Scaleway seems too good to be true
The French VPS provider Scaleway doesn’t deliver promised features like IPv6, reverse DNS, or Linux distribution availability.
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DNSLink and IPNS availability survey
I surveyed millions of websites to discover which domains were set up with an DNSLink address for the IPFS peer-to-peer alternative to the internet.
Contour Diabetes app, Bluetooth, and why we can’t have nice things
The Contour Next glucose monitor and its companion app communicate with each other over Bluetooth. Well, they try to anyway.
Why we need the distributed web
The web has become too centralized. The distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) web can help tear down the walled gardens erected by big tech companies.
Not getting much done with Microsoft To-Do
Microsoft To-Do app is slow and requires frequent reloading. It doesn’t sync with Outlook, Cortana, and other Microsoft task list apps.
New browser extension lets you opt-out of Google AMP
A new browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that gives people the choice to opt-out of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in favor of the open web.
Combat article theft by delaying RSS feeds
I tried and succeeded in fighting back against news feed (‘RSS’) content scrapers by slightly delaying the publication of my feeds.
Cheapo Windows licenses openly sold as “pirate keys” on Amazon.ca
Amazon Canada sells dirt cheap copies of Microsoft Windows 10. The product listings openly advertise “pirate key” as a product feature!
Flattr launches podcast and YouTube micro-subscriptions
Flattr users can now use their subscriptions to contribute to podcasts and YouTube creators. Creators get access to a new recurring revenue stream.
Extension enhances privacy of all embedded YouTube videos
Ensure better privacy for YouTube videos embedded around the web with this new Firefox browser extension.
Web Reading Mode: A bad reading experience
Browser reading modes are inconsistent and readers never know what they’ll get when clicking on the Reading Mode button.
Web Reading Mode: Title, author, and date metadata extraction
How do browser reading modes detect metadata like the article title, publication date, and author? There’s no standard so web browsers all do their own thing.