Archive for April, 2014
Windows Phone How To: Open A Private Tab (Incognito Mode) On Internet Explorer 11
With the recent Windows Phone 8.1 update, the software giant as included a much needed, private browsing feature, which can be enabled in the following way:
– Click on the Tabs icon
– Click on the three dots that are located at the bottom right corner
– Click “New Inprivate Tab”
Enjoy your Christmas shopping.
Microsoft Board Sued By A Shareholder
EU fine is the reason.
Back in 2013, Microsoft was fined ($732 million) by the European Union for mismanaging the browser ballot screen, which was missing due to a „technical error“.
Now, one of the Microsoft shareholders, Kim Barovic, is suing the board for this very reason, as well as for an insuffiicnet investigation where the software giant was asked to find out how that mistake has occured and take action agaist the offenders.
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Must Have Google Chrome Extensions
Now here’s a quickie.
If you have some time to spare, there is a pretty popular thread at ask.reddit with over 4000 comments of people sharing their favorite Google Chrome extensions.
Check it out. Maybe you will find something useful.
March, 2014 Desktop Market Share: Google Chrome, Safari – Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera – Down
Kicking things off with Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s web browser has lost some of the market share, down from 58.19% to 57.96% (0.23 point decrease).
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This Is The Firefox OS 2.0 Interface
Firefox OS meets Metro and iOS 7.
Earlier this year, Mozilla has talked about the upcoming Firefox OS UI revamp and today, Soren Hentzschel and Ahmed Nefzaoui have shared the very first screenshots of a new look.
The overall design follows Microsoft’s “flat surface” guidelines and then borrows from iOS, with added transparency and such.
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March, 2014 Mobile Market Share: Safari, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer – Up; Android Browser, Opera Mini – Down
Another month, another report.
Starting with Safari, Apple’s web browser seen an increase of 0.39 point, up from 53.52% to 53.91%.
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Google Wants Business To Ditch Windows XP For Chromebook
Chromebooks for Business.
With the recent death of Windows XP, it looks like the search giant is trying to gamble on this very fact and has created a special offer for busineness.
According to the recent blog post, Google will offer a $100 discount for each Chromebook purchase and/or $200 off Chromebooks for Business with VMware Desktop as a Service (DaaS).
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Internet Explorer 6 Is No More
And nothing of value was lost.
Today marks an important day to all of you who are still using Internet Explorer 6 (why would you?). With today‘s death of Windows XP support, the software giant will also stop releasing new updates for IE6, the browser we love to hate.
As far as the usage goes, it currently holds 4.15% of the market share, down from 4.65%, so far, so good.
First Chrome OS Tablet Might Be Coming This Month
April 29 is the date.
If you’ve been dreaming about a tablet running Google’s Chrome OS then April might as well be the month when your dreams do come true.
According to ZDNet, Acer is planning an event at the end of April where the company will reveal all kinds of hardware, including a possible Chrome OS tablet, which so far remains a mystery.
On a scale from one to ten, how excited are you? You can’t pick -1.
Mozilla CEO Resigns Over Gay Drama
Is it over?
It looks like Mozilla is about to get a new CEO as the most recent one, Brendan Eich has just resigned over the support of anti-gay marriage bill. The news come after a couple of Eich’s interviews where he repeatedly said that he will not resign over this issue. All sources claim that it was his own decision and that it wasn’t forced by the board.
According to recode, Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker “became emotional at one point during the interview – noted that she was “doing a fair amount of self-reflection and I am wondering how did I miss it that this would matter more when he was the CEO.”
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