Today, we announced the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2021, a celebration of apps and games that made positive contributions to culture this year. And to encourage innovation across Google Play, we’ve expanded this year’s awards to apps and games on tablets, plus apps on Wear OS and Google TV. By challenging the norm, introducing unique gameplay features, and giving users never-before-seen experiences, Google Play’s Best of winners represent what’s next in-app and game development.
Similar to our Best of 2020 winners, apps focused on personal growth were in high demand in 2021. This year’s winners found creative, and often meditative, ways to help users get to know themselves on a deeper level. Balance, which earned our Best App of 2021 award, encourages people to find their center through personalized meditations; Moonly provides tips and guidance based on the lunar calendar, and Laughscape helps people reach a meditative state through laughter.
Strict mode in JavaScript tightens the rules for certain behaviors. Here's everything you need to know about it.
JavaScript is a forgiving language. Some of its syntaxes is optional, and the language recovers from errors with more grace than many others. But this hand-holding comes with a penalty: it can be easier to introduce bugs, and inconsistent code is harder to read.
Fortunately, if you want to exercise more discipline, there’s an easy way of doing so: strict mode. Strict mode is a way of asking JavaScript to react more decisively when it encounters problems in your code.
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In addition to a new Microsoft Paint app and Microsoft Store, Windows 11 is now also getting a new Media Player, which replaces Groove Music. The new Media Player was originally spotted during a Windows Insider podcast, and it’s now rolling out to testers in the Dev Channel.
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Microsoft is working on two new features for Windows 11’s Task Manager: Microsoft Edge integration and Eco Mode. Microsoft Edge integration is now rolling out to devices running Windows 11 Build 22000.282, while the Eco Mode feature is expected to arrive later this year or early next year.
To ensure the browser doesn’t reduce the performance of your machine, Windows 11’s Task Manager can now better manage resources used by the Edge browser. As you’re probably aware, managing browsers using the Task Manager can be very frustrating and Microsoft wants to improve the experience.
Microsoft Edge 94 comes with several improvements for Windows 11’s Task Manager to better represent the browser processes. On Windows 10 or older, when you open Task Manager and tap on the Microsoft Edge processes tab, you will come across a list of processes using the generic name “Microsoft Edge”.
Currently, it is impossible to close tabs or extensions using the Task Manager. Thanks to the new update, Task Manager can now display a detailed view of the browser processes.
For some services like Microsoft Office web, item (tab) would share the same process with other items. You can click on the arrow to expand the process and see the other items of Microsoft Office.
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Looking for a better browser? We’ll compare Firefox with Chrome, Edge, Safari, Opera, Brave and Internet Explorer to help you make your decision.
Since your browser is your gateway to the internet, speed, security, privacy and utility are paramount. In recent years, Google Chrome has been the browser of choice for many. But at a time when online ads seem to follow us everywhere and data breaches are a fixture of news headlines, a lot of people are starting to demand more privacy and respect from their browser.
So is your browser the best one for what you do online? The right browser can make a big difference in how you experience the web. So, without further ado, let’s compare Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Brave, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge — and see which best suits your needs.
Mum 'took the plunge' and now has her own web design business
They are a roaring success - and even have their very own office Labrador.
A Plymouth mum ‘took the plunge’ to set up her own web design company – which is now one of the best in the city.
Diana Crabtree started the company in 2015 working from her dining room table one day a week and self-taught herself web design and search engine optimization.
A few years later she went full-time with another web developer, who now is a permanent member of the team, and now she owns her own premises at Reynolds Park in Plympton.
The Web Design and SEO Company are a small team of seven "fantastic" web, SEO, and digital marketing employees – and a Labrador – and who are all working towards the same aim to help local, and national businesses grow and make the most out of digital presence.
Diana had been an employee for over twenty-five years before starting up her own business, and she told PlymouthLive she feels "proud" to have won the '3 Best Rated Website Designers' for the third year in the row.
