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- Writing a Friendly README - a short guide on user-focused documentation http://rowanmanning.com/posts/writing-a-friendly-readme/ 5 comments programming
- For privacy-focused Bitcoin users, what are your thoughts on Chainalysis and Elliptic? https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/zksnacks-blacklisting-update/ 49 comments bitcoin
- Privacy-focused Brave browser reports a significant leap in users https://siliconangle.com/2022/01/06/privacy-focused-brave-browser-reports-significant-leap-users/ 169 comments cryptocurrency
- Mark Zuckerberg wants to reposition Facebook as a privacy-focused platform. But will users go for it? https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/06/tech/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-privacy/index.html?__twitter_impression=true 17 comments worldnews
- Why Apple is now focusing on users, not units in Fiscal 2019 https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/12/03/why-apple-is-now-focusing-on-users-not-units-in-fiscal-2019 54 comments apple
- Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo finds Google personalizes search results even for logged out and incognito users https://betanews.com/2018/12/04/duckduckgo-study-google-search-personalization/ 30 comments privacy
- Driver.js – A lightweight engine to drive user's focus across the page http://kamranahmed.info/driver 57 comments webdev
- Latest Firefox Focus provides more user control – The Mozilla Blog https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/12/20/latest-firefox-focus-provides-more-user-control/ 4 comments firefox
- Why the new Firefox Focus with GeckoView still has Chrome/69 in user agent? https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9kz2n9/why_the_new_firefox_focus_with_geckoview_still/ 12 comments firefox
- Firefox Focus Adds Quick Access Without Sacrificing Users’ Privacy https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/12/13/firefox-focus-adds-quick-access-without-sacrificing-users-privacy/ 13 comments firefox
- First opioid court in the U.S. focuses on keeping users alive http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/first-opioid-court-u-s-focuses-keeping-users-alive-n781121 17 comments worldnews
- Mozilla Denies Report That Firefox Focus Collects Private User Data https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-denies-report-that-firefox-focus-collects-private-user-data/ 3 comments privacy
- Microsoft’s Android and iOS focus leaves Windows users in the cold http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/13/7213489/microsoft-leaves-windows-users-in-the-cold 227 comments windowsphone
- Commentary: Apple should renew focus on Mac users, Mac Pros http://blog.macsales.com/36741-apple-should-renew-focus-on-mac-users-pros 211 comments apple
- Adam Back: [Blockstream is] focused on... applying [sidechains] to financial institutions so that they can empower users around the world to access and move digital assets in a more efficient manner. https://thecontrol.co/understanding-blockstream-25af2b6f0084#.u8j9pg8e8 28 comments btc
- Users of Outlook on iPhone: Where is the "Focused" inbox on the Mac equivalent ? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5kelvo/users_of_outlook_on_iphone_where_is_the_focused/ 3 comments apple
- How to configure Safari in iOS - A user-friendly and privacy focused guide https://www.ghacks.net/2019/06/27/how-to-configure-safari-in-ios/ 15 comments apple
- What are some steps for creating a surfacenet website shop with a huge focus on the users privacy? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/6t4jw7/what_are_some_steps_for_creating_a_surfacenet/ 3 comments privacy
- Samsung is focused on the Galaxy S8 and is already promising discounts to loyal users https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/30/galaxy-s8/ 32 comments technology
- Dropbox Announces Their Government Data Requests Principles - Focus on User Data Security & Privacy https://www.dropbox.com/transparency/principles 7 comments technology
- Wagtail - a new, open-source Django CMS focused on flexibility and user experience http://wagtail.io/ 41 comments django
- The War on Drugs Is a Failure - We should focus instead on reducing harm to users and on tackling organized crime. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb123535114271444981.html 6 comments politics
- "Focus groups have shown that the very first thing a user wants to do when visiting your web site in their web browser is to install a mobile application" https://medium.com/better-programming/how-to-design-for-the-web-in-2019-a0be4d6702e2?source=friends_link&sk=8e094d9bef036a8fb332d13103182698 56 comments programming
- The Starlink team has been focused on improving network performance with the goal of < 20ms latency. Over the past month, we have meaningfully reduced median and worst-case latency for users around the world https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/1766179308887028005 117 comments spacex
