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Instagram confirms that its service is down due to a ‘feed delivery issue’ [Update: Now back]

Apr12
by on April 12, 2014 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, instagram, instagram down, is instagram down?

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If you envisaged flicking through Instagram this weekend then it might be worth taking an extra coffee and coming back a bit later as the Facebook-owned photo app is down right now due to a “feed delivery issue”. Update: It looks like the service is back and working for a lot of people — TNW staff included — though that has not been confirmed by Instagram. We first noticed the outage, which is affecting the website and mobile apps, at around 9:00 EDT so this is a lengthy outage. The Instagram team is on the case now, however, so the…

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Instagram confirms that its service is down due to a ‘feed delivery issue’

Apr12
by on April 12, 2014 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, instagram, instagram down, is instagram down?

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If you envisaged flicking through Instagram this weekend then it might be worth taking an extra coffee and coming back a bit later as the Facebook-owned photo app is down right now due to a “feed delivery issue”. TNW staff first noticed the outage, which is affecting the website and mobile apps, at around 9:00 EDT so this is a lengthy outage. The Instagram team is on the case now, however, so the app should be back working soon for Instaaddicts out there. We recommend keeping an eye on the company’s Twitter account for the latest. We’re working to fix…

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How we hacked Google’s production server and received a $10K reward

Apr12
by on April 12, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Fredrick Almroth and Mathias Karlsson are the co-founders of Detectify. This post originally appeared on the Detectify blog. To stay on top on the latest security alerts, we often spend time on bug bounties and CTF’s. When we were discussing the challenge for the weekend, Mathias got an interesting idea: What target can we use against itself? Of course. The Google search engine! What would be better than to scan Google for bugs other than by using the search engine itself? What kind of software tend to contain the most vulnerabilities? Old and deprecated software Unknown and hardly accessible software Proprietary…

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Do what you love: Why you are not your job

Apr12
by on April 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, LifeHacks

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Paul Jarvis is a Web designer and bestselling author. His upcoming book, The Good Creative, outlines the 18 habits of the world’s most respected artists. “If we believe that personal fulfillment is really the ultimate purpose of labour, then who do we expect to do all the other jobs that are not so existentially fulfilling?” -Mika Tokumsitu Even as someone who works for myself and makes a living off of creativity, it’s not always fun. I’m not like those photos you see from Google image searches of people who work from home, stretching out while letting the rays of sunshine wash over…

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