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Mastering array sorting in JavaScript: a guide to the sort() function

In this article, I will explain the usage and potential of the sort() function in JavaScript.   What does the sort() function do?   The sort() function allows you to sort the elements of an array object. It can sort the elements in either the default ascending order or according to a custom sorting…

Category : Javascript   29-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

Optimizing the Robots.txt file for Google

The Robots.txt file serves to give information to Googlebot and other robots that crawl the Internet about the pages and files that should be indexed on our website. Although it is not essential, the Robots.txt file is of great help to Google and other crawling robots when indexing our page,…

Category : Programming   22-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

How to generate an SSH key and add it to GitHub

In this short tutorial we are going to see how you can generate a new SSH key and add it to GitHub, so you can access your private repositories and manage them locally or from your server, running the commands git pull, git push and any other that has restrictions. This…

Category : Programming   22-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

Is AI sexist? A gender perspective in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

In her article, Maria Antonia Huertas Sánchez of the UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, provides an explanation of why we should incorporate a gender vision in robotics and artificial intelligence by combining the concept of epistemology with the definition of artificial intelligence. Epistemology refers to the "theory of the foundations…

Category : News and events   22-05-2023   by Silvia Mazzetta

Should Your Social Media Strategy Always Be Ready for a Crisis?

Social media has revolutionized the way businesses connect with their audiences, allowing for instant communication and unprecedented reach. However, with great power comes great responsibility. As social media platforms continue to evolve, businesses must recognize the importance of being prepared for potential crises that may arise. In today's interconnected world,…

Category : Social networks   29-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

Hidden Gmail codes to find a lost e-mail

If you have a lot of emails in Gmail, there are a few codes that will help you find what you need faster and more accurately than if you do it by hand. We'll tell you about them right now.  To say that Gmail is one of the most important email…

Category : Technology   16-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

How to download an email in PDF format in Gmail for Android

You will see how easy it is to save an email you have received or sent yourself from Gmail in PDF format, all with your Android smartphone. Here's how it's done. Gmail is one of the most used email applications in the world, not only for its good design, good organization…

Category : Technology   16-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

The meaning of negative spaces in web design

As designers we must help others understand why it is important to maintain white space within our website and why it is important to the user experience. As early as the Victorian era, Mario Praz, an Italian critic and researcher associated this fear with the term "Horror Vacui" which was used…

Category : Css   12-05-2023   by Laura Celis Ballesta

What is a JWT token and how does it work?

JWT tokens are a standard used to create application access tokens, enabling user authentication in web applications. Specifically, it follows the RFC 7519 standard. What is a JWT token A JWT token is a token that gives the user access to an application by certifying their identity. This token is returned to…

Category : Programming   10-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

Template Literals in JavaScript

Template literals, also known as template literals, appeared in JavaScript in its ES6 version, providing a new method of declaring strings using inverted quotes, offering several new and improved possibilities. About template literals Template literals were introduced in the ES6 version of JavaScript, allowing strings to be declared using inverted-quote syntax:   const chain…

Category : Javascript   28-04-2023   by Janeth Kent

What is Gzip compression and what is it used for?

GZIP compression allows you to compress the resources of a web page before they are served to the users' browsers so that the web page loads faster and thus improves your WPO. This type of compression has become very popular in recent times among WPO consultants thanks to tools such as…

Category : Programming   22-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

What are javascript symbols and how can they help you?

Symbols are a new primitive value introduced by ES6. Their purpose is to provide us unique identifiers. In this article, we tell you how they work, in which way they are used with JavaScript and how they can help us. How to create symbols To create a new symbol we will have…

Category : Javascript   20-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

How to Grow Your App's Active User Base

META: Read on to find out the best ways to get people engaged – and most importantly, staying – on your app. IMAGE: https://unsplash.com/photos/ZVhbwDfLtYU (Unsplash) A mobile app is nothing without users. There are a lot of ways you can push this number up and up but the approach of “build it…

Category : Web marketing   19-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility to Business

Corporate social responsibility or CSR is a company's conscious effort and commitment to positively impact various aspects of society, including the environment and community. There are different types of social responsibility, and you can commit to only some or all of them. So, let's go through each of them. Ethical responsibility. This…

