Gooligan Malware Infects 1 Million Android Devices

A new type of malware is doing the rounds, and it has already infected 1 million Android devices. Dubbed Gooligan, this malware roots Android, giving the hackers full control of people’s devices. Anyone with an Android running Jelly Bean, KitKat, or Lollipop is currently at risk.

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Improve User Experience with Intelligent Delivery (via Multiple CDNs)

We always want the best experience for our users so they will keep running back to our services. These days I spend more of my time as a developer optimizing and delivering content efficiently, than I do writing the actual code.

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HTTPie, a Human-Friendly cURL-Like Tool

cURL is a commonly used command-line tool for making HTTP requests. In this tutorial, we'll have a look at HTTPie, a command-line tool for making HTTP requests in a human-friendly way. HTTPie uses commands with simple and natural syntax and displays the output in a presentable manner. 

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JavaScript Promises for Dummies

Javascript Promises are not difficult. However, lots of people find it a little bit hard to understand at the beginning. Therefore, I would like to write down the way I understand promise, in a dummy way. You don't know if you will get that phone until next week.

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Hackers can unmask Tor users identity using a Firefox zero-day flaw

A Firefox zero-day vulnerability is being used in the wild to unmask Tor Browser users. This is nearly identical to what the FBI used in 2013 to deanonymize Tor users during an investigation of a child pornography site.

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The Coolest Features You Can Unlock in Android's Developer Options

Android’s developer options menu is a secret treasure trove of tweaks that adventurous users can play with. If you want to install any app to your SD card, speed up window animations, or even save some battery life, here’s how to unlock and use this hidden menu.

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Random Interesting Facts on HTML/SVG usage

Last time, we saw how the average web page looks like using data from about 8 million websites. That's a lot of data, and we've been continuing to sift through it. We're back again this time to showcase some random and hopefully interesting facts on markup usage.

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