Google Maps just got a great new feature – but only on iPhone, not Android

A few days ago, Google brought one of the features that was missing from the desktop Google Maps experience to the mobile versions of the app. That’s Street View support, which can now easily be enabled from the layers button. The feature is only available on Android for the time being though, which is hardly surprising. But Google also brought…

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This Foldable Smartwatch Design Gives Apple and Samsung a Run for Their Money

A newly published concept design patent by Oppo shows the company wants to play Apple and Samsung at their own game. Combining Apple's famously sleek smartwatch design and Samsung's foldable screens, the new smartwatch concept could take the market by storm — if it ever does get a release that is. The main difference for Oppo's design, rendered by LetsGoDigital,…

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Top 8 Web Development Trends of 2019

1. AI or Bots 2. JavaScript 3. Progressive Web App 4. Single Page Application 5. Mobile-Friendly Website 6. Motion UI 7. Blockchain Technology 8. Cybersecurity 2019 is here, and it promises to bring with it fresh ideas, modern innovations and new initiatives in web development we deserve; from the current developments on AI through Machine Learning to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency…

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Want Your App to Fail? If You Ignore These 3 Keys to Testing, Failure Is a Safe Bet.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. All startup founders know that testing is important -- or do they? An October 2017 TestPlant study reported that 40 percent of the 750 developers surveyed admitted not testing their software because they felt so pressured to release it as early as possible. What's behind this disconnect? Unfortunately, it's part of a startup culture for app developers,…

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Mark Zuckerberg Has a Message: Facebook Will Keep Building

By Sheera Frenkel and Cade Metz May 1, 2018 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mark Zuckerberg has faced scandal after scandal in recent months. On Tuesday, he indicated he was ready to move on and continue Facebook’s march of taking over people’s online lives. At the social network’s annual developer conference in San Jose, Mr. Zuckerberg, its chief executive, announced a…

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فيسبوك تضيف خدمة جديدة لمشتركيها

أفادت شركة فيسبوك بأنها تعد حاليا خاصية جديدة للتحكم في الخصوصية سيطلق عليها اسم "مسح التاريخ" تتيح للمستخدم حذف سجل التصفح، كما تعتزم إطلاق خدمة للمواعدة هي الأولى من نوعها. وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لفيسبوك مارك زوكربرغ في تدوينة على حسابه بموقع فيسبوك، إنه سيناقش هذه الخاصية خلال مؤتمر فيسبوك السنوي (إف8) الذي بدأت أعماله اليوم الثلاثاء. وذكر زوكربرغ في كلمة…

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Facebook ‘no place’ for young children

More than 100 child health experts are urging Facebook to withdraw an app aimed at under-13s. In an open letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, they call Messenger Kids an "irresponsible" attempt to encourage young children to use Facebook. Young children are not ready to have social media accounts, they say. Facebook says the app was designed with online safety…

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Don’t Pay the Hackers!!!!

Those who follow security news may have noticed a disturbing trend. Late last year, we learned that Uber paid attackers US$100,000 to keep under wraps their stealth of the personal information of 50 million Uber riders. More recently, we learned that Hancock Health paid approximately $55,000 in bitcoin to bring hospital systems back online. While these headlines certainly are attention-grabbing,…

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Microsoft disables ‘buggy’ Intel patch

Microsoft has disabled a flawed Intel software update that was causing some customers' computers to reboot unexpectedly. Intel had issued its software patch to address a security issue affecting millions of its processors worldwide. But the software caused many machines to reboot or shut down and Intel later told people not to install it. Microsoft said its update for Windows…

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Google to Ding Sluggish Sites in Mobile Search Rankings

Google on Wednesday announced that page speed will be a ranking factor for mobile searches, starting in July. Speed already has been a factor in desktop search rankings. Soon, as part of Google's new "Speed Update," page loading time will be factored in when ranking mobile search results as well. The change will affect only pages that deliver the slowest…

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