Category : Web marketing   06-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

How to create PDF with JavaScript and jsPDF

Creating dynamic PDF files directly in the browser is possible thanks to the jsPDF JavaScript library. In the last part of this article we have prepared a practical tutorial where I show you how to implement the library. Below you can see the completed exercise. The client side is gaining ground over…

Category : Javascript   04-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

How to recognise cyber-violence

Cyber-violence, i.e. the digital dimension of violence that mainly affects women and is closely linked to the violence that occurs in the 'real world', is a growing phenomenon that is often neither recognised nor addressed. While it is true that several institutions have started to deal with it specifically, it is…

Category : News and events   04-12-2022   by Janeth Kent

The history of video games: from entertainment to virtual reality

The release of Return to Monkey Island (September 2022) has jogged video game fans' memories back to 1990, when The Secret of Monkey Island debuted, a graphic adventure based on the vicissitudes of Guybrush Threepwood, a somewhat awkward would-be pirate whose story inspired the film Pirates of the Caribbean. While…

Category : Videogames   28-11-2022   by Janeth Kent

The first videogame tournaments: the origin of eSports

The first video videogame tournaments: the origin of "eSports". Electronic sports or "eSports" are video game competitions that have been increasing in popularity over the years, being a lucrative sector that currently moves hundreds of millions of euros. Its origins date back to the first video game tournaments in history, which were…

Category : Videogames   19-10-2022   by Janeth Kent

The AI Revolution: How Are Small Businesses Beginning To Implement AI?

As the technological world moves forward with new advancements, so too does the business world evolve and adapt to integrate those advancements to optimise their operations. Artificial Intelligence has been around for a couple of decades, but only in the last few years has it developed to a point where…

Category : Technology   17-10-2022   by Janeth Kent

China dives into deep learning

China plans to diversify the application areas of deep learning. Moreover, this system, which allows computers to be trained to perform tasks like those performed by humans, such as speech recognition, image identification or the formulation of predictions, will be driven by open-source platforms. Similarly, the forecast is that, in…

Category : News and events   18-07-2022   by Janeth Kent

How to make your own custom cursor for your website

When I started browsing different and original websites to learn from them, one of the first things that caught my attention was that some of them had their own cursors, so I investigated how to incorporate it into my website. Today I bring you a simple version of a custom cursor…

Category : Web design   08-06-2022   by Nadal Vicens

8 benefits of having a website for your business

At this moment, the Internet is a phenomenon that is sweeping the world. It has been able to interconnect millions of users all over the planet. People have made the Internet an indispensable part of their lives. If they want to find out where to eat, they look on their…

Category : Web marketing   03-06-2022   by Nadal Vicens

Open source web design tools alternatives

There are many prototyping tools, user interface design tools or vector graphics applications. But most of them are paid or closed source. So here I will show you several open source options for you to try and use the one you like the most.   Penpot    Penpot is the first open source design…

Category : Web design   03-06-2022   by Nadal Vicens

Node.js and npm: introductory tutorial

In this tutorial we will see how to install and use both Node.js and the npm package manager. In addition, we will also create a small sample application. If you have ever used or thought about using a JavaScript-based development tool, you have probably noticed that you need to install…

Category : Javascript   05-11-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

How to connect to MySQL with Node.js

Let's see how you can connect to a MySQL database using Node.js, the popular JavaScript runtime environment. Before we start, it is important to note that you must have Node.js installed on your system. Likewise, you must create a MySQL database.   Create a MySQL database   If you haven't already done so, you can…

Category : Javascript   04-11-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

JavaScript Programming Styles: Best Practices

When programming with JavaScript there are certain conventions that you should apply, especially when working in a team environment. In fact, it is common to have meetings to discuss standards to follow. The reason is that code is much more readable when certain standards are followed. We have already seen…

Category : Javascript   28-10-2021   by Janeth Kent

Secret iPhone codes to unlock hidden features

We love that our devices have hidden features. It's fun to learn something new about the technology we use every day, to discover those little features that aren't advertised by the manufacturer. And unless you spend a lot of time playing around in the Phone app, you probably don't know, until…

