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Criminals Pay More for Code Signing Certificates Than for Guns or Passports
Hackers are forking over big money to get tools that allow them to spread malware.
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Web Content Management Systems Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrency
A growing number of websites and apps are serving Coinhive scripts.
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Google Now Ignores Its Country Domain When Returning Search Results
It no longer matters which country domain you use when conducting a Google search.
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AI Solves CAPTCHA Tests
A startup is breaking the technology that many websites use to prevent bots from making comments.
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JS Foundation to Manage Marko
The JavaScript user interface library is under new management.
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Microsoft Sonar Tests Websites for Performance Issues
The linting tool was built by the team behind the Edge browser.
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Mozilla Discontinues Firebug
Instead, Web developers should use Firefox Developer Tools.
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WeWork Buys Flatiron School
The coding bootcamp now belongs to an office space provider.
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Google: HTTPS Traffic Is Increasing
More websites are enabling the secure protocol by default.
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Flatiron School Fined $375,000 Over Student Employment Claims
The Web development bootcamp must also make some changes to its website.
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The Biggest Web Development Trends of 2017 (So Far)
These technologies are becoming increasingly influential.
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MDN Web Docs to Become Single Source for Cross-Browser Development Documentation
It will soon be much easier for Web developers to find information about Web standards and the major browsers.
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3rd-Party JavaScript Code Adds Malware to Equifax, TransUnion Sites
The companies' websites were serving fake Flash player update notices.
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New Specification Could Speed Upload Times
Web uploads could get a lot faster over the next two years.
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KRACK Vulnerability Could Affect Most WiFi Devices
Until hardware is updated, most WiFi networks are likely vulnerable to attack.
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Google, Udacity to Give 50,000 Scholarships for Android or Web Development Training
The "Grow with Google" initiative will help more Americans acquire programming skills.
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Chinese Web Barons Sit Atop List of Nation's Wealthiest
Owning or working on a website has been very profitable for Chinese entrepreneurs.
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Bootcamp Offers Web Development Training to Low-Income DC Residents
Students will pay the fees for the bootcamp over time after they have graduated and find good jobs.
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Project Loon Could Bring Connectivity to Puerto Rico
The FCC has approved the use of Google's Internet balloons.
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Mozilla Experiments with Cliqz Plug-In for Firefox
Privacy advocates are concerned about the amount of browsing data the technology collects.
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Is Visual Development the Next Big Thing in Web Design?
A startup called Webflow wants to end the need for programmers to write HTML and CSS.
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Microsoft Introduces Dynamic Search Ads in Bing Ads
Bing Ads will write your advertisements for you, if you choose.
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Microsoft Launches Edge Browser for iOS and Android
The mobile apps are actually part of the company's PC strategy.
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Mozilla Gives Away $539,000 to Open Source Web Projects
The organizations receiving the grants offer a wide range of different capabilities.
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What's New in CoffeeScript 2.0
The language now has some of the features of modern JavaScript.
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Will Face ID Become the Norm for Web Login?
Facebook is experimenting with facial recognition, and other websites could follow suit.
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Google Ends 'First Click Free' Program
Websites with paywalls are hailing the company's new "flexible sampling."
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OpenSRS, Hover Outage Knocks Thousands of Websites Offline
Many website owners woke up this morning to find out that their sites aren't accessible, and they can't get any email.
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Giphy Launches Sticker Tool for Websites
Will visitors spend more time on sites if they can put stickers on them?
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Firefox Quantum Boasts 2X Speed Improvements
Mozilla says its new browser is faster and more memory-efficient than Chrome.
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Web Developers Struggle to Deal with the iPhone X Notch
Will they need to create new versions of their sites to accommodate the unusual screen shape?
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Facebook Reverses Course on React License
The company will use the MIT open source license for its popular JavaScript user interface library.
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Joomla Fixes Critical Bug
If you use Joomla, make sure you're running the latest update.
