The emotional toll of dating apps and why they’re no longer about finding love – podcast: Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Dating apps are having a rocky moment. In February, Bumble said it would lay off 30% of its workforce after disappointing results in 2023. Match Group, which has struggled to maintain paying subscribers for its most popular …
The problems with dating apps and how they could be fixed – two relationship ethicists: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use dating apps. But only half of users say that they have had positive experiences. Indeed, a shocking 11% of female users under 50 have received threats of harm. Surely there’s a better …
The Importance of Mobile Apps for Existing Businesses: Written by Andrew Ngozo Mobile apps are more than just fun and games. Whether you’re an existing business looking to expand into new markets or an entrepreneur trying to take your business to the next level, mobile apps can be incredibly useful, especially if you’re using them for …
The Importance of Mobile Apps for Existing Businesses: The Importance of Mobile Apps for Existing Businesses – by Andrew Ngozo Mobile apps are more than just fun and games. Whether you’re an existing business looking to expand into new markets or an entrepreneur trying to take your business to the next level, mobile apps can …
5 note-taking apps for Linux: 5 note-taking apps for Linux Don Watkins Fri, 08/19/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Notes are part of any writer’s life. Most of my articles begin in a note-taking application and that’s usually Joplin for me. There are a large number of note-taking …
Online dating fatigue – why some people are turning to face-to-face apps first: Prostock-studio / Shutterstock For the last two-plus years, people hoping to meet their soulmate in person have had a rough time. Lockdowns and uncertainty about social gatherings have led many people to turn to dating apps. People who feel they have lost …
A Drupal developer’s guide to Progressive Web Apps: A Drupal developer’s guide to Progressive Web Apps Alex Borsody Mon, 06/06/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like The following article is a companion to my presentation at Drupalcon and Drupalcamp covering Progressive Web Apps implementations. Progressive Web Apps (PWA) have …
Transport apps are being hailed as a sustainable alternative to driving: but they’re not female-friendly: Women often face increased risk when using public transport, especially alone. Piqsels The UK’s roads are some of the main culprits of its greenhouse gas emissions. And in 2020, 92% of passenger kilometres travelled in the UK was made by cars, …
From ghosting to ‘backburner’ relationships: the reasons why people behave so badly on dating apps: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock There’s no doubt that online dating and dating apps have transformed the way we initiate, form and end romantic relationships. We might also question whether the convenience of these apps has encouraged us to behave differently than we would …
Do contact-tracing apps have a future?: Esther Barry/Shutterstock It may feel like a long time ago, but it’s only nine months since the UK was in the grips of the “pingdemic”. Back in the summer of 2021, lifting COVID restrictions saw the country’s contact-tracing apps – the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales, the …
26 open source creative apps to try in 2022: The server and mobile industries know open source well. But open source isn’t just about the technology. First and foremost, open source is about sharing, and if there’s one thing people love to share more than anything, it’s self-expression in the form of art. Whether you …
‘Sextortion’ leads to financial losses and psychological trauma. Here’s what to look out for on dating apps: Tikhonova Yana/Shutterstock When malicious internet users gain people’s trust to obtain sexually explicit photos or videos, and then use these materials – specifically the threat of sharing them – to coerce them for sexual, personal or financial gain, …
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How I build command-line apps in JavaScript: JavaScript is a language developed for the web, but its usefulness has gone far beyond just the Internet. Thanks to projects like Node.js and Electron, JavaScript is as much a general-purpose scripting language as a browser component. There are JavaScript libraries specially designed to build command-line interfaces. Yes, …
South Africa in the news: AR Media and Immersive Video Content Apps Market Revenue, Business Growth, Demand, and Applications by 2026: AR Media and Immersive Video Content Apps Market The global AR media and immersive video content apps is a technology based elevation in standard media streaming to multi dimension virtual and …: “South Africa” …
South Africans are sharing one million apps daily, at no cost. How?: Chanel Hardman The cost of data in South Africa is infamously expensive. The Worldwide Mobile Data Pricing 2021 report by Cable unpacked more than 6000 mobile data plans across 230 countries and South Africa sits in 136th place at R39 on average for …
5 reasons you should run your apps on WildFly: WildFly, formerly known as JBoss Application Server, is an open source Java EE application server. Its primary goal is to provide a set of vital tools for enterprise Java applications. According to the Jakarta EE 2020/2021 survey, WildFly is head and shoulders above in the recent application …
The ‘privacy by design’ approach for mobile apps: why it’s not enough: Mobile apps on smartphones are threats to digital privacy Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images The mobile apps installed on our smartphones are one of the biggest threats to our digital privacy. They are capable of collecting vast amounts of personal data, often highly …