Category : Security   22-10-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

How synchronize the scroll of two divs with JavaScript

In case you have two divs of different sizes you may sometimes want to scroll both at the same time but at different speeds depending on their size. For example, you could have text in one and images in the other and want to scroll both at the same time.…

Category : Javascript   26-05-2023   by Silvia Mazzetta

Strings in JavaScript: What they are and how to use them

In this tutorial we are going to explain what strings are and how they are used in JavaScript. The tutorial is intended for people who are learning to program in JavaScript. You will learn how to create strings, how to display the content of strings, how to concatenate strings and…

Category : Javascript   22-06-2021   by Janeth Kent

Formatting hours in Javascript

Continuing with the set of articles that talk about internationalisation elements, like the previous one where we talked about relative dates in JavaScript, we will see in this one how to format hours in JavaScript. The first thing we need to do is to create an 'hour' in JavaScript. That is,…

Category : Javascript   10-06-2021   by Janeth Kent

Request data with prompt in JavaScript

After having published several articles about how to manipulate arrays and dates, today I will publish a post that some of you will find too basic and others will find it useful to get you started in the world of JavaScript programming. So, let them be read to the taste…

Category : Javascript   01-06-2021   by Janeth Kent

Why E-Commerce Businesses Should be Using Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computer system resources via the internet. The resources offered in a cloud computing solution include data storage applications, servers, databases, software, and networking tools. Cloud computing seems like it’s been created specifically for businesses like e-commerce stores, as it offers increased flexibility and…

Category : Web marketing   01-06-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

The ultimate cybersecurity checklist for programmers

In the web programming profession, it is important to take into consideration everything from the essential aspects of cybersecurity to those that are more complex, as it is a profession that is constantly exposed to attacks by hackers and other cybercriminals. In this article we would like to share with you…

Category : Security   21-05-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

What are React Hooks and what problems they solve

Working with React, - and before the release of Hooks in version 16.8 -  there was always the possibility to create components in three different ways based on a number of suspects and needs: 1. Elementary components - These components are the simplest ones, they are characterized by being mere variables that…

Category : Javascript   13-05-2021   by Janeth Kent

Flattening arrays in JavaScript

When we are handling arrays that are arrays or have multiple dimensions it can be very useful to know how to flatten arrays in JavaScript. That is to say, to move all the elements to a single dimension. This simplifies things like traversing the elements or being able to dump…

Category : Javascript   26-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

Advanced Android tutorial: discover all your phone's secrets

It is highly probable that you are not taking advantage of even half of the potential that your Android device has to offer. These small pocket computers, which we call smartphones, have increasingly advanced and powerful hardware that, together with the possibilities offered by an operating system as flexible as…

Category : Mobile   06-05-2021   by Janeth Kent

How to Send Email from an HTML Contact Form

In today’s article we will write about how to make a working form that upon hitting that submit button will be functional and send the email (to you as a web creator and to the user or customer as well). If you’re a PHP developer, there's a high probability that you…

Category : Programming   10-05-2021   by

Network attacks and how to avoid them

Nowadays it is impossible to list all the different types of attacks that can be carried out on a network, as in the world of security this varies continuously. We bring you the most common ones according to the network attack databases, so that we can keep up to date…

Category : Security   03-05-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

Use the SRCSET attribute to improve your SEO

There is a new standard HTML attribute that can be used in conjunction with IMG called SRCSET. It is new and important as it allows webmasters to display different images based on the size of the device, and without using javascript or other special code. This means we can serve…

Category : Web design   30-04-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

How to multiply matrices in JavaScript

It may seem strange to want to know how to multiply matrices in JavaScript. But we will see some examples where it is useful to know how to perform this operation and how useful it is when handling coordinates as matrices, which we will see in a following article. But let's…

Category : Javascript   30-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

How to set up your Android phone: learn how to get your new phone up and running

If you've just bought a great new Android phone, you'll want to start using it as soon as possible. You'll see that it's not hard to get the initial set-up and configuration to get it ready to use, and we'll guide you every step of the way. From connecting your Google account,…

Category : Mobile   28-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

How to improve customer experience through speech recognition

Voice of the Customer (VoC) is essential to a successful customer experience (CX) programme. However, VoC data is often disparate, making it difficult to use. Service organisations looking to make more informed decisions about customer experience (CX) investments and improvements should implement a consistent voice of the user (VoC) strategy,…

Category : Technology   27-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

Parental controls on Android: how to make mobiles and tablets child-friendly

Despite all the good things about them, mobile devices can expose your children to content that they're better off not seeing. The good news is that your Android phone or tablet comes with built-in tools that can help you ensure your kids can only access age-appropriate content and, as we'll…

Category : Security   26-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

How To Use Varnish As A Highly Available Load Balancer On Ubuntu 20.04 With SSL

Load balancing with high availability can be tough to set up. Fortunately, Varnish HTTP Cache server provides a dead simple highly available load balancer that will also work as a caching server. The modern use of SSL/TLS for all traffic has made this a little harder as Vanish has to handle…

Category : Servers   25-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

Top tools for UX design and research

This article is a compilation of the "ux tools" I have tested in recent years. I've separated the tools by categories, although I recommend you to take a look at all of them, you might find some you didn't know. - Conceptualisation and project management tools - UX testing and research tools - Analytics…

Category : Ui/ux design   23-04-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

How to make a multilingual website without redirect

Today, we're going to talk about how to implement a simple language selector on the basic static website, without the need of any backend or database calls or redirection to another page. We will be using only JavaScript, no PHP or other programming languages. Serving HTML content in multiple languages is…

Category : Javascript   22-04-2021   by

The best free tools to Transcribe audio to text

With this article we bring you a list of the best tools for transcribing audio to text, offering you some that simply do it with dictated audio, but also others capable of loading audio files. The collection is varied, and we have mobile applications, web pages, and computer programs capable…

Category : Software   15-04-2021   by Janeth Kent

6 Best Alternative Privacy Focused Browsers in 2021

In today's article we take a look at free private browsers which are relevant in 2021. We will compare their advantages and disadvantages, specs, etc. Let's get into it. What are alternative browsers? Alternative browsers are mostly trying to increase browser security, by various methods, such as browser hardening, sandboxing, encryption forcing, etc. When…

Category : Software   22-04-2021   by

Starting with Bootstrap-Vue step by step

Today we will show you how to use BootstrapVue, describe the installation process and show basic functionality. The project’s based on the world's most popular CSS framework - Bootstrap, for building responsive mobile-first landing page and combines it with Vue.js. Bootstrap-Vue does not yet support Vue 3. So if you want to…

Category : Javascript   13-04-2021   by

What is the First Input Delay and why is it important?

First Input Delay (FID) is a Google usability metric that is part of the Core Web Vitals and, from May 2021, will be an SEO ranking factor. FID is the time it takes for the browser to respond to the user's first interaction on a web page while it is loading.…

Category : Seo & sem   25-03-2021   by Janeth Kent

SEO: How to choose the best Anchor Text

Anchor Text are the words used to insert a link within a piece of content. This text can be anything from "click here" to the name of a brand or even a series of keywords or phrases. When choosing the best anchor text, always put the user experience first. Since the launch…

Category : Seo & sem   15-03-2021   by Janeth Kent

Elon Musk To Found Starbase, A City In Texas To House His Companies And Projects

Elon Musk's initiatives hardly go unnoticed, either because of how curious, innovative and/or eccentric they can be. Recently, SpaceX's CEO confirmed that it is getting into a new business: building cities.  An announcement of few words that generated a lot of buzz. Lately, Elon Musk has opted for terse messages on Twitter, playing…

Category : Technology   05-03-2021   by Janeth Kent

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Why It Is So Important

The internet has made it very easy for people all across the world to stay connected with one another. Access to information, services, and people is possible for pretty much anyone with an internet connection today. But while this has brought many positive changes to how people live and connect,…

Category : Security   26-02-2021   by Janeth Kent

Graphic design and its impact on Web Development

In today's article we will explain the concept of graphic design, its fundamentals and what it brings into web development. Graphic design is applied to everything visual, believe or not, it can aid in selling a product or idea, it's applied company identity as logos, colors, typography of the company…

