Map API Geocode | Free Geocoding API | Address search and locator API

MapmyIndia provides free geocoding API documentation. Map API geocode offers searches for provided address, city or point of interest (POI) and returns all available details along with its coordinates on the map. Although very nice, I'm very interested in the code or architecture behind this.

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Resisting a mobile future is futile

I recently wrote an article titled throw your tablet strategy away. I wrote this as I observed “phablets”, as well as smartphones more generally, eating further into the sales and use cases of larger format computers.

from My Pocket http://blog.contactlight.co/posts/resisting-a-mobile-future-is-futile

APIs ❤ Analytics Online Hackathon by Rocketgraph - $1,500 cash prizes and more. Check it out! : programming

APIs ❤ Analytics Online Hackathon by Rocketgraph - $1,500 cash prizes and more. Check it out! (rocketgraph.devpost.com)

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Tales from the Lunar Module Guidance Computer

Tales from the Lunar Module Guidance Computer (doneyles.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading...

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javascript web workers (multithreading in js )

Is this ecma6 feature? I have not heard it before. But it's good to have I suppose.

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Machine Learning and Automated Trading For Fun And Losses

Machine Learning and Automated Trading For Fun And Losses (thedarkside.frantzmiccoli.com)submitted 18 minutes ago by loading...

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Instructions to replace a live Debian installation with Arch · GitHub

replace-debian-with-arch.txt # Download latest archlinux bootstrap package, see https://www.archlinux.org/download/ wget http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/iso/2016.01.01/archlinux-bootstrap-2016.01.01-x86_64.tar.gz # Make sure you'll have enough entropy for pacman-key later.

from My Pocket https://gist.github.com/m-ou-se/863ad01a0928e184b2b8

Ask HN: How do I fire someone who has sensitive data on their personal laptop?

2) Part of the P&P entails an audit by the designated Security Officer (in this case, me), in which I personally oversaw the deletion of all production data from every personal and non-personal machine.

from My Pocket https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10988751

Fraternal Order of Police Data Dump

The following files were submitted to me through a confidential source, and have asked me to distribute it in the public interest. I cannot guarantee the authenticity of all parts of the document, but I have been assured the source is credible.

from My Pocket https://fop.thecthulhu.com/

Firebird SQL Language Reference Beta 1 released

I wonder what's the selling point of firebird. PostgreSQL offers as much more functionality and features as compared to Oracle, MS Sql.

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Affordable IaaS Cloud Provider Comparison

Affordable IaaS Cloud Provider Comparison (blog.jixee.me)submitted 16 hours ago by loading...

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Wercker: A new open source dev tool for automating your testing, building and deployment

Wercker: A new open source dev tool for automating your testing, building and deployment (github.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

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Russia says Saudis proposing global oil production cut

ST PETERSBURG, Russia/DUBAI Russia said on Thursday that OPEC's largest producer Saudi Arabia, had proposed oil production cuts of up to 5 percent in what would be the first global deal in over a decade to help clear a glut of crude and prop up sinking prices.

from My Pocket http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-oil-cuts-proposals-idUSKCN0V61WS

Get an interview at LinkedIn by solving this puzzle : programming

Finished it. Funny challenge, quite like sudoku. But I won't enter my mail address. Although I'm wondering what they are looking for. Regexp experts? :) If they were looking for regex experts they'd have to come up with something a lot more difficult than that...

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/434lml/get_an_interview_at_linkedin_by_solving_this/

The Beauty of a Hybrid Version Control System

It wasn’t that long ago when versioning systems were all highly centralized affairs. And this wasn’t accidental but for good reasons. As soon as you have two people working on the same files, you must manage the workflow of changes.

from My Pocket http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1074810/The-Beauty-of-a-Hybrid-Version-Control-System

Kafka and Elasticsearch, a Perfect Match

Kafka and Elasticsearch, a Perfect Match (qbox.io)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

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We’re a team of engineers, scientists, doctors, designers, and doers building the future of marketing.

from My Pocket https://www.custora.com/careers?gh_jid=56451

The care and feeding of the [developer's] brain.

The care and feeding of the [developer's] brain. (dailytechnology.net)

from My Pocket http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/437327/the_care_and_feeding_of_the_developers_brain/

Why PHP is the Harry Potter of programming, and why that’s an amazing thing

Almost makes me want to take up PHP. Almost....

