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Here’s how you can apply experience-design to your everyday life

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by on May 31, 2019 at 9:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


The other day a coworker and I were chatting about our phone’s home screens and the way we organize our app icons. We spent a good amount of time describing to one another our implicit rules on how we prioritize homepage icons, how we choose apps that will sit on the edge vs. the middle of the screen, how we thoughtfully select the ones that will stay fixed on the bottom dock. We were verbally documenting our own unspoken rules on how we had “designed” our phone home screen experience. Here’s where I stand as of today: I try to limit…

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Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data

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by on May 31, 2019 at 8:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Google is expanding its privacy audit to make third-party developer access to Chrome and Google Drive more secure. To that effect, developers must rework their Chrome extensions to request only minimum permissions without compromising their functionality “We’re requiring extensions to only request access to the appropriate data needed to implement their features,” Google outlined on its Safety and Security page. “If there is more than one permission that could be used to implement a feature, developers must use the permission with access to the least amount of data.” Google is also requiring extensions that “handle personal communications and user-provided content”…

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First impressions: The OnePlus 7 is a ‘flagship’ for people who can resist the Pro

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by on May 31, 2019 at 8:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


A few weeks ago, OnePlus released its most extravagant phone yet, the OnePlus 7 Pro. Now, it’s time for its more vanilla variant, the OnePlus 7. While OnePlus blew us off with the new design and a stunning screen with the Pro version, this one’s just an iterative update to the OnePlus 6T, and you might think they’re the same phone when you first look at them. But, more on that later. First, let’s look at the specifications: Specifications Screen: 6.41-inch FullHD AMOLED at 1080×2340 resolution Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, octa-core, up to 2.84 GHz Memory: 6GB/8GB Rear camera: 48–megapixel sensor with f/1.7 aperture +…

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North Korean hackers caught phishing for South Koreans’ cryptocurrency

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by on May 31, 2019 at 8:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Hackers from North Korea are making headlines again, this time for going after the funds of users of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit. The hackers allegedly sent a phishing email to UpBit users earlier this week. The email falsely claimed that the exchange needed additional customer information to process a nonexistent sweepstakes’ payout, according to information obtained by security firm East Security, CoinDesk Korea reports. It’s reported that a file was attached to the email which claimed to contain more information about the payout but would in fact run malicious code when opened. East Security believes the phishing email originated…

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