Category : Web design   05-04-2021   by

Top Whatsapp alternatives in 2021

From the communication platform WhatsApp leaves more and more users for different reasons. If you're one of them, there are a lot of possibilities on how to replace it with something better. We will show you what are the 5 free alternatives to WhatsApp to have a text or audio-video conversation…

Category : Software   26-01-2021   by

Google Maps updates and now shows gas prices at gas stations

Any help, no matter how small, that can make our daily life easier is welcome; for example, Google Maps has allowed us to move from one corner to another is practically a piece of cake and, currently, it is the map application par excellence. And if we tell you that…

Category : Software   21-01-2021   by Luigi Nori

Cumulative Layout Shift, what is and How to optimize CLS

Cumulative Layout Shift, one of the new Core Web Vitals metrics,  is the first metric that focuses on user experience beyond performance. Unexpected movement of web page content is a major source of irritation for users on the web. The new cumulative design change metric helps developers understand the impact of…

Category : Seo & sem   14-01-2021   by Luigi Nori

Understanding LCP, CLS, FID. All about Core Web Vitals in Google Search Console

A few months ago we talked about certain Google metrics that were displayed in Search Console. The reason for writing another post on this topic is that Google has changed this again, giving priority to other metrics. Interestingly, we thought in that previous study that the FCP and FID were not…

Category : Seo & sem   14-01-2021   by Luigi Nori

7 Astonishing New Uses of Machine Learning

Recently a strange video published on YouTube caused a controversy – it was a funny take on Queen Elizabeth’s traditional Christmas message created by Channel 4, a British public-service television broadcaster. They used AI to produce a fake video of the Queen making it look very realistic and if the message itself…

Category : Technology   31-12-2020   by Iveta Karailievova

The State of PHP 8: new features and changes

PHP 8.0 has been released last November 26: let's discover together the main innovations that the new version introduces in this language. PHP is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Precisely its wide diffusion, has led many programmers to use it, especially for the development of server-side…

Category : Php   29-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

How to use Parallax.js effect on your website

Today, we're going to write about the parallax effect, similar to parallax scrolling, and how to implement it to improve your landing page. In webdev, they say mobile first - well, this engine will react to the movement of a smart device, offsetting layers depending on their depth within a…

Category : Javascript   26-12-2020   by

Read comics online: best websites and apps to download and read digital comics

Comic book lovers (like us), today we're going to give you a special tribute: a small collection of websites and applications to download and read digital comics, both on your computer and on your mobile devices. You'll be able to access a wide collection of free and paid digital comics, and…

Category : News and events   26-05-2023   by Silvia Mazzetta

What is Django and what is it used for

When we talk about Django, we refer to that framework that is used for any totally free and open source web application which is written in Python. Basically, it's a group of elements that will help you create web pages much more easily and quickly. At the moment you are going…

Category : Programming   26-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

The best free tools for linkbuilding

Linkbuilding is one of the main factors in improving the SEO positioning of a page. Having a profile of inbound links from pages with great authority can mean the difference between appearing at the top of the search engine or not. However, practicing linkbuilding, both in text and images, is one…

Category : Seo & sem   23-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

Django vs. Laravel: Market Share Comparison

There are two leading frameworks in the web development segment: Django and Laravel. In this article, we prepared a Django and Laravel comparison focusing on their market share so that you can figure out which framework is better for your project. Selecting the appropriate framework is crucial for coping with…

Category : Programming   23-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

SEO: How to find and remove artificial links

At Ma-no we are aware of the importance of a good linkbuilding strategy in order to achieve success with a website. Links are key to placing a website among the top positions in Google search results, and therefore increasing the number of visits and conversions. But in today's post we are not…

Category : Seo & sem   23-12-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

Dark Web: the creepy side of the Internet is not as dark as believed

People who surf the Dark Web are not necessarily looking for something illegal. Most people want to protect their privacy. And according to a recent study, 93 percent only use websites that are freely accessible. It is almost impossible not to leave traces on the Internet and therefore reveal a lot…

Category : Security   17-05-2023   by Silvia Mazzetta

Cross cultural challenges in web design, an overview

The user experience design of a product essentially lies between the intentions of the product and the characteristics of your user. - David Kadavy - The task of building a culturally appropriate website for a new market can be challenging: in this article we are going to talk about the impact of national…

Category : Web design   21-12-2020   by Maria Antonietta Marino

Some Neat Ways to Improve Your Internet Browsing Experience?

