If you earn a living – or even just spending money – selling stuff online as an affiliate, you should be concerned about cookies. Digital cookies are the behind-the-scenes gizmo that credits you with a sale generated by a web…
PHP 5 – End of Life
PHP Matters PHP is a commonly used language for web sites and web application development. It is a general purpose, server-side scripting language run a web server that’s designed to make dynamic pages and applications. PHP is mainly focused on server-side scripting…
November Update – Voice User Interface
What is Voice User Interface Design? A voice-user interface (VUI) makes human interaction with computers possible through a voice/speech platform in order to initiate an automated service or process.” VUI design focuses on the process of interaction design for the user and the voice application system.
Accessibility and WordPress Gutenberg
What is WordPress Project Gutenberg? Gutenberg is more than an editor. While the editor is the focus right now, the project will ultimately impact the entire publishing experience including customization (the next focus area). Gutenberg looks at the editor as…
Solid Framework
What is Solid? Solid is an exciting new project led by Prof. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, taking place at MIT. The project aims to radically change the way Web applications work today, resulting in true data ownership…
Artificial Intelligence in Web Development
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer program or a machine to think and learn. It is also a field of study which tries to make computers smart. As machines become increasingly capable, mental…
October Update – Web Employment Trends
What do we mean by employment trends? A pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time, represented by…
6 tips to turn your slow loading website into a brisk browsing experience
Internet users want a speedy experience and they’re not getting it, a fact that leaves them frustrated and website owners with less revenue. Don’t believe it? Numbers don’t lie. A full 53 percent of surfers want any site they visit…
September Update – Useful Apps
Why Your Business Needs a Mobile App? More and more small and midsize businesses are following the mobile trend, understanding that an effective mobile strategy involves more than just a mobile-friendly website. These days you’ll notice that many small businesses…
September Update – Virtual Reality and the Web
What is Virtual Reality? The computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside…