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What do you need to make a successful web app?

Here’s some things you need to make a successful web app: A plan to make an application that helps real people to make their lives easier, solving a well-researched problem Understand human psychology Know how to design, both in terms of UX flow and visual design A marketing plan, to tell potential customers that your […]




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What to do when Stack Overflow is down?

The Internet is awesome. Information at your fingertips and always-available help from people all over the world is one of humanity’s dreams come true. I’m not sure if the ancient philosophers included copy & pasting of code snippets in this dream, but it’s a fact of daily developer life. It’s awesome, and it’s very convenient. […]




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Why and how I ditched icon fonts in favor of inline SVG

Webfonts are the new hotness, and icon fonts even more so. There’s plenty to choose from, and Google just released an icon font that’s based on the new Android L. Icon nirvana reached? Not really. Icon fonts have a few nasty problems that icon font makers rarely make you aware of. Here’s a few of […]




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Get retinafied and support kids in need!

Up to and including Monday December 1, 100% of sales of my Retina Web ebook will go to Donors Choose projects in Ferguson, MO. These kids need our help! Thank you! Get your copy now!




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Thanks to Retinafy.me readers, $1,044 go to kids in Ferguson!

Last Tuesday, I’ve started a little Thanksgiving charity drive to get some money together for kids in Ferguson. I couldn’t be happier that I’ve sold $1,044 worth of my book Retinafy.me with 100% of this going to Donors Choose projects in Ferguson, MO. (I’m coming up for the payment processor fees out of my own […]




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How to actually ship software that actually works

Do you think you have what it takes to ship great software? I’ll let you in on a secret: it’s not easy and takes a lot of effort—but it’s all skills that you can learn. Here’s my checklist for getting software projects done, in a way that they actually ship and actually work well: Learn […]




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Swine flu cases on rise

Telangana tops in number of cases; deaths reported from several States in the past two days




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Probability of death by NCDs high in India: WHO




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Swine flu hits Telangana hard

Seven deaths and 150 positive cases have been reported since January 1




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Swine flu: 3-member team for Telangana




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TN sets up swine flu call centre

Call 044-24350496, 044-24334811, 9444340496, 9361482899 and 104 for information related to swine flu and fever, diagnostic centres and treatment from government hospitals




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Affordable swine flu vaccine that never made it




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Ebola vaccine safe, generates immune response, shows trial




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Flu in the air

Public health experts agree that the response to the pandemic depends on constant surveillance and monitoring the evolution of the viral strain




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New virus, more outbreaks

A look at state-wise data shows that states with larger numbers of fatalities are also those with less successful public health infrastructure as a whole




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Rajasthan in emergency mode

There is panic, and thousands of people are pouring into hospitals to get themselves tested for the infection




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Visible change in health indicators, says Nadda



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H1N1: health workers to be vaccinated




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10,000 U.S.-supported civilians needed to fight Ebola: United Nations




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H1N1 cases to come under 3 categories



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H1N1 virus has not mutated: Centre



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Swine flu toll mounts across country



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Ebola transmission from dead patients possible



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Reasons for surge in H1N1 cases yet to be identified

People Cautioned against self medication



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Swine flu: Govt. ‘closely monitoring’ situation across India




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Why this surge in H1N1 cases, States asked

Centre wants epidemiological study to identify the causes




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Swine flu deaths soar past 660

Number of people affected by the H1N1 virus breaches the 10,000 mark as it spreads to new places like Nagaland.



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Mizoram reports first case of swine flu




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13 more test positive for swine flu in Jammu and Kashmir




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40 new drug stores granted licence to sell Tamiflu tablets in Delhi




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Centre tells States to operate 24x7 swine flu helplines



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Swine Flu: Live chat with Dr. Subhakar from Osmania Medical College




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9 IPS trainees test positive for swine flu at Hyderabad police academy

Three out of the nine officers, who were admitted to various private hospitals in Hyderabad, have already been discharged while the remaining are in stable condition.




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Swine flu toll rises to 774




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Swine flu claims 38 more lives

13,688 affected by H1N1 virus across the country; Rajasthan, Gujarat worst-hit




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Smokers die 10 years sooner



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Swine flu toll nears 1000

Health Ministry sources said 965 people have perished due to the disease while the total number H1N1 virus affected has crossed 17,000 till February 25, 2015.




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Avoid sitting for long hours for a healthy heart



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Malaria: people with blood group A more vulnerable to severe disease




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India, U.S. researchers clash over swine flu strain mutation




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The enemy within

Why are we still fighting an age-old disease like tuberculosis? Lack of awareness is the main reason.




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Swine flu claims 47 more lives

H1N1 toll rises to 1,674 and the number of persons affected by the virus exceeds 29,000.




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‘WHO resisted declaring Ebola emergency’

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that senior directors at the WHO were informed of how dire the situation was early on and held off on declaring a global emergency.




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Govt. backtracks on pictorial warnings

Appeasement of corporate lobbies, says Opposition




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‘Nurses must be allowed to perform abortions’

The government’s proposal has drawn sharp criticism from medical associations




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HC issues notice to Delhi government on chewable tobacco ban

Court says no action against sellers till the next date of hearing on May 20, 2015.




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India among nations with largest urban child survival gap

India also scores poorly in the Mother’s Index Rank standing at 140 out of 179 countries.




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TB treatment programme may be generating more MDR cases

The RNTCP currently treats patients without knowing their resistance profile: JMM




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Leprosy: antiquated Indian laws breed stigma, discrimination




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Increase taxes on tobacco products to curb demand: WHO