Not everyone has the best time when they are surfing the net. There are multiple reasons why an internet browser struggles, but that does not mean the situation is out of your hands. Relying on the internet is inevitable these days. We use it for work, entertainment, and socializing with friends…

Category : News and events   21-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

Security of Internet providers: can we trust it?

This year has been a time of many changes. Now, more people are connected to the Internet through their home routers for teleworking, shopping, or leisure. This is where the security of Internet operators becomes more important. The question is whether the ISP's security is good enough to be the only…

Category : Security   29-05-2023   by Janeth Kent

A Java approach: While loop

Hello everyone and welcome back! After having made a short, but full-bodied, introduction about cycles, today we are finally going to see the first implementations that use what we have called preconditional cycle. In Java, as in many other programming languages, this type of cycle is translated with the term while, which…

Category : Java   25-10-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

Making AJAX requests to a REST API using vanilla JavaScript and XHR

Imagine you just build your first static web page and you would like to add some functionality to make it more attractive and generally more usable. Perhaps you would like to entertain your web page visitor with randomly generated cat facts, jokes, or, (preferably not randomly generated) weather forecasts or…

Category : Javascript   25-11-2020   by Iveta Karailievova

A beginner’s guide to software vulnerabilities

What are software vulnerabilities The number of devices connected to the Internet is growing every day. And among those devices we find not only computers and smartphones, but also an ever-rising number of cameras, smoke detectors, motion sensors, smart door locks, and let’s not forget that even plant pots. Many households…

Category : Security   17-11-2020   by Iveta Karailievova

A Java approach: The Cycles - Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome back! Until now, we have been talking about variables and selection structures, going to consider some of the fundamental aspects of these two concepts. Theoretically, to write any kind of program, the notions seen so far might be sufficient. However, a problem arises. How can we…

Category : Java   23-10-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

A Java Approach: Selection Structures - Use Cases

Hello everyone and welcome back! Up to now we have been concerned to make as complete an overview as possible of the fundamental concepts we need to approach the use of conditional structures. We have therefore introduced the concept of conditional structures, outlining the various situations that could arise. We…

Category : Java   20-10-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

A Java approach: boolean variables

The previous time, we talked extensively about Boolean variables, trying to outline the main operations that can be carried out at a practical level.  Of all the cases examined, we have not examined the most important and most recurrent one: the case in which the conditions to be examined are more…

Category : Java   18-10-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

Why You Should Hire Node.js Developer for Your Backend Development

When developers are building a new website, they mainly focus on both frontend and backend development. The frontend code helps create the interfaces through which the app interacts with the users while the back-end code interacts with the server to deliver data or content that is displayed to the website…

Category : Javascript   27-10-2020   by Luigi Nori

What's the Difference between Google TV and Android TV?

At the end of September, Google launched the renewal of its classic dongle. The new Google Chromecast didn't arrive alone, but added two very important innovations compared to the devices of previous generations that have been turning normal televisions into smart TVs since 2013. The first of these novelties is the…

Category : Software   27-10-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

A Java approach: conditional structures

Hello everyone and welcome back! The previous times we have introduced the concept of variable, trying to define some basic concepts about it.  However, some situations suggest that the concept of variable alone is not enough to solve all the possible situations that may arise in front of us. A very…

Category : Java   03-04-2023   by Alessio Mungelli

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

Hashmap: hashing, collisions and first functions

Today we are going to study some concepts closely related to hashmaps. The concepts we are going to see are hashing and collisions. Hashing The idea of hashing with chaining is to create a sort of array of lists, into which the elements are somehow inserted. We need to map the keys to…

Category : C language   28-06-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

Hashmap: Overflow Lists

In this short series of articles we will go to see how it is possible to create the Hashmap data structure in C. In the implementation we're going to use the doubly concatenated lists as auxiliary data structures. Let's look at a possible implementation.  Header file Let's first have a look to what…

Category : C language   18-06-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

Javascript: what are callbacks and how to use them.