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How do you guys see the closure of Parse by Facebook?

How do you guys see the closure of Parse by Facebook? (techcrunch.com) Didn't they promise to give you back all your data and open source the server?

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/437ute/how_do_you_guys_see_the_closure_of_parse_by/

Self Immolation Survivor Looks Back at Arab Spring

The Arab Spring began five years ago when two men set themselves on fire in Tunisia. One of them survived his self-immolation -- and now wishes he hadn't. This is his story. Hosni Kaliya pulls a cigarette out of his pack with his mouth.

from My Pocket http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/self-immolation-survivor-looks-back-at-arab-spring-a-1072814.html

US government changes personnel data processing after OPM hack

The US government has unveiled plans for the Department of Defence (DoD) to take control of federal background checks following the attack on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last year.

from My Pocket http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2443093/us-government-changes-personnel-data-processing-after-opm-hack

4 inspiring women shaping the future of the STEM workforce

Great piece from Mashable highlighting four women who are making waves in the STEM community. Within the tech world, it’s a known fact that women are outrageously underrepresented.

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/01/25/4-inspiring-women-shaping-the-future-of-the-stem-workforce/

Raspberry Pi Zero Cluster Packs a Punch

If you could actually buy 16 Raspberry Pi Zeros, you might be able to build your very own Raspberry Pi Cluster for only $80! Well… minus the cost of the board to tie them all together… Since we will use Pi’s GPU for image processing, deep learning, etc.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/25/raspberry-pi-zero-cluster-packs-a-punch/

Tor Project raises over $200,000 in crowdfunded support

The Tor Project has managed to secure over $200,000 in funding from backers keen to see the group's network expand. In a blog post, the non-profit announced that over $205,000 has been raised by 5,265 supporters in the last few months due to the company's first crowdfunded campaign.

from My Pocket http://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-project-raises-over-200000-in-crowdfunded-support/

All-Seeing Eyes – How satellites are used to spy on us all #ArtTuesday

Neat print from Lapham’s Quarterly. Pick one up here. Check out all the Circuit Playground Episodes! Our new kid’s show and subscribe!

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/01/26/all-seeing-eyes-how-satellites-are-used-to-spy-on-us-all-arttuesday/

Warning — People are Sharing a Link that will Crash and Reboot your iPhone

If you come across a link to crashsafari.com, you are advised not to open it on your iPhone, iPad or even Macs. Doing so will cause Safari application to crash, potentially causing your Apple device to restart.

from My Pocket http://thehackernews.com/2016/01/iphone-crash.html

The Neurologist Who Hacked His Brain—And Almost Lost His Mind

The brain surgery lasted 11 and a half hours, beginning on the afternoon of June 21, 2014, and stretching into the Caribbean predawn of the next day.

from My Pocket http://www.wired.com/2016/01/phil-kennedy-mind-control-computer/

The Dark Arts: Meet the LulzSec Hackers

It’s difficult to say if [Aaron Barr], then CEO of software security company HBGary Federal, was in his right mind when he targeted the notorious hacking group known as Anonymous. He was trying to correlate Facebook and IRC activity to reveal the identities of the group’s key figures.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/26/the-dark-arts-meet-the-lulzsec-hackers/

How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education #makereducation

Interesting read from TechCrunch that argues new ed tech start-ups are providing the 1 on 1 mentoring students aren’t able to get in the traditional classroom setting.

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/01/26/how-startups-are-solving-a-decades-old-problem-in-education-makereducation/

Hacking a USB Port Onto an Old Router

Sometimes hacks don’t have to be innovative to be satisfying.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/26/hacking-a-usb-port-onto-an-old-router/

A Gmail se le indexan 25.000 URLs en Google... de nuevo

Una de las cosas que estuve mirando era qué información se queda en los índices de los buscadores por culpa de fallos humanos y falta de fortificación de los servidores web frente a las arañas de búsqueda.

from My Pocket http://www.elladodelmal.com/2016/01/a-gmail-se-le-indexan-25000-urls-en.html

Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in just One Second

Some of the fastest Rubik’s cube solvers in the world have gotten down to a five second solve — which is quite an incredible feat for a human — but how about one second? Well, [Jay Flatland] and [Paul Rose] just built a robot that can do exactly that.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/27/robot-solves-rubiks-cube-in-just-one-second/

from My Pocket https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39339

Rogue Google browser extension found spying on users

A rogue Google extension is granting invasive permissions that let the app spy on user activity, according to security firm Malwarebytes. A recent analysis by the firm warned of a malvertising campaign that hit Google's Chrome browser and pushed users into installing a dodgy extension called iCalc.

from My Pocket http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2443493/rogue-google-browser-extension-found-spying-on-users

from My Pocket https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39340/

from My Pocket https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39342

TP-LINK’s WiFi Defaults to Worst Unique Passwords Ever

This “security” is so outrageous we had to look for hidden cameras to make sure we’re not being pranked. We don’t want to ruin the face-palming realization for you, so before clicking past the break look closely at the image above and see if you can spot the exploit.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/27/tp-links-wifi-defaults-to-worst-unique-passwords-ever/

Datalogging Accelerometer Data To An SDCard

MindForge built a datalogger project which logs accelerometer values to an SDCard: This project started as an EMG datalogger to study my dad’s Parkinson’s disease, but after some testing I determined wearing electrodes wasn’t practical for the long term datalogging that I wanted to do, the

from My Pocket http://dangerousprototypes.com/2016/01/27/datalogging-accelerometer-data-to-an-sdcard/

Hack Your Shower to Reuse Heat and Water

Imagine taking a deliciously long hot shower… Sounds great, except for all that fresh water and heat energy pouring down the drain! Well now you can enjoy long showers without the waste.

from My Pocket http://makezine.com/2016/01/27/hack-your-shower-reuse-heat-water/

High Voltage Person Made from Electronic Components

Proto G made a nice soldered together figurine out of electronic components. I thought the design ended there with an interesting piece of art, but there is more. You will notice that Anthony is wearing some rubber gloves at the start of the video.

from My Pocket http://hackedgadgets.com/2016/01/27/high-voltage-person-made-from-electronic-components/

Warbots: Is it Already Too Late?

In 1971, a non-profit formed that holds the World Economic Forum each year. The Forum claims it “Engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/28/warbots-is-it-already-too-late/

NSA Hacker Chief Explains How to Keep Him Out of Your System

It was the talk most anticipated at this year’s inaugural Usenix Enigma security conference in San Francisco and one that even the other speakers were eager to hear.

from My Pocket http://www.wired.com/2016/01/nsa-hacker-chief-explains-how-to-keep-him-out-of-your-system/

Getting a reverse shell on your Seagate personal NAS

I needed a cheap NAS system and had originally intended to give this one away as a gift to a relative for Christmas. However, said relative isn’t very technical and tl;dr I’m awful at choosing gifts for people so I decided to poke the proprietary device and see if we could have some fun with it.

from My Pocket http://atxsec.com/getting-a-reverse-shell-on-your-seagate-personal-nas/

Hacking a coffee machine

The folks at Q42 write code, lots of it, and this implies the copious consumption of coffee. In more primitive times, an actual human person would measure how many cups were consumed and update a counter on their website once a day.

from My Pocket http://hackaday.com/2016/01/28/hacking-a-coffee-machine/

PHP News, Views and Community

In this post to his blog Mark Baker looks at a feature added in PHP 5.5 - generators - and how to use them with some of the array handling functionality PHP provides. [...

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23570

Docker for PHP Developers

19:00 BST, 13:00 CDT, 11:00 PDT Not sure of the time in your area? Check it on timeanddate.com Thanks to tools like vagrant, puppet/chef, and Platform as a Service services like Heroku, developers are extremely used to being able to spin up a development environment that is the same every time.

from My Pocket https://nomadphp.com/2016/01/25/docker-for-php-developers/

PHP News, Views and Community

In a post to his site Alfred Nutile has posted a guide to integrating feature flags (toggles) into your Laravel-based application to show and hide features based on different criteria. He makes use of the Atriedes/feature library to handle some of the logic and decisions for him. [...

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23592

PHP News, Views and Community

On the Ethode.com blog they've shared some hints for working with legacy code to help you more effectively refactor your way out of the "spaghetti code" you might have right now.

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23601

PHP News, Views and Community

The SitePoint PHP blog continues their series covering the use of the OctoberCMS product to create a custom content management system tailored to your needs.

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23605