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Answer by Adeniyi David Odefunso:

As a front end developer the first technology to be vast in is HTML5 then CSS 3(you can also deal with some frameworks here like Bootstrap, Foundation, Backbone, AngularJS, and EmberJS etc). jQuery, JavaScript will also be a great advantage

Google loses data as lightning strikes

Google says data has been wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium – after it was struck by lightning four times. Some people have permanently lost access to their files as a result. A number of disks damaged following the lightning strikes did, however, later became accessible. Generally, data centres require more lightning protection than most other buildings. While four…

Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer At Pinterest, Its First CTO

There are plenty of things on Steve Huffman’s to-do list since returning to Reddit as its CEO. Having a gifted technical mind himself, currently doing double duty as Hipmunk’s CTO, the need for a technical lead at Reddit was glaring. Today, the company has announced that it has hired founding engineer at Pinterest, Marty Weiner, as its first CTO in company history. Weiner spent over four and a…

Looking for an inexpensive laptop that runs Windows 10? Acer has a couple of new devices up its sleeve. Announced Tuesday, Acer’s Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and Aspire One Cloudbook 14 are cloud-oriented laptops geared toward people who don’t mind limited storage and midrange hardware specs if that means they’ll pay less money. Acer is calling them “cloudbooks” because they tap into the cloud: You…

Another day, another security flaw — this one affecting Mozilla’s Web browser, Firefox. But this one is easy enough for you to fix. On Thursday, Mozilla revealed a vulnerability in its browser that was discovered by a Firefox user. An ad on an unnamed news site in Russia was able to tap into the vulnerability to upload certain files from a user’s computer to a server apparently based in the…

President Barack Obama wants to help close the diversity gap in the technology industry, and he’s marshaled support from the private sector to do it. On Tuesday, the White House announced it has brokered a number of new initiatives involving major tech companies, such as Amazon and Microsoft; well-known venture capital firms; and engineering departments at large universities committing to…

Tesla Model S owners, take heart: Hack requires physical access to car’s onboard computer

File this one under hacks that are technically possible — but may be more trouble than they’re worth. Two security researchers have discovered a way to hack a Tesla Model S and bring the vehicle to a stop. However, the hack requires physical access to the inside of a Model S, making it difficult for any malicious hackers to pull off. Kevin Mahaffey and Marc Rogers, security experts with…

2015 Jeep Cherokee hacked.What’s more concerning is that they say it is possibly that all recently sold cars under the Fiat Chrysler umbrella have this vulnerability as they all … Many new cars are equipped with wireless technology that can make a driver’s time on the road more stress-free and entertaining, but the technology can also bring a dark side. Two hackers were able to take control of a…

The Moto X (2015) should be right around the corner, as Motorola has been making it a habit to release its flagship phones sometime between August and September. As you can expect, the rumor mill is going full speed and is not stopping anytime soon. More images and details have emerged today, coming from Peruvian Facebook page ‘Perú Android’. The Facebook page is very active and claims to have…

Dropbox has acquired Clementine, an enterprise communication service, today according to a blog post on the company’s page. Clementine focuses on internal communication, such as conference calls and chat services that aren’t connected to a personal phone number. It’s an important area for the workplace, given that more and more people are connecting their work software to personal devices. “We’re…

Google has acquired mobile app prototyping tool Pixate today, both companies have confirmed. Pixate had raised $3.8M from Accel Partners in 2013. It had popped out of the Y-Combinator oven previously (YC S12). Here’s what the Pixate CEO Paul Colton shared on their blog about the move today: Today, I am very proud to announce that Pixate has joined Google’s design team. Pixate was started three…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Apple’s plans to build a car, but a Fiat Chrysler executive just joined the Cupertino company in a move that signifies Apple still has its eye on the automotive industry. The Wall Street Journal noticed Doug Betts’s job change in a LinkedIn update, though the former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles global quality chief has since taken down his profile. Betts…