Today we are going to learn about a concept that is widely used in javascript and that is used quite a lot by today's frameworks, libraries, especially NodeJS. This is the use of Callbacks.   What is a Callback?   Simplifying, it is to pass a function as a parameter so that this function…

Category : Javascript   23-10-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

Data structures in Java - Linked Lists

With 2020 we are going to look at a new aspect of programming: data structures. It is often the case that everyone uses structures provided by the various programming languages. The objective will be to have a general idea of how they work and their internal mechanisms. Often we will…

Category : Java   22-10-2020   by Alessio Mungelli

The new features coming to the Google search engine in autumn 2020

Google has included important improvements in its search engine, applying Artificial Intelligence, to make it easier for users to find what they are looking for. It has also announced new features in Google Lens and other search tools. The main novelties are the following: Many of the announced improvements involve the…

Category : Seo & sem   18-10-2020   by Luigi Nori

MAME Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator: How to download and configure this arcade emulator for Windows

Despite the fact that new state-of-the-art computer games are coming out every so often, the whole retro theme is very appealing to users who are looking to relive the long hours spent in front of a console, such as the NES or SNES, and even in arcades playing arcade machines.…

Category : Software   14-10-2020   by Luigi Nori

HTTP Cookies: how they work and how to use them

Today we are going to write about the way to store data in a browser, why websites use cookies and how they work in detail. Continue reading to find out how to implement and manage them - if you're looking for code! Understanding HTTP COOKIES - What are they? Cookies and other types…

Category : Programming   27-11-2020   by

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…

Category : Seo & sem   04-10-2020   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

Double VPN: what it is and how it works

Privacy on the web is a very important factor for users and there are more and more tools to help us maintain it. Without a doubt VPN services have had a very important increase in recent times and represent an option to preserve our data when we browse. However, in…

Category : Security   28-09-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

Jennifer in Paradise: story of the first photo ever edited in Photoshop

A photograph with more than 30 years of history has become an icon in popular culture, or at least it remains in the memory of those who have ever used Adobe Photoshop, the well-known tool for photo retouching. Behind software like Photoshop there are dozens of stories. One of them…

Category : News and events   25-09-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

Data Scraping and Data Crawling, what are they for?

Right now we are in an era where big data has become very important. At this very moment, data is being collected from millions of individual users and companies. In this tutorial we will briefly explain big data, as well as talk in detail about web crawling and web scraping…

Category : Web marketing   25-09-2020   by Silvia Mazzetta

How to write our own Privacy Policy

In this article we will talk about Privacy Policy statements, how you can write one and implement it on your page. Why did it pop up? These days when we browse on any new page, or when we visit the site for the first time, most of the time we have to…

Category : Development   22-10-2020   by

How to securely access the Dark Web in 15 steps. Second part

Let's continue with the 2nd part of our article in which we try to give you some advice on how to safely and securely explore the dark web. Let's restart from number 6.   6. Changes the security level in the Tor browser   It is also possible to increase the security level of the…

Category : Security   19-09-2020   by Janeth Kent

Suggestions to Improve the Efficiency of a Small Business

If you have a small business, it means that every resource matters. You have less room for error due to a lack of manpower as well as other aspects. So focusing on efficiency is something that ought to be your priority. Of course, inefficient experience is a big hindrance. You may…

Category : Web marketing   25-01-2022   by Janeth Kent

How to securely access the Dark Web in 15 steps. First part

The dark web can be a pretty dangerous place if you don't take the right precautions. You can stay relatively safe with a good antivirus and a decent VPN. However, if you want to be completely anonymous and protect your device, you'll need a little more than that. Here there are…

Category : Security   04-05-2021   by Silvia Mazzetta

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

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

Browse safely and privately from your mobile phone using a VPN

Every day our smartphones suffer attacks, viruses, malware and information theft. In this article you will be able to deduce if you need a VPN in your mobile phone to safely surf the Internet, to avoid possible attacks on public Wi-Fi networks and also to filter out advertising and malware…

Category : Security   25-08-2020   by Janeth Kent

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