Archive for July, 2014

Microsoft Touts 6 Things Chromebooks Can’t Do

By | July 15, 2014 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Touts 6 Things Chromebooks Can’t Do

Another win for the consumer.

Due to the constantly decreasing Chromebook prices and improving OS capabilities, it looks like Microsoft or its partners are starting to feel pressure from the search giant.
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Chromebooks Might Become Even Cheaper

By | July 14, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chromebooks Might Become Even CheaperConsumer is the winner.

Even though Chromebooks prices aren’t that big of a deal anyway (unless you are buying Chromebook Pixel), it looks like you might be able to get one even cheaper in the future.

Recently, MediaTek made some code contributions to the Chromium OS and tested an entry level ARM Cortex A7 processor, which is a big step down compared to the already inexpensive, Samsung Cortex A14/A7 SoC.
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Opera Mini Updated For Java Phones

By | July 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Opera Mini Updated For Java PhonesBrings ZTE P80 phone support and few goodies for BB users.

If you are still rocking any of the older phones then good news, a new update for Opera Mini has been just released and is now available for download at m.opera.com

What’s new? Here’s a full list of reported changes (not a lot but still better than nothing):
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AdBlock Plus Sued In Germany

By | July 11, 2014 | 3 Comments

AdBlock Plus Sued In GermanyFreedom of ads.

After it was reported that Google is paying AdBlock to whitelist their ads, it looks like German media houses decided to take a different approach.

According to Spiegel, the RTL Group and ProSiebenSat.1 Media of Germany have filled a lawsuit in the Munich District Court against Eyeo, the company behind AdBlock Plus. In addition to that, other companies like Focus Online and Chip Online are considering whether or not they should do the same.
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Chromecast Now With Mirroring

By | July 9, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chromecast Now With MirroringGood news for all you Chromecast users out there, the upcoming app update (version 1.7) will allow you to mirror your Android device to the TV! All you have to do is select “Cast Screen” in the app menu and select the Chromecast device.

Which means that you can now share anything on your TV, including photos, maps, the possibilities are endless.

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Video: Google Hangouts With Opera Max Lead Developer Sergey Lossev

By | July 7, 2014 | 0 Comments

If you got about an hour to spare then Opera has recently posted a Google Hangouts video with Opera Max lead Sergey Lossev, where he answers questions covering the future plans, and so on.

Download Google Chrome With Oculus Rift VR Support

By | July 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

Download Google Chrome With Oculus Rift VR SupportWebVR API it is.

Earlier this year, Mozilla has announced its plans to support the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and now it looks like Google is too joining the party.

As revealed by Brandon Jones, the search giant has created the experimental branch that have WebVR support enabled, which would allow developers to utilize APIs and create appropriate content for the Oculus Rift users. On a slightly negative note, various WebVR features won’t be added to the other builds of Chrome until the API matures a bit.
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HP Continues To Push Chromebooks

By | July 3, 2014 | 0 Comments

HP Continues To Push ChromebooksWants to attract more customers by lowering the price.

If the budget computer is what you’ve been looking for then you’ll be happy to learn about the latest HP Chromebook attempt to lure in more people into purchasing one, which is exactly they are doing right now. How so? The company has introduced new and colorful Chromebook models with the same internals as Chromebook 11 yet at a lower price point, which starts at $279 for an 11 inch model.
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June, 2014 Desktop Market Share: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome – Up; Firefox, Safari, Opera – Down

By | July 2, 2014 | 2 Comments


And now we do the desktop.

Starting with Internet Explorer, it looks like Microsoft’s web browser has finally regained what it has lost last year, up from 58.17% to 58.38 (0.21 point increase).
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June, 2014 Mobile Market Share: Android Browser, Google Chrome, Opera Mini – Up; Safari, Internet Explorer – Down

By | July 1, 2014 | 0 Comments


Another month, another report.

Kicking things off with Safari, it looks like Apple’s web browser is now in a downtrend as we see another drop, from 48.72% to 46.07% (2.65 points decrease).
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