Diana said: "It was a big move because I had a good job, I worked in my dining room part-time for a couple of years and it was a big decision.
"I have always wanted to run my own business, but have always worked for other people all my life."
"I never came up with the idea that would be good commercially, but then I worked with a company in Estover for five and a half years."
"When I got to 50 I thought I can actually do this myself and thought that I could do it really well- so at that point I thought if I don't do it now, I'm never going to do it."
"I just took the plunge and started to build the business by myself, my team is really creative, my area of business is commercial and helping people grow their businesses."
Staff at The Web Design and SEO Company. October 28, 2021
The Web Design and SEO Company award meant they faced a rigorous fifty-point inspection that included everything from checking reviews, ratings, reputation, history, complaints, satisfaction, and trust and cost to the general excellence- that they passed with flying colors.
They now have close to one-hundred clients, some of who have been there since the early days of opening, from Plymouth, Devon, and Cornwall including Moorland Heating, MLT Plumbing and Heating, Plympton Osteopathic Clinic, and Crownhill Conservatories.
They also work with Plymouth University, Nash and Co, Solicitors, and Tamar Caravan Centre and pride themselves on providing "first-class customer service" to their customers.
Diana told PlymouthLive: "We have had clients who have been with us literally since day one, it's all about building long-term relationships with our customers and really being a trusted partner- and they really do trust us.
"One of our clients had a follow-up meeting and the clients said they were 'so pleased' and 'uplifted' by the new website and to hear that, it makes our jobs really worthwhile."
In May 2019, Diana found her Web Design and SEO Company a new home renting out the top floor of an office that was available at the time.
Before long Diana decided to buy the whole premises which included a garage that has been converted into a staff room, with a fully equipped kitchen, and a purpose-built meeting room for staff and clients.
Diana said the reason why she decided not to buy the location straight away was that with the pandemic, she wanted to make sure her business is going to be sustainable in the future.
"We have only been in the office for just over two years, we rented it and then bought it. We have done everything really carefully so we know it will be sustainable for the future," she said.
"Downstairs was literally just a garage and we had it completely ripped out and worked with all local people and tradesmen, including one of our clients, who helped us transform it."
"We also have a lovely staff room and a really nice, big meeting room now that we use not only for internal interviews but for our clients who prefer to meet face to face."
"We had a meeting in here yesterday and it was a website we put live a couple of weeks ago and the husband and wife came in with their little boy."
She added: "It's just a nice place for people to come, we welcome them in and make them a cup of tea- it's just a friendly and welcoming place to be."
PHP 8.2 includes a number of new features and improvements. Here are some of the main ones:
Improved Type Variance: PHP 8.2 introduces improved type variance for generic types, allowing you to specify whether a generic type is covariant, contravariant, or invariant. This can help to improve type safety and flexibility when working with generic types.
Performance Improvements: PHP 8.2 includes various performance improvements, including faster JIT compilation, faster garbage collection, and improved handling of large arrays. These improvements can help to make PHP applications faster and more efficient.
Deprecations: Some features have been deprecated in PHP 8.2, including the assert() function when used with a string argument, and the list() construct with a single array element. It's important to be aware of these deprecations if you are upgrading from an earlier version of PHP.
Here are some examples of features that have been deprecated in PHP 8.2:
assert() function with string argument: The assert() function can be used to perform runtime checks, but it has been deprecated when used with a string argument. Instead, you should use the assert() function with a boolean argument or an expression.
list() construct with a single array element: The list() construct allows you to unpack the elements of an array into separate variables. It has been deprecated when used with a single array element, as this usage was considered confusing and error-prone.
create_function(): The create_function() function has been deprecated, as it has been superseded by anonymous functions, which are more flexible and easier to use.
mb_ereg_replace_callback(): The mb_ereg_replace_callback() function has been deprecated, as it has been superseded by the preg_replace_callback() function, which provides similar functionality and is more widely used.
Callables that are not accepted by the $callable() syntax (but are accepted by call_user_func()) are deprecated.
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