In its latest salvo against misleading political spam accounts, Facebook announced Thursday that it had removed 559 Pages and 251 accounts from its platform for creating inauthentic activity motivated by profit. Facebook removed Pages, groups and accounts that that were found to be created solely to stir up political debate from the U.S., Middle East,…
Designing Experiences To Improve Mental Health Designing Experiences To Improve Mental Health Marli Mesibov 2018-10-12T14:00:30+02:00 2018-10-12T12:31:09+00:00 Did you know that a simple search for “depression” on the iPhone App Store brings up 198 results? In the Android Play Store, it brings up 239. The categories range from “Medical” to “Health & Fitness” to “Lifestyle.” The…
Now in movie theaters in the US and Canada: an augmented reality (AR) Halloween-inspired experience before the feature film. Called the Noovie ARcade Halloween Experience, it will be available through Halloween night by National Cinemedia, which describes itself as the largest cinema advertising network in North America. Invading 20,800 screens. The rollout covers 20,800 screens…
Saving Grandma’s Recipes With Xamarin.Forms Saving Grandma’s Recipes With Xamarin.Forms Matthew Soucoup 2018-10-11T14:10:38+02:00 2018-10-11T12:19:46+00:00 My grandma makes the best, most fluffiest, go weak-in-your-knees buns that anybody has ever tasted. The problem is, there’s a ton of secret ingredients (and I’m not just talking love) that go into those buns, and those ingredients and directions are…
YouTube quietly announced in its help forums that it has begun cracking down on YouTube channels that take already-produced videos and reuploading them to their channels. YouTube said it has seen a serious issue with some channels producing “duplicative content” and is thus removed these types of channels, allowing them to reapply in 30 days…
Graphic by Digital Element. (Click to enlarge.) Location data is most useful when it can tell advertisers the proximity of physical locations to potential customers. To better accomplish that task, geo-location data provider Digital Element is out with its new NetAcuity Point of Interest (POI) database. The Atlanta-based company says this is the first such…
Earlier today Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) record €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion) antitrust fine. The fine was imposed in July because of Google Play app pre-install requirements. Claim is that Google tying apps to Android. The EC saw the practice of requiring handset makers to pre-install certain Google apps as…
Form Design Patterns Book Excerpt: A Registration Form Form Design Patterns Book Excerpt: A Registration Form Adam Silver 2018-10-10T12:25:00+02:00 2018-10-10T12:07:58+00:00 Let’s start with a registration form. Most companies want long-term relationships with their users. To do that they need users to sign up. And to do that, they need to give users value in return….
Meet “Form Design Patterns,” Our New Book On Accessible Web Forms — Now Shipping! Meet “Form Design Patterns,” Our New Book On Accessible Web Forms — Now Shipping! Markus Seyfferth 2018-10-10T13:45:00+02:00 2018-10-10T12:07:58+00:00 Forms. It’s no coincidence that the word rhymes with “yawns” — web forms are dull to code and even duller for your visitors…
Getting Started With Gutenberg By Creating Your Own Block Getting Started With Gutenberg By Creating Your Own Block Muhammad Muhsin 2018-10-08T13:50:00+02:00 2018-10-09T12:28:41+00:00 WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) by far —powering more than 30% of the web. It has undergone a huge metamorphosis during its 15 years of existence. Its latest addition…
