WhatsApp Chat Backup: stuck during upload

Did you get a notification within WhatsApp on your iPhone that the Chat Backup function cannot complete? Ther are many possible issue that cause the backup to iCloud of your WhatsApp messages to fail. You already may have tried to force close the app, restart your device.. but nothing seems to help. In this blogpost, Continue reading →

 

Guide: Update HomeBridge plugins

If you previously have been installing HomeBridge (let’s say, on a Raspberry Pi), you know it’s a neat little piece of software. Thanks to HB, many non-smart or non-HomeKit enabled devices can be controlled via your iPhone or iPad using the Home app. A community of developers has created HomeBridge – HomeKit support for the Continue reading →

 

Google Chrome: Return to the old design

With the latest release of Chrome (i.e. 69), Google browser, a new design was introduced. Chrome now has square tabs for example, and somewhat different colours are used as well (i.e. lighter colour scheme). However, you may dislike this new Chrome layout. You may think: how to go back to the old Chrome? Since you Continue reading →

 

Secure WordPress login page with Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a great way to protect and speed up your WordPress website.  I use their services as well for many years now and I’m very satisfied with their offerings. Here is a small (but possibly very important!) tip to maximise the security of your WordPress login page if you use Cloudflare as your DNS Continue reading →

 

Detect iOS device (iPhone/iPad) in PHP

To detect if the device a user is using is an iOS device, you can use the following code snippet in PHP: This will check if in the user agent string the words ‘iPhone’ or ‘iPad’ occur. You can use this code snippet in your web development projects in order to detect whether your visitor is browser Continue reading →

 

Enable Material Design in Google Chrome

Google Material Design can be found on a wide range of Google products and services, from Google Android to Google Calendar. Now, Google is starting to introduce the material design language in their Google Chrome webbrowser as well. It’s a big step forward when it comes to design for this web browser. Since its introduction, Continue reading →