category : Web marketing 14-08-2018 by Janeth Kent
How Can Small Businesses Reduce Paper Usage?
Even in this digital age, many businesses are still using far more paper and cardboard than necessary. What’s more, not near enough companies or individuals are recycling their waste properly. Whether it’s business cards, employee contracts, receipts or packaging goods, businesses can’t find a new way to get around these…
Category : Startups 26-07-2018 by Janeth Kent
Tips on How to Prevent Data Loss for Your Business
Data is information stored electronically that makes the world go round, and for businesses, in particular, it could include sensitive information about its finances, customers, and employees. The majority of businesses rely on data stored on computers and hard drives, yet this is at risk of being lost due to…
Category : Databases 21-06-2018 by Janeth Kent
The best Free and Open-Source Video editing, VFX and compositing software
The programs listed below are the foundation of this blog. It’s Free & Open-Source Video Editing Software that does all the stuff the expensive commercial programs do. We’ll keep the links here updated, so you always know where to get them. Also, with this basic list, we are focusing on well-developed programs that work on…
Category : Multimedia 01-03-2021 by Janeth Kent
2 Areas of Business You Need to Audit
Carrying out a business audit should be a regular event, but too many businesses either neglect this or limit their attention to the basic areas. The fact is that your audits need to cover much more than you think, and can be the key to more streamlined business efficiency, Not…
Category : Startups 28-05-2018 by Janeth Kent
How Our Relationship with the Internet has Changed in the Last 20 Years
With more than 1 billion websites online, it is fair to say the internet has transformed the daily lives of people across the world. It now impacts almost every aspect of a person’s life. Find out how our relationship with the internet has changed in the last 20 years. Fast Adoption On…
Category : News and events 29-04-2021 by Janeth Kent
Best apps to boost your social media
Most individuals, marketers and business people struggle to get the best out of social media but do not know how to go about it. There are various applications that can help anyone get their social media up and running. With the help of such apps or tools, management of social…
Category : Social networks 24-11-2017 by Janeth Kent
The Rise and Fall of Business-Related VoIP Platforms
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) was at one time ubiquitous within the office environment. It had been employed to make crystal-clear digital phone calls, to send large packets of proprietary information and to hold webinars with attendees from around the world. However, we have recently seen a shift in regards…
Category : Software 24-04-2020 by Janeth Kent
Increase the Number of Backlinks to Your Site the Right Way
SEO is important, however, the algorithms used and the techniques you need to use are changing every day. RankBrain is Google’s newest invention that has once again changed the face of traditional SEO tactics. Thankfully, however, one of the best methods of increasing your website’s ranking has remained: link backs.…
Category : Seo & sem 18-03-2020 by Janeth Kent
How JSON data types work in mysql
First introduced in MySQL 5.7.8, the JSON data type is a specialized binary column type, similar to a blob , but with added machinery to optimize the storage and retrieval of values from a column typed as json . Javascript Object Notation or more commonly known as JSON, is a modern…
Category : Databases 30-09-2019 by
Top Ideas for Creating Website Content
Creating a fantastic website that impresses all of your visitors comes down to much more than choosing a WordPress (or alternative) theme template and uploading the best plugins. You can have all of the best features that are available, but if you are putting content onto your website that isn’t…
Category : Web design 18-05-2017 by Janeth Kent
Useful technical SEO checklist for developers
Let's start from the beginning. What is SEO? When we talk about SEO we are talking about Search Engine Optimisation: we are talking about the organic positioning of a web page in search results. And when we say organic positioning we mean unpaid positioning. SEO is a discipline, strategy or set…
Category : Seo & sem 15-05-2023 by Janeth Kent
How to Choose a Laptop for Web Design and Development
Efficiency is important at work, no matter the type of job you do. The better the tools that you use, the more productive you are. So if you’re a web designer, you want a laptop that will be able to handle all your software with ease. However, how do you…
Category : Technology 16-12-2019 by Janeth Kent
Google updates LocalBusiness Schema
It seems we may have had a Google structured data update yet again . The next thing they changes was to require the Image and priceRange data fields in the LocalBusiness schema requirements. If you run the Google structured data testing tool against LocalBusiness schema, you will see they throw an error if the Image and priceRange…
Category : Web marketing 23-11-2016 by Janeth Kent
Google Chrome will block Flash content starting next month, make HTML 5 default by December
There really is no stopping Flash's demise. In a blog post Chrome team has announced that the browser will start blocking the Flash starting this September with Chrome 53. As more and more websites are moving towards HTML5 type of technologies which gives user faster page loading time, improved security and…
Category : News and events 10-08-2016 by Janeth Kent
Monthly News for Designers, November 2015
Today we inagurate our monthly design news post in which we will share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies of the month. Free Icons & Templates Freebie: 100 Google Material Icons for Sketch. Freebie: Animaticons – Beautiful, Customizable Animated GIF Icons. Freebie: Branding Identity Mockup (PSD). Learning Resources, Tutorials & Tips Stretchy Navigation in CSS and jQuery by CodyHouse. Blueprint: Multi-Level Menu by…
Category : Web design 07-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
The HTML5 Quick Learning Guide
HTML5 syntax is compatible with both HTML4 and XHTML1. Want to close empty elements with a slash? Go for it. Rather not? Then don't. Want to use lower case? Upper case? Take your pick. In other words, you really don't have to change the way you handle these things, so…
Category : Programming 06-11-2015 by Janeth Kent
PHP: list of best awesome PHP libraries
It is an exciting time to be a PHP developer. There are lots of useful libraries released every day, and with the help of Composer and Github, they are easy to discover and use. Here is a complete list of the coolest that We’ve come across. Package Management Libraries for package and…
Category : Php 27-04-2014 by Janeth Kent
Google's 200 Most Important Ranking Factors
Domain Factors 1. Domain Age: Matt Cutts states that: “The difference between a domain that’s six months old verses one year old is really not that big at all.”. In other words, they do use domain age…but it’s not very important. 2. Keyword Appears in Top Level Domain: Doesn’t give the boost that it…
Category : Web marketing 30-03-2023 by Janeth Kent
Facebook 10th anniversary
There are ten candles on the Facebook birthday cake. A phenomenal decade. Ten years ago it did not exist now, it has 1.23 billion users; to put that in perspective it’s something like the population of India. It was the vision of Mark Zuckerberg. The anniversary comes on the back of soaring profits -1.5 billion…
Category : News and events 04-02-2014 by Janeth Kent
318 USEFUL TWITTER BOOTSTRAP RESOURCES #6
How Tos Tutorials and Instructions on using Bootstrap Articles CUSTOMIZING BOOTSTRAP Tips and recommendations on getting started with LESS and Bootstrap customization. TWITTER BOOTSTRAP TUTORIAL Up and running with Twitter Bootstrap in 20 Minutes ADDING SWIPE SUPPORT TO BOOTSTRAP'S CAROUSEL Justin Lazanowski writes up how he was able to get Bootstrap's carousel working for touch/swipe…
Category : Web design 18-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
86 Must Have WordPress Plugins Of 2013
Today we are going to share Best 85 WordPress Plugins for 2013 which will help WordPress Webmasters all over the world. 1. ALL AROUND WORDPRESS CONTENT SLIDER CAROUSEL All Around wordpress content slider is a multi-purpose all-in-one slider solution for your website. It supports both images and video. It can be an…
Category : Software 09-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Happy 18th Birthday JavaScript!
On December 4, 1995, JavaScript was announced in a press release by Netscape and Sun. The press release leads with this title: NETSCAPE AND SUN ANNOUNCE JAVASCRIPT, THE OPEN, CROSS-PLATFORM OBJECT SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET The subtitle may have been better still: 28 INDUSTRY-LEADING COMPANIES TO ENDORSE JAVASCRIPT AS A COMPLEMENT…
Category : News and events 18-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
25 HTML5 speed tips
Creating high-performance web sites or applications is essential for web developers. Jatinder Mann explains that the goal of a developer is to improve web performance by reducing 25 factors: Display time The most important objective is what we refer to as 'Display Time'. This has many names across the industry including 'time to…
Category : Web design 05-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
WebDev:32 New Tools and Services for Web Developers
Web developers should always be aware of the current news. In order to help them in their work brilliant web developers from all over the world always try to invent new tools and find bright decisions. We want to bring to your attention a selection of some useful tools such…
Category : Programming 28-11-2013 by Janeth Kent
Google Web Designer beta now available: A Visual Tool For Building Interactive HTML5 Sites And Ads
Google today announced the launch of Web Designer, a new tool for building interactive HTML5 sites and ads. The company commissioned a research study with Illuminas to uncover the barriers that agencies face when buying on and developing for mobile platforms. The first barrier is that there are too many choices…
Category : Software 30-09-2013 by Janeth Kent
Weekly Fresh Resources for Designers and Developers: JavaScript, HTML & CSS – Week of August 12, 2013
This is our weekly design news column where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool freebies from the past week. Enjoy :) Tutorials Raymond Camden shares a very cool proof of concept for drawing a shape on a map and getting back map data from Google Maps. Using Drawing Tools…
Category : Web design 21-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
How Companies can Drive Engagement with Blogs: 50 tips
Companies can benefit by maintaining a blog: it helps drive engagement, can promote products and visibility in the market. A survey conducted by Hubspot, a marketing software company, indicates that more companies are adopting a blog and find it to be “critical” and “useful” to their business. Their survey has reported positive…
Category : Web marketing 21-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
The best code editor for web developers
Every web developer requires the right tools to do their job, therefore the choice of a source code editor shouldn’t come lightly. This is where we spend most of our development time and where productivity is gained or lost on a grand scale. But which is the best Code Editor? To determine the best source code editor, we…
Category : Software 25-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
A Collection of Essential WordPress Plugins
With so many plugins available, finding the best WordPress plugins can be hard and time-consuming! That is my motivation for gathering this comprehensive collection of Essential WordPress plugins. Enjoy! WP DB Backup WP DB Backup is an easy to use plugin which lets you backup your core WordPress database tables just by…
Category : Web design 21-08-2020 by Janeth Kent
The Future of Web Browsing: Liberating Content from the Confines of Space
Since its inception, the World Wide Web has revolutionized the way we access and interact with information. However, with the rapid advancements in technology and the emergence of new paradigms, the future of web browsing is poised to undergo a radical transformation. In this article, we explore an intriguing possibility…
Category : News and events 28-06-2023 by Janeth Kent
