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14 votes
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As the world quieted down in 2020, Raspberry Shakes listened
5 votes -
Teachers in Africa are using radio to keep remote learning affordable and accessible, since many households have no access to internet or a computer
7 votes -
Gmail suffers another outage
12 votes -
Understanding ProRAW: A journey into cameras, RAW, and a look at what makes ProRAW so special
12 votes -
Privacy considerations in large language models
3 votes -
European Commission proposes Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: New rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other platforms operating in the EU
10 votes -
How accessibility leads to better digital products for all customers
13 votes -
Pine64 December update: The longest one yet
4 votes -
The making of Hey's dumpsterfile.email, an internet service that receives an email, prints it, and burns it in a dumpster on a livestream
11 votes -
Do you think that Shopify could soon rival Amazon?
Notice: This has been cross-posted to another website, and re-worded I currently work in the eCommerce industry, and have hands-on experience building up a Shopify site from the ground up. As I...
Notice: This has been cross-posted to another website, and re-worded
I currently work in the eCommerce industry, and have hands-on experience building up a Shopify site from the ground up. As I watch all of the developments that Shopify makes both from a technical development standpoint and logistical standpoint, it becomes more and more clear to me that Shopify can begin to take on Amazon directly.
The introduction of Shop app, which aggregates all shipments into a single application including those outside of Amazon, also allows users to browse products from any particular Shopify store. The app also notifies you of any shipping updates, and when packages have been delivered.
From a technical standpoint, Shopify's main attractions come down to a few things: order management, credit card processing, customer management, and plugin integrations. This is the core of Shopify's platform for both larger and smaller businesses. Though due to Shopify's requirement of using their CMS to serve your content, enterprise users have to look elsewhere in order to build something called "headless builds", which essentially use alternate CMS mixed with Shopify's CMS to continue serving their content.
There are a few companies that make such software in order to build out a fully custom site while still using the Shopify platform as its core, though at the moment they are a little 'hacky' but still fully functional. Given the interest in Shopify's platform at such a high level, they are very likely working on their own headless framework which could allow for 1) mainstream stores to integrate their existing platforms into a unified Shopify marketplace, and 2) to allow stores to build out fully custom websites using the Shopify platform at its core and also enroll them into a unified Shopify marketplace.
Amazon has mostly become a front for cheap Chinese-made products, laden with review manipulation and questionable product quality. By instead bringing large brands on board with a unified Shopify marketplace, those stores can sell quality products backed by their brands which can gain trust from customers, and will give rise to smaller brands that may have been unnoticed by larger populations.
[ For example, I recently bought a pair of shoes from a very popular Shopify store: they represent quality, comfort, and eco-friendliness. I personally find myself more willing to spend money on quality products from companies I know I can trust. ]What's everyone's thoughts? Are there any general problems that could come from Shopify trying to jump-start a full-blown marketplace? Do you think that companies would be willing to integrate their ERP's and CMS's with whatever API's or headless framework Shopify decides to build out?
9 votes -
EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech
6 votes -
FTC issues orders to Amazon, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube seeking data about practices related to personal information, advertising, and user engagement
29 votes -
The presence prison
7 votes -
Privacy matters even if “you have nothing to hide”
12 votes -
Tomorrow’s World: Office of the Future (1969)
7 votes -
Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data
6 votes -
Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash
19 votes -
Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers
18 votes -
US Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government
20 votes -
Small tech
6 votes -
RISC-V International reports another strong year of growth with new technical milestones, educational programs, RISC-V adoption and more
7 votes -
Germany opens legal action against Facebook account requirement for Oculus headsets
21 votes -
US FTC sues Facebook for illegal monopolization
47 votes -
Facebook announces plan to break up US Government before it becomes too powerful
40 votes -
What do I need to know about switching from Android to iOS for my phone?
I've been all in on Android for quite a while, but I'll be making the jump to an iPhone with the next phone I get, which will end up being soon, as my current one is having some hardware issues....
