JavaScript in the morning, JavaScript in the evening…

I’ve been a huge fan of the Intl spec for sometime, having done multiple presentations and blog posts on the topic. Every time I think I’ve explored it completely, I come across another interesting gem. Today I’m going to share one that is possibly not something you would use, but it’s a curious feature of the spec I wanted to dig more into. When formatting dates with Intl.DateTimeFormat, you’ve got a large set of customizations you can use to display dates exactly as you want. I recently came across an interesting part of the formatting options, dayPeriod. According to MDN, this specifies: The formatting style used for day periods like “in the morning”,... more →
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Map apps like Waze ‘turning quiet London streets into polluted rat runs’ – Evening Standard

Evening Standard Map apps like Waze 'turning quiet London streets into polluted rat runs'Evening StandardDrivers who use super-accurate smartphone apps to avoid traffic are turning quiet streets into polluted rat runs, residents claim. Those living in cut-throughs say traffic jams and accidents are increasing because motorists are avoiding congested … map app – Google News… more →
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New app launches to plot languages of Manchester on map – Manchester Evening News

Manchester Evening News New app launches to plot languages of Manchester on mapManchester Evening NewsA new app will be plotting all of the languages found in Manchester on a map. Smartphone users are being asked to upload images of the different languages they see on streets, shops and signs to the app named LinguaSnapp. The photographs will be … map app – Google News… more →
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