UpdraftPlus (the backup plugin with 1 million installs) has just announced the launch of Keyy, the 2-factor authentication plugin that enables users to log into websites just by pointing their smartphone at the computer screen, eliminating the need for typed-in passwords. If the idea sounds familiar, that’s because it probably is: as its developers openly admit, Keyy is inspired by and based on another WordPress plugin called Clef. Clef’s distinctive and innovative approach to integrated 2 factor-authentication heralded unprecedented login speed and usability. Created by a small San Francisco-based start-up, Clef worked by sending an encrypted key from users’ smartphone […]
Optimizing Your Website To Be Lean And Mean
If you’ve developed an attractive and high-functioning website packed with brilliant content, it will fail if it’s not fast. You probably developed and designed your website via a low-latency, high-bandwidth Wi-Fi and fixed-line connection. However, your user may be accessing it via a mobile phone with a tiny battery and 2G or 3G radio communication. And they’ll still expect your website to load in a flash. We want quick, mobile-friendly content at our fingertips. Our attention span has fallen with our raised expectations. We’re very demanding, and if we don’t get what we want, we’re very impatient. Various studies have […]
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