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A while back I wrote this post explaining why you should never log into third party websites and apps with your Facebook login credentials.
Well, according to this report from our friends at Engadget, this practice occasionally comes back to bite millions of Facebook and Twitter users.
App design is a serious business.
There are millions of apps now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store (not to mention third-party app repositories).
New apps must compete with superstars and blockbusters in nearly every single app category. That’s why app wireframing has become an essential part of the overall app design process.
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One of the great things about modern smartphones and tablets is their ability to run apps that perform a wide variety of useful tasks.
If you can think of something for your device to do on your behalf, there is probably an app for it.
In reality, smartphones and tablets are in fact tiny computers, and the apps they run are actually computer programs, and there’s a downside to that…
Any device that can run a computer program is subject to being attacked by hackers. [Read more…]
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Soon after Microsoft released Windows 10 back in July 2015 I began receiving occasional questions from folks asking when they would be releasing Windows 11.
Every time someone asked I emailed my contact on the Windows 10 Development Team to find out when Microsoft would be releasing Windows 10’s successor. The answer was always an emphatic…
“There will be no successor. Windows 10 is the last version of Windows ever.“
Therefore, that was always my answer as well.
And as you can see here, the folks at TechRadar were receiving the same answer from Microsoft.
Well now it appears that the powers that be at Microsoft have changed their mind.
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Just in case you missed the news, today is Amazon Prime Day.
If you’re unfamiliar with Prime Day, it’s basically just a short two-day period of time when Amazon Prime members can get huge discounts that aren’t available to non-Prime customers on thousands of popular items.
Another way to think of Prime Day is sort of like an early preview of Black Friday.
Anyway, if you’ve been planning to make a major purchase or simply stock up on a few things you use on a regular basis, today is the perfect time to do it if you have a Prime membership.
If you aren’t a Prime member you can sign up right here and take advantage of these special Prime Day savings plus get all the other awesome benefits that Prime members enjoy!
In case you’re wondering, you don’t have to pay for a full year’s Prime membership to take advantage of the awesome Prime Day savings.
You can simply sign up for the monthly plan instead and then cancel your membership at any time.
Bottom line: Millions of Amazon customers stampede to Amazon.com every year on Prime Day to snag some great bargains.
Today is that day so be sure not to miss out!
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