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• Why empathy should be the key ingredient in products

  In 2019, Bloom & Wild, a letterbox flower delivery company, informed its customers they could opt out of Mother’s Day marketing. This followed some customers asking for emails to be paused in the run-up to what can be a sensitive holiday for some.  The response was overwhelmingly ...

  • Toni Sekinah

• GitHub introduces dark mode and auto-merge pull request

  GitHub today announced a bunch of new features at its virtual GitHub Universe conference including dark mode, auto-merge pull requests, and Enterprise Server 3.0. In the past couple of years, almost all major apps have rolled out a dark theme for its users, so why not GitHub? ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• What’s multi-cloud? And why should developers care?

  Most developers don’t care about multi-cloud. But they should. Whether developers know it or not, their companies likely already have a multi-cloud environment.    Multi-cloud is a strategy where a business selects different services from different cloud providers because ...

  • Andrew Davidson

• GitHub restores popular YouTube downloader three weeks after its takedown

  Finally some good news in this hellish year. GitHub has restored popular video downloader tool, YouTube-dl, after the company banned it in October. The code hosting platform said that new information about the tool indicated that it didn't violate technical protection measures put ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Here's how to make your website more accessible

  There are many things to consider when setting up a website, and accessibility is one factor that can sometimes be overlooked. ...

  • Emily DSilva

• GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies

  Last week, GitHub took down the popular YouTube video downloader tool "YouTube-dl" after the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA), the organization that represents record labels, issued a DCMA takedown notice. As a result, the code hosting site took down multiple ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Why open ecosystems are the future of app development

  We can’t get enough of our mobile apps. There were 204 billion apps downloads last year, and that number is rising in 2020.  When app stores entered the mainstream tech culture, they exposed developers to an audience of millions who were keen to adopt the innovative capabilities ...

  • Saidat Giwa-Osagie

• 6 things you should know before choosing a web hosting company

  Designing and developing websites is becoming increasingly easier and more accessible thanks to an expanding array of web development tools and a growing demand for businesses and organizations to have an online presence.  But finding the right place to host your website can be ...

  • Ben Dickson

• GitHub improves mobile code review with file switcher and multiple comments

  In March, GitHub launched its mobile app that make it possible for developers to view and review their project's code on ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Video: Here’s everything you need to know about Huawei’s latest software announcements

  If you’re a developer, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of Huawei’s annual Developer Conference (HDC). This year’s ...

  • Andrea Hak

• TNW2020: 8 sessions worth setting Google Calendar reminders for

  This year’s live online TNW2020 will give everyone a front-row seat to the biggest tech debates, disruptive business experiments, ...

  • Andrea Hak

• Graphic design apps are now as fundamental as Excel — here's how non-designers get up to speed

  In today’s digital landscape, it’s critical to understand why design matters beyond the realm of the creative department. After all, marketing, branding, sales, business collaborations, and partnerships all hinge on the strength of a company’s branding and its consistency.  It’s ...

  • Alexis Ong