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Cross-posted from the Google Official blog Posted by +Yonatan Zunger, Principal Engineer Reading and responding to comments can be one of the most rewarding aspects of blogging. Not only do they help you connect with your readers, they can also inspire later blog entries. The challenge, oftentimes, is following all the conversations around your content—on…
Intel continues to snap up startups to build out its machine learning and AI operations. In the latest move, TechCrunch has learned that the chip giant has acquired Cnvrg.io, an Israeli company that has built and operates a platform for data scientists to build and run machine learning models, which can be used to train…
You’ve seen the endless lines outside of stores during the holiday season. However, COVID-19 has dramatically spiked online sales and will likely continue to dissuade people from shopping in person through the end of 2020. If your WooCommerce store isn’t prepared for an onslaught of customers, you could run into serious trouble. Now is the…
The team behind the Vanilla Framework has a background in development, UX and Visual Design. We all care about accessibility, but none of us is an accessibility expert. We were interested in evaluating how well the framework complies with accessibility standards. We decided to start with an internal audit, fix any issues we find, then…
Google Analytics is one of the most used website statistics applications on the internet. You can easily find Google Analytics specific plugins that make it easy for you to integrate the application into your WordPress website. There is also the option to add Google Analytics directly to your WordPress site without using a plugin. These…
Source Book lovers unite! As of March 2020, all generations saw a considerable increase in reading. With the change in how we’re able to spend our free time, there is no wonder that reading has increased overall about 33%. Even better, if you have a WordPress website or blog, you can easily attract and retain…
Last month, Instagram celebrated its 10th birthday. During this decade, it has grown from a ‘Facebook for teenagers’ to an established social media platform used all over the world. And no, these users are not just teenagers anymore. Instagram is a great platform to come into contact and strengthen your relationship with your audience. In…
Lisa Gade reviews the 2020 Dell XPS 13 refresh. This is model 9310 with Intel 11th gen Tiger lake CPUs and the significantly faster Intel Xe graphics. Sponsored by Trend Micro Cleaner One Pro for Windows or Mac. Cleaner One Pro is an all in one cleaning and optimization utility to free up space, optimize…
Learn the basics of Python live from Sam Focht every Tuesday. This is part of a series that will cover the entire Python Programming language. Check out Sam’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/python_basics Python Basics with Sam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWKjhJtqVAbkmRvnFmOd4KhDdlK1oIq23 Read moreWhat is the difference between shared & dedicated hosting?— Learn to code for free and get a…
Learn everything you need to know about OpenCV in this full course for beginners. You will learn the very basics (reading images and videos, image transformations) to more advanced concepts (color spaces, edge detection). Towards the end, you’ll have hands-on experience building a Deep Computer Vision model to classify between the characters in the popular…
In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts. Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to…
Since 1999, millions of people have expressed themselves on Blogger. From detailed posts about almost every apple variety you could ever imagine to a blog dedicated to the art of blogging itself, the ability to easily share, publish and express oneself on the web is at the core of Blogger’s mission. As the web constantly…
Following the announcement of Google+ API deprecation scheduled for March 2019, a number of changes will be made to Blogger’s Google+ integration on 4 February 2019. Google+ widgets: Support for the “+1 Button”, “Google+ Followers” and “Google+ Badge” widgets in Layout will no longer be available. All instances of these widgets will be removed from…
To make room for some exciting updates coming soon to Blogger, we’re simplifying the platform to enhance the blogging experience for all of our users. Changes to existing features in Blogger (rolling out over the next few months): Google+ Integrations: Throughout the next few months, Blogger will transform Google+ widget integrations into HTML widgets to…
If you’re one of the millions of people who uses Blogger to share your views on current affairs, teach the world how to make sushi, or just offer a peek into your day, then you know how important it is to be able to put your personal stamp on your blog. After all, your blog…
[Cross-posted from the Google Security Blog] HTTPS is fundamental to internet security; it protects the integrity and confidentiality of data sent between websites and visitors’ browsers. Last September, we began rolling out HTTPS support for blogspot domain blogs so you could try it out. Today, we’re launching another milestone: an HTTPS version for every blogspot…
Back in September, we announced that HTTPS support was coming to blogspot.com, making it possible for you to encrypt connections to your blog; since then, many of you have enabled HTTPS for your blogs. In some cases, not all of your blog’s functionality has worked over HTTPS due to mixed content errors often stemming from…
A content delivery network is a critical part of getting frequently used content to your users quickly and cost-effectively. We’re excited to announce new, more flexible controls for Cloud CDN, making it even easier to improve performance and reducing the serving costs for regularly accessed content, no matter where your users are. Today, we’re delivering…
Raspberry Pi needs no introduction. What started as a low-spec computer for DIY enthusiasts, it can now be used as full-featured desktop. With the Raspberry Pi 400 release, they are making it more friendly for home computer usage. The Raspberry Pi 400 is basically a computer in the form of a keyboard. If you remember,…
Brief: GnuCash is a popular free and open-source accounting software that can be used to manage personal finance as well as business transactions. Considering the complexities of managing personal finances and business transactions, you will find a lot of online services or software tools that aim to simplify things. Some tools simply let you add…