- Cryptocurrency exchanges rush to cut ties with Chinese users after fresh crackdown. Chinese crypto-related firms take a beating, Huobi Tech plunging 23% and OKG Technology Holdings Ltd losing 12%. Meanwhile, UniSwap saw a 20% gain by the increased focus on Decentralized Exchanges! https://www.reuters.com/technology/cryptocurrency-exchanges-rush-cut-ties-with-chinese-users-after-fresh-crackdown-2021-09-27/ 11 comments cryptocurrency
- I just released a massive overhaul of my iOS full album focused music player Albums. Club MacStories called it "an opinionated music player made for music nerds and power users." Features include free (and ad free) album shuffle, plus production credits, listening statistics, and much more! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1469948986 65 comments apple
- PrivateInternetAccess, a privacy-focused VPN provider, and huge contributor to many open-source projects (KDE, Blender, GNOME, Krita, freenode...) is merging with Kape, a company well known for exploiting user data and distributing deceiptive, privacy-threatening software. https://old.reddit.com/r/privateinternetaccess/comments/dz2w53/our_merger_with_kape_technologies_addressing_your/ 418 comments linux
- Alex van de Sande "graduating" from EF to focus on Universal Login, a decentralized, non-custodial login users can use for all their dapps, built on Ethereum https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/cb413x/alex_van_de_sande_graduating_from_ef_to_focus_on/ 8 comments ethereum
- Risk of ecstasy-induced brain damage appears to be overestimated for the majority of users - New research indicates that previous studies examining the brain alterations caused by ecstasy have focused on unusually heavy users, who consumed on average 720% more pills over a year than a typical user. https://www.psypost.org/2018/06/risk-ecstasy-induced-brain-damage-appears-overestimated-majority-users-51540 74 comments science
- Ubuntu adopts GNOME as default desktop for 18.04 release, and instantly the long ignored memory leak bug gets focused upon-and I hear it's being fixed. There is a reason why Ubuntu is the most popular. It actually gives a shit about the end users. https://www.reddit.com/r/ubuntu/comments/8dcmbx/ubuntu_adopts_gnome_as_default_desktop_for_1804/ 169 comments linux
- Craig Federighi: Apple Focused on Single-User Face ID, Touch ID Was Never Intended for Multiple Users https://www.macrumors.com/2017/12/01/craig-federighi-face-id-touch-id-email/ 6 comments apple
- FCC Axes Rules That Help Keep Your DSL Line Working: 'The FCC is once again under fire, this time for gutting rules protecting users from losing access to their fixed-line broadband connections as companies like AT&T and Verizon shift their focus to wireless.' http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/fcc-axes-rules-that-help-keep-your-dsl-line-working-140719 25 comments technology
- Firefox Focus for Android Hits One Million Downloads! Today We’re Launching Three New User-Requested Features https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/07/20/firefox-focus-android-hits-one-million-downloads-today-launching-three-new-user-requested-features/ 10 comments freesoftware
- NEMO-UX Goes Commercial To Focus On Futuristic, Multi-User Wayland [Title from Article] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=nemo-ux-goes-commercial 5 comments linux
- Battle for Wesnoth, a popular open source Strategy game [Think Fire Emblem with massive focus on user mods], is dying and needs help - mostly c++/python programmers. http://www.wesnoth.org/ 17 comments linux_gaming
- A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 67% of Americans say that the government should focus more on providing treatment for those who use illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Just 26% think the government’s focus should be on prosecuting users of such hard drugs. http://www.people-press.org/2014/04/02/americas-new-drug-policy-landscape/ 3 comments politics
- RIAA Demands Personal Details of Pirating YouTube Users - After focusing on P2P file-sharers in the past, the RIAA is now going after pirating YouTube users. This month the music group obtained a subpoena at a federal court in California and has asked YouTube to hand over the IP-address, email and.. http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-demands-personal-details-of-pirating-youtube-users-140327/ 5 comments worldnews
- New tech makes it easy to read as quickly as 1,000 words per minute by focusing users' eyes on a single word at a time. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-spritz-full-harry-potter-books-few-hours-20140307,0,7599293.story#axzz2vkmlq5j8 6 comments technology
- Verizon willfully driving DSL users into the arms of cable: With FiOS expansion frozen and most of the company's focus on mobile LTE services with sky-high overages, Verizon has all but declared that the 35-45% of their entire customer footprint that will be left on DSL is essentially expendable http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/op-ed-verizon-willfully-driving-dsl-users-into-the-arms-of-cable/ 29 comments technology