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DigitalOcean Launches Storage Service for Hosting Web Assets
Spaces offers inexpensive cloud-based object storage for websites.
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Cloudflare Offers Startups $100K in Google Cloud Credits
The company hopes to encourage more websites to use its Apps Platform.
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Apache Web Server Needs Immediate Patch
Organizations that share server space with other companies should be particularly concerned.
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W3C Recommends DRM Standard for HTML5
Encrypted Media Extensions are becoming part of standard HTML.
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Licensing Concerns Overshadow Release of React 16
Some developers say they will no longer use the JavaScript framework because of the license Facebook is using.
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Despite Opposition, Apple Pushes Ahead with Intelligent Tracking Prevention
New features in Safari will limit how websites can use cookies.
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Angular 5 Release Delayed Until October
The updated version of the JavaScript framework was slated for release this month.
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Chrome to Stop Auto-Playing Videos
An update to the browser will change the way it handles website video content on mobile and the desktop.
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Bing Adds More Machine Learning Capabilities
The search engine's image search capabilities are getting better.
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Equifax Hack Resulted from Failure to Patch Web Development Framework
The company knew about the security update for Apache Struts for two months but did not apply the patch.
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Yelp Accuses Google of Violating FTC Settlement Agreement
Google appears to be scraping content from third-party websites after it promised not to.
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Google's Safe Browsing Protects 3 Billion Devices
Most of the visitors to your website are probably using this anti-phishing software.
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Two-Thirds of US Adults Get News from Social Media
Reports about "fake news" haven't dissuaded people from getting information via Twitter and Facebook.
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Facebook Releases Yarn 1.0
The open source JavaScript package manager offers an alternative to npm.
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Equifax Website Vulnerability Leads to Data Breach Affecting 143 Million People
Attackers stole personal data for nearly half of the US population.
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Preparing a Weather Site's Web Server for Hurricane Traffic
Space City Weather's experiences with Harvey offer lessons in dealing with traffic surges.
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Google Launches Mobile Web Specialist Certification
The cert test costs $99.
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Vivaldi Browser CEO Says Google Bullied His Company
Google reportedly suspended Vivaldi's AdWords account with little to no justification.
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Study: Flat UI Leads to 22% Slower Navigation
If you've been following the latest trends, it might be time to rethink your website design.
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Web CEOs Advocate for DACA Program
Web firms say Dreamers are an important part of their workforce.
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New Features in TypeScript 2.5
The superset of JavaScript has a new update.
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Galvanize Coding School Lays Off 11% of Staff
This is just one of many development bootcamps that are struggling financially.
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Google Mistake Results in Web Outage in Japan
A simple error leads to downtime lasting several hours.
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IDERA Buys Sencha
The Web application development platform has a new owner.
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Google Launches Landing Pages Assessment Tool
The new AdWords tab can help developers determine if landing pages are causing problems on mobile devices.
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Web Development Bootcamps Closing at Rapid Rate
The business model may not be scalable.
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Report: Visitors Quick to Abandon Slow-Loading Websites
Nearly half of visitors will tell friends if they have a bad experience with a slow site.
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Study: 57% of US Search Traffic Comes from Mobile Devices
Mobile searches often generate different results than desktop searches.
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Report: 90% of Web Ad Views Are Fraudulent
Independent ad researcher warns that most advertisers aren't getting what they paid for.
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Bing Claims 33% US Market Share
Web developers might want to optimize their sites for Microsoft's search engine.
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Google Tests 'Lite' Version of Search App
The app is designed to consume less mobile data and perform well on slow networks.
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Ghost Launches 1.0 Version of Open Source Blogging Platform
The content management platform began as a Kickstarter project.
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Web Development Tool Maker Netlify Raises $12 Million
The startup wants to speed up the process of building websites.
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GoDaddy, Hackers Target White Supremacist Site after Charlottesville
The website Daily Stormer has 24 hours to find a new host.
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Samsung Internet Now Available to Most Android Users
The free browser may become more popular among mobile Internet users.
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Web Developers Report Uptick in Demand
New clients are signing up at a rapid pace.
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Study Finds Most Websites Don't Require Strong Passwords
But a separate report says the current recommendations on passwords are misguided.
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WordPress.com Now Open to Third-Party Plugins and Themes
Only customers who pay for a business plan can use the third-party tools.
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Firefox Adds VR Support Today
Chrome and Edge already support virtual reality.
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Apple Adds Support for Service Workers to WebKit
The new feature could bring better support for PWAs to the Safari browser.
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TensorFire Brings Machine Learning to Webpages
The open source JavaScript library makes it easy to tap into a system's GPU from a webpage.
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The Top Web Development Trends for 2017
Technology trends like AI, IoT and VR are changing the way developers approach web design.
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Facebook Releases Beta Version of React 16
The update does not deliver native-like performance—yet.
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Web Companies Lobby Against Human Trafficking Bill
Investigations of Backpage have led to proposed legislation that would hold websites accountable for content posted by users.
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Developer Build Offers a Sneak Peak of Chrome Ad-Blocking Features
It looks like Google is pressing ahead on its plans to include ad-blocker technology in its Chrome Web browser.
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Developer Petitions Adobe to Open Source Flash
Juha Lindstedt wants to preserve Flash content as a part of Web development history.
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Facebook Reports Record-Breaking Profit
Stellar mobile ad sales helped the social network exceed analyst expectations.
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Google Instant Search Disappears
The search engine will no longer display search results while users type.
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Golden Rules for Building the Perfect Web Design Portfolio
A portfolio of all your work is essential if you are looking for your next design job, be it full time or freelance. If you don’t have a portfolio yet, there is no better time than now to start building one.
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OWL Language Offers an Alternative to PHP
The new language for server-side development promises better security.
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Adobe Will Kill Flash in 2020
If your website still has Flash content, it's time to migrate to HTML5.
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EU Search Fine Cuts Into Google Profits
Even with the fine, Google parent company Alphabet had net income of $3.52 billion.
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Firefox Opens 1,691 Tabs in 15 Seconds
The latest builds of the browser are particularly good at handling multiple open tabs.
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Internet Bug Bounty Project Raises $300,000
The IBB has paid $616,350 to researchers who found security vulnerabilities in open source projects.
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Law Enforcement Takes Down Dark Web Marketplaces
AlphaBay and Hansa Market are offline, and one of their key developers is dead.
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Trump White House Expresses Support for Overturning Net Neutrality
A spokesperson said Congress, not the FCC, should make the rules.
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Tor Adds a Bug Bounty Program
Researchers can earn up to $4,000 for finding flaws in Tor's browser or network.
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FCC Will Not Release Net Neutrality Complaints
It also will not extend the deadline for submitting comments on its plan to overturn net neutrality.
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Mozilla Debuts Sphinx-js for JavaScript Documentation
The tool improves documentation for large JavaScript projects.
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Netflix Reaches 104 Million Subscribers
International viewers are half of the total.
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AWS CodeStar, CodeBuild Add .NET Core Support
The cloud computing service has better support for Microsoft's open source Web development platform.
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7 Web Development Tips for Building Loyalty
These techniques may help build repeat traffic.
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Brazilian Firm Pursues Antitrust Suit Against Google
The search giant's troubles are spreading beyond Europe.
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CopyCat Ad Fraud Malware Infects 14 Million Devices
Online ad fraud siphons away money that could be going to legitimate websites.
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Google Funds AI-Written News Website
Robot journalists will pen 30,000 articles a month.
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Cox Adds Home Internet Data Caps; CenturyLink Eliminates Them
Data limits could affect user browsing habits.
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What Web Developers Need to Know About Chatbots
It's time to start thinking about building conversational interfaces.