I've been all in on Android for quite a while, but I'll be making the jump to an iPhone with the next phone I get, which will end up being soon, as my current one is having some hardware issues.
What do I need to know about crossing over?
In particular, I would like to leave my Google account behind and NOT have it logged into my new phone. I use Fastmail for my email and contacts -- will I be able to sync my contacts easily to an iOS device from it, or will I have to import them into iCloud?
I'm also open to app recommendations for basic stuff -- preferably ones that are open-source and privacy-friendly. On Android I run a lot of stuff out of F-Droid, but I know iOS is a lot more locked down, so I'm interested to know what the best options are in their store (I have no interest in jailbreaking mg device).
Also, are there any huge disadvantages I should be aware of regarding older models? The new line just came out, which means the older ones are cheaper, and I'm a casual enough phone user that I should be fine with older hardware, but I want to know if there are any big tradeoffs.
Finally, if there are any cool iOS tips or tricks I should know about, let me know!
16 votes -
What is happening in r/CentOS and why /u/redundantly should not be a moderator
9 votes -
MediaPipe Holistic — Simultaneous face, hand and pose prediction, on device
4 votes -
Brave Today - A privacy-preserving news reader integrated into the Brave browser and using their new "private CDN" to prevent tracking what users are reading
10 votes -
oklinks - a Lemmy-based meta-agreggator of link sharing sites, including Tildes
4 votes -
disroot.org (providers of hosted open source services) is getting his emails blocked by Microsoft and wants your help
13 votes -
"They demolished my house for this?" In Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, families were forced out for a huge Foxconn factory, but three years later, it still hasn’t been built
22 votes -
Activists sound alarm over African biometric ID projects
4 votes -
Amazon Halo review: The fitness gadget we don’t deserve or need
5 votes -
Apple preparing next Mac chips with aim to outclass top-end PCs; up to 32 core CPU's, 16 core GPU's rumored
18 votes -
Hyundai Motor acquires Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for approximately $920 million
4 votes -
Is there a video downloader extension/program that still works?
In the past I used whatever Chrome extension I found, then moved on to youtube-DLG because Google Play store doesn't allow extensions that let you download off of Youtube. Now neither is working,...
In the past I used whatever Chrome extension I found, then moved on to youtube-DLG because Google Play store doesn't allow extensions that let you download off of Youtube. Now neither is working, on and off Youtube. I'd wager websites are trying to actively fight people downloading videos, even though (I assume) the data is likely identical to what we're viewing in the browser.
9 votes -
Did youtube just make it so you can't watch embedded videos that have an age restriction without logging in?
I just try to navigate the internet with as little "logging in" as possible. Youtube always had an age restriction that forced you to confirm your age by logging in but it could be bypassed when...
I just try to navigate the internet with as little "logging in" as possible. Youtube always had an age restriction that forced you to confirm your age by logging in but it could be bypassed when watching the video embedded on another site. I just tried for the Hitman 3 trailer on /r/games and it didn't let me. That's the first time this happened. Could it be just some adblock thingy? Or are they no longer letting you watch restricted content without logging in?
10 votes -
Neil Patel of NP Digital discusses future of SEO, voice-recognition and more
3 votes -
Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE
4 votes -
Chrome team tests "private prefetch proxy"
8 votes -
Is the F-35 worth $115 million? An engineering deep-dive
5 votes -
We need more broadband internet than ever with Covid keeping us at home
9 votes -
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says.
19 votes -
LinkedIn’s alternate universe - How the professional platform makes networking weird
11 votes -
Spotify claims it’s dominating the podcasting market because of a million-plus tiny podcasts
8 votes -
Google announces Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G phones, new Chromecast, and Nest Audio smart speaker
13 votes -
Linus Tech Tips - $1500 PC Secret Shopper 2 (full playlist)
15 votes -
Notable developer Hector Martin "marcan" starts Patreon to fund Apple Silicon Linux port
21 votes -
How the Internet failed and how to recreate it
6 votes