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Weekly Platform News: Improving UX on Slow Connections, a Tip for Writing Alt Text and a Polyfill for the HTML loading attribute
23.8.2019
In this week's roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more.
Detecting users on slow connections
Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users...
Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) Deal At A Moderate Loss; Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Indicates A Loss In The Last Week
22.8.2019
Ethereum (ETH/USD) Price Analysis: Ethereum is the second-largest coin in the market. The coin is currently dealing at $187.43. The price of the ETH coin is at a slight loss. The coin is expected to start the price surge soon. The last few days were quite volatile. Let’s have a look. Starting from...
Win BCH with Bitcoin.com’s Cash Games Stars Leaderboard
19.8.2019
There’s a new promotion happening for Bitcoin.com Cash Games, with new winners each week, and first place taking home $200 in bitcoin cash. It can be said that crypto and gaming are made for each other, thanks to low fees, easy access, and privacy. Now things just got even better, with...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 33
19.8.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here.
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US and Swiss Regulators to Talk 'Complicated' Libra Subject This Week
19.8.2019
Six members of the American House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee are traveling to Switzerland this week for talks on Facebook’s forthcoming Libra token and “other cryptocurrency projects.”
The group will meet Swiss regulators later this week, and will be led by committee...
Accessibility and web performance are not features, they’re the baseline
16.8.2019
This week I’ve been brooding about web performance and accessibility. It all began when Ethan Marcotte made a lot of great notes about the accessibility issues that are common with AMP:
In the recordings above, I’m trying to navigate through the AMP Story. And as I do, VoiceOver describes a page...
Ethereum Price Analysis: Ethereum (ETH) Shows a Tremendous Variation Over This Week
16.8.2019
Ethereum (ETH), with four major price variations in the last 7 days, roams around 180 USD now. It may find the next comfort zone near 192 USD. Ethereum in the last 7 days has seen huge instability and uncertainty as far as its value against USD is concerned. With four major price swings, the coin...
Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to Incite Run on Chinese Banks
16.8.2019
The 11th week of protesting in Hong Kong has passed as the world has witnessed massive sit-ins at the national airport and demonstrations across several locations citywide. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests have affected Hong Kong’s local economy, investors have dumped on the benchmark...
Weekly Platform News: HTML Loading Attribute, the Main ARIA Specifications, and Moving from iFrame to Shadow DOM
15.8.2019
In this week's roundup of platform news, Chrome introduces a new attribute for loading, accessibility specifications for web developers, and the BBC moves visualizations to the Shadow DOM.
Chrome ships the loading attribute
The HTML loading attribute for lazy-loading images and iframes is...
Ron Paul Slams Fednow Payment System and Encourages Crypto Competition
15.8.2019
Ron Paul, the muckraking former congressman from Texas, is stirring things up once again, this time taking aim at the new real-time digital payment system proposed last week by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Presented as an innovative solution by government and media voices, the cryptosphere received...
Anti-Corruption Group Proves Crypto’s True Power: You Can’t Confiscate Math
14.8.2019
Last week in Russia, state agents tore apart the offices of FBK, a privately funded anti-corruption foundation, freezing group assets and more than 100 bank accounts. Officials are using suspicion of money laundering as justification for targeting the largely bitcoin-funded group, possibly in a...
Ethereum vs Bitcoin: BTC Takes Downward Price Shift Over A Week; ETH Responds
13.8.2019
Bitcoin awaits a strong price recovery since the last 3 days, Ethereum follows the suit BTC price has stepped down remarkably over the last 5 days, shifted from $11,886 to $11,272 Bitcoin has traced a bearish trendline while it appears on the way of mild price recovery ETH also is in hassle...
Tron Price Analysis: TRX Price shows a downfall of 6% in the last week
13.8.2019
Tron was seen maintaining its price range from the last two days. The traders were quite apprehensive for the TRX coin as it has given positive results in the past. We were hopeful that the coin wouldn’t fall anymore. The future prospects of the coin were also guessed to be positive. TRX to...
Bitcoin Still up on the Week After Failing to Hold $11,000
13.8.2019
Bitcoin fails to hold $11,000, still leaving the coin up over 6% on the wee
IOTA Price Analysis: IOTA (MIOTA) Price Down By 13% Since Last Week
12.8.2019
IOTA price had reached as high as $0.30 on 5-Aug-19 at 11:55 UTC. However, post the said date, the IOTA coin slowly started to decline downwards. The movement of the coin over the last week has been at the same pace. On 10-Aug-19, it did manage to rise upwards despite the fall of the previous...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 32
12.8.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
EOS Price Analysis: EOS Kicks Off The Week On A Low Note Trading At $4.10 Again
12.8.2019
EOS records 2% downtrend since yesterday declining from $4.20 to $4.10 EOS may rise up to $4.50 in the next few days EOS recorded the highest value at $4.57 in the last 7 days, and it has suddenly declined to trade at $4 since then, but the coin may gain some momentum back again to …
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Weekly Platform News: CSS font-style: oblique, webhin browser extension, CSS Modules V1
9.8.2019
In this week's roundup, variable fonts get oblique, a new browser extension for linting, and the very first version of CSS Modules.
Use font-style: oblique on variable fonts
Some popular variable fonts have a 'wght' (weight) axis for displaying text at different font weights and a 'slnt' (slant)...
Overstock Will Open tZERO Security Token Market to Retail Traders Next Week
8.8.2019
Overstock is opening up trading on its security token market, tZERO, to retail investors starting next week
From Booze to Bitcoin Mining – Why Violent Prohibition Is Always Harmful
6.8.2019
Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region. On July 31, Russia’s...