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Category: Blog

Who killed Google Reader? Ten years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been

2023-06-302023-06-30 Danie
Google RSS Reader

Back when it still existed at all. Google’s feed-reading tool offered a powerful way to curate and read the internet and was beloved by its users. Reader launched in 2005, right as the blogging era […]

BlogGoogleReader, RSS, technology

Twitter now blocks visitors from viewing tweets, profiles unless they’re logged in: No longer usable then for blogging publicly

2023-06-302023-06-30 Danie
Twitter

Twitter has now begun locking visitors out of the platform unless they’re logged into their account. Visiting any Twitter page other than the homepage without being signed in will automatically forward users to a page […]

Blogsocialnetworks, technology, twitter

Cape Town libraries have free access to Overdrive or Libby eBooks as well as over 7,000 local and international newspapers via PressReader

2023-06-302023-06-30 Danie
Screenshot 20230630 090133

Apart from the above there is also online access to African storybooks in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans, Fundza literacy learning, SA curriculum for homeschooling, ISET publication for careers in IT, and more. It is really […]

Blogcapetown, learning, libraries, southafrica, technology

The Verge’s greatest nonfiction tech books of all time: They are all about the intersection with humanity, not about technology itself

2023-06-292023-06-29 Danie
Best Tech books

All the books are nonfiction, yet none are actually technical. They are about how computers have affected humans and their culture in various ways, whether it was through games, algorithms, social networks, corporate CEOs, and […]

Blogreading, technology

Proton launches its password manager Proton Pass: But you may still want to consider Bitwarden for these reasons

2023-06-292023-06-29 Danie
PASS imagedark 2 nologo

The company plans to open source Proton Pass so that security experts can verify the security model. There will be security audits, security reports and a bug bounty program as well. Credit card autofilling would […]

Blogpasswordmanagers, ProtonPass, security, technology

Brave aims to curb the practice of websites that port scan visitors: Great idea, but will a normal user know what ‘localhost resources’ are?

2023-06-292023-06-29 Danie
Pop up window asking user whether they want to grant access to localhost resources with buttons for block or allow

The Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information. Starting in version 1.54, Brave will automatically […]

Blogbravebrowser, privacy, technology

Google Wallet will soon let phones without NFC (budget phones) make in-store payments with QR codes

2023-06-282023-06-28 Danie
Point-Of-Sale terminal showing a QR code onscreen

The feature will launch in Brazil first, allowing Android users to pay through their debit or credit card by scanning a QR code displayed on the payment terminal. Since most smartphones in Brazil do not […]

Blogbanking, technology

$99 ESPBoy Turned Into Functional Walkie-Talkie

2023-06-282023-06-28 Danie
ESPboy walkie talkie 0 19 screen

The ESPBoy was first built as a hackable open-source game engine and handheld console for educational purposes. However, it’s also a platform that can readily support all kinds of other uses. You can even turn […]

BlogESPBoy, opensource, radio, technology

New Second Life Mobile App Preview Shows Off Greatly Improved UI, Graphics & Avatar Rendering — Aiming For Late 2023/Early 2024 Beta Release

2023-06-282023-06-28 Danie
2ndLife

Yes, some long existing metaverses do still exist without Meta. Second Life has been going so long that it preceded much of the mobile phone boom, and has probably lost out on growth due to […]

Blogmetaverse, secondlife, technology, virtualworlds

An Android phone, running Linux and modified openpilot software, can do basic self-driving of a car

2023-06-272023-06-27 Danie
SelfDriving

The car is a research vehicle of a local university, where they fitted custom motors for controlling steering. The Redmi Note 9 Pro phone is communicating via a wireless CAN bus interface to the Suzuki […]

Blogopensource, selfdriving, technology

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