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Gmail to Cache and Auto-display Images--What Does this Mean for You? - Iterableblog.iterable.com
Last week, Gmail announced that images will automatically be displayed in emails on desktop, iOS and Android. Previously, users had to explicitly … -
Let's have dinner—but don't bring your wife, pleasecnbc.com
Gah! For all the gender equality progress we’ve made, it turns out that a woman having a business dinner with a man still raises a few eyebrows. -
Tech Trust Index shows consumers trust Google and Amazon but not Sprint and AOL | Survata Blogsurvata.com
It’s no secret that tech companies amass vast stores of user information, from tax records to snapshots of pumpkin spice lattes. What’s more ambiguous is -
The TPP's Attack on Artists' Termination Rightseff.org
There are any number of controversial proposals in the leaked text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chapter on intellectual property. Here’s one that’s not getting enough attention: the TPP appears to contain yet another attempt to undermine "ter... -
FDA: Antibacterial soaps could pose health risksusatoday.com
Antibacterial chemicals may pose health risks, and may not prevent spread of germs. -
NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rulestheguardian.com
Collection of US phone metadata 'likely' in breach of fourth amendment as judge describes scope of programe as 'Orwellian' -
The end of the Facebook era • Take a Swigtakeaswig.com
With each passing year, Facebook struggles to keep the attention of the future generation. Studies show that the number of teens active on Facebook has declined as much as 16% in Q3 of 2013. This foreshadows the inevitable exodus to the next... | Chrys... -
Judge: NSA phone surveillance program unconstitutionalcnn.com
The government's once-secret program of collecting domestic telephone communication records of Americans was ruled unconstitutional Monday by a federal court. -
Federal judge says NSA data-gathering program is unconstitutionalusnews.nbcnews.com
A federal judge in Washington ruled Monday that the National Security Agency’s program of gathering data on all telephone calls made in the United States is unconstitutional. The judge, Richard Leon of U.S. District Court, an appointee of President Ge... -
Optimizing NGINX TLS Time To First Byte (TTTFB) - igvita.comigvita.com
TLS is not slow, it's unoptimized. A hands-on tour of optimizing nginx to deliver one-RTT Time To First Byte (TTFB) with TLS. -
How We Compiled 400,000 iPhone apps for the Hour of Codemakegameswith.us
Last week was Computer Science Education Week. Millions of people all ages sat down for an hour to learn how to write some code, and hopefully gain interest ... -
A WebSocket Primercaitiem.com
Over the past year, prior to leaving 343, I spent a large amount of time working with the WebSockets protocol and upgrading the Halo Services to support it. In order to solidify my knowledge and p... -
China Bans Payment Companies from Working With Bitcoin Exchanges, Sources Claimcoindesk.com
China's Central Bank today banned the country's third-party payment companies from doing business with bitcoin exchanges, sources have claimed. -
Austin startup M87 wants to turn your phone into a shared node on the 4G networkgigaom.com
M87 has developed software that allows smartphones to hop across each other’s radios to get the best connection to the network. M87 founders gave Gigaom an exclusive look at how the technology works. -
The Secret to a Productive Day, Part I: My Morning Routinesujanpatel.com
As you’ve probably guessed from past posts on this blog, I’m big on “split-testing” my life. Over the years, I’ve tried hundreds of different things to improve my productivity and make the most ou... -
The Lost Art of the Soft Launchwadefoster.net
In the past two years we’ve launched a lot of things at Zapier. Whether it was the product itself, big features, or separate products I’ve grown to love the soft launch. The soft launch traditionally... -
Khosla Ventures is joining the YCVC Programblog.ycombinator.com
Today, we are excited to announce that Khosla Ventures is joining the YCVC Program starting with the upcoming winter 2014 batch. KV is exactly the kind of partner we want at YC—we admire their... -
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Healthcare platform Watsi lands $1.5 million donation from gaming startup Humble Bundlethenextweb.com
Not-for-profit healthcare crowdsourcing platform Watsi has received a $1.5 million donation towards its business. The amount came from Y Combinator alumnus Humble Bundle, a video game ... -
Open-source blogging platform Ghost begins rolling out its fully-hosted servicethenextweb.com
Ghost, the Node.js-based open-source blogging platform that launched to the public in October following a successful Kickstarter campaign, is rolling out the fully-hosted version of ...