a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Chrome 71 will warn users when pages secretly charge money for subscription

Nov09
by on November 9, 2018 at 11:56 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider


Have you ever received an invoice for a mobile service you never subscribe to? A lot of sites trick users into entering their mobile numbers to access content and then bill them through carriers. Google is trying to solve that by warning users of such pages in Chrome’s next release – Chrome 71. Google launched a guideline page that outlines some of the best practices for displaying subscription rates your website. The guideline takes into account for three major factors: Clearly display billing information: The site should inform users that they will be paying a subscription fee. Billing information should be visible and obvious to…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Vine’s successor is called Byte and it’ll launch next year

Nov09
by on November 9, 2018 at 11:04 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider


After months of waiting, Vine app’s fans can finally rejoice. Dom Hofmann, the founder of the now-defunct video-sharing app, has revealed his next app called Byte will launch in Spring of 2019. our new looping video app is called byte. launching spring 2019 pic.twitter.com/C3FMvkcIwc — dom hofmann (@dhof) November 8, 2018 Hofmann also confirmed that, similarly to Vine, Byte will also be a video-looping app. He even went as far as calling it version 2 of Vine. Hofmann created Vine in 2012 and Twitter acquired it the same year. By 2013, the platform took off and had nearly 200 million active…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Vine

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Thailand tightens its grip on ICO regulation

Nov09
by on November 9, 2018 at 9:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Thai regulators have been tough on cryptocurrency and blockchain this year, and if they pull off their latest plan it will further tighten their grip on the industry. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are preparing to launch its first regulated initial coin offering (ICO) portal later this month, according to the Bangkok Post. It appears that ICOs will be vetted on a case-by-case basis and will be added to the portal shortly after its launch, although there is no mention of a set date as yet. “At least one ICO portal will be certified in November, then we…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

What Chinese travel sites taught me about UI

Nov09
by on November 9, 2018 at 9:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Dorking around on travel sites is my weird little self-soothing, time-wasting extravagance. I don’t know what’s so exciting about plane ticket listings, I just like them. I like them in the way I like cheesecake and Pearl Jam. I once wrote gushing fan-mail to Adioso because I thought their human-centered approach to ticket search was hotter than Jorah Mormont in full plate mail. My first experience with Chinese travel sites was booking tickets on eLong many moons ago – 2007, I think? They had an English language interface and though they didn’t take any international payment methods at the time, I could swing by their office…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Chelsea FC is using AI research to improve coaching

Nov09
by on November 9, 2018 at 8:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


The best footballers aren’t necessarily the ones with the best physical skills. The difference between success and failure in football often lies in the ability to make the right split-second decisions on the field about where to run and when to tackle, pass, or shoot. So how can clubs help players train their brains as well as their bodies? My colleagues and I are working with Chelsea FC academy to develop a system to measure these decision-making skills using artificial intelligence (AI). We’re doing this by analyzing several seasons of data that tracks players and the ball throughout each game,…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: