Month: February 2017
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Google has broken SHA-1 encryption
After two years of research, Google has shown that it has successfully broken SHA-1 encryption. The company is yet to release details of how it achieved the first SHA-1 “collision”, but has released a proof of concept. View original article
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Interactive Side Menu – A Swift Based UI Component For Creating Interactive Animated Side Menus
Interactive Side Menu is an open source component submitted by Andrey Arzhannikov for creating interactive animated side menus with a number of customizations. Interactive Side Menu features a customizable spring animation, customizable content scale, customizable width and more. View original article
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Hydra – A Javascript Inspired Library For Writing Better Async Code In Swift
Hydraw is an open source Swift library submitted by Daniele Margutti for written better async cold partially on the Javascript A+ specs and Async/Await seen in ES8. This is an extensive library and not only provides async and await, but also many other javascript operators for asynchronous code. View original article
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Google makes it much easier to share AMP links
A huge proportion of web traffic comes from mobile devices these days, and this means people are often trying to access online articles when they have a slow data connection. For this reason, Facebook introduced Instant Articles, and Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages. View original article
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The enviable pedigree of UNIX and POSIX
But today’s breakthroughs would be nowhere and would not have been possible without what came before them – a fact we sometimes forget. Mainframes led to personal computers, which gave way to laptops, then tablets and smartphones, and now the Internet of Things. View original article
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Superb – A Swift Library For Easily Handling HTTP Authentication
Superb is an open source library from Thoughtbot providing a simple API for authentication in Swift with support for multi-threading, re-authentication and more. View original article
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Using HTTP/2 Responsibly: Adapting for Users
A note from the editors: This article is part one of a two-part series exploring the new HTTP/2 protocol and using it responsibly. Be sure to read part two, Considering How We Use HTTP/2. View original article
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Apple to end support for 32-bit iOS apps
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Google Introduces Chrome for iOS Code in Chromium Platform
Google has opened its doors to iOS code for Chrome by making room in its Chromium open-source project. The Chrome for iOS code is now an open platform for coders and developers alike, to modify, experiment, and build on the app. View original article
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Apple pays newspaper to intentionally mislead readers
Earlier today, The Irish Times ran an “article” titled “Brussels broke the rules in its pursuit of Apple’s €13bn”. That sounds serious, and would definitely have you click. View original article
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Setting up your own Parse server — Medium
After Parse announced they would be shutting down their MBaaS hosting totally by the 28th January 2017, I decided (with little alternative) it was time to move the 8 apps I’ve built on the service in the past 12 months, over to my own servers. View original article
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Facebook’s Mobile Back-end Parse Dies Today As Many Opt for Open Source Project
Parse, the Back-end-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering from Facebook, is today in the final stage of its year-long shutdown, with many former users having adopted an open source version of the project. View original article