Microsoft Details Upcoming Edge Features

By | May 8, 2015 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Details Upcoming Edge FeaturesThe price of a browser reboot.

During the Twitter Q&A session, Microsoft has revealed some of the planned features that haven’t been included yet.

So what exactly can we expect?

– Password, bookmark, tabs and other data sync, which they promised in a “future update”, meaning it could be either before or after it RTMs
– Importing favorites from other web browsers
– Private tabs? Coming too
– And yes, even a status bar is coming in a future update
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Google Chrome Surpasses The 25% Market Share Mark

By | May 7, 2015 | 0 Comments


After months and months of waiting, Google Chrome has finally reached an important milestone and now controls more than 1/4 of all web browsers market share, which is a pretty significant milestone that I am sure many people will celebrate.
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Microsoft Edge Team Is Holding The Q&A

By | May 6, 2015 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Edge Team Is Holding The Q&AWith webcast and more.

If you are curious why Microsoft has decided to go with Microsoft Edge and not Project Spartan or any other name (probably because they could use “e” in the icon, which a lot of non tech-savy people associate with the Internet), or got any other question related to the new web browser then good news!

Microsoft Edge team will be holding the q&a session via Twitter and you too can contribute and send them a question using hashtag #AskMSEdge.
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Microsoft Aims To Get Rid Of The Misleading Ads

By | May 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Aims To Get Rid Of The Misleading AdsFinally!

You know how you visit a web page only to see 4 different “download” links and being confused on which one is real? Well… Good news for pretty much every single person out there. Starting from June 1st, Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter (for Internet Explorer and Edge) will become much smarter and better at protecting the users.

According to the software giant, Microsoft will start reporting these ads as unsafe when users goes ahead and clicks on any of those. Thanks to the updated guidelines, here is what ads should not do in order to be marked as safe by the SmartScreen Filter:
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A Russian Rap About Opera (Video)

By | May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

A Russian Rap About Opera (Video)Russian language knowledge is not required.

If you’ve had hard time falling asleep because the “what does the browser rap sound like?” question kept running through your head then good news, it has finally been answered by Fl1cker, a Russian rapper who decided to write some lyrics about Opera Coast.

Check it out:
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The State Of Opera Mobile Blog Moderators (Picture)

By | May 4, 2015 | 2 Comments

The State Of Opera Mobile Blog Moderators (Picture)Does such thing even exist?

Now here’s a short story for you. If you want to know how exactly Opera web browser could look to the outsiders who (somehow) found the blog post and checked the official site comments: unmoderated spammers heaven.

Just take a look at this:
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Microsoft Edge Will Support Firefox And Chrome Extensions

By | May 2, 2015 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Edge Will Support Firefox And Chrome ExtensionsNot coming anytime soon though.

Good news for all the potential Edge users and extensions developers out there. During Microsoft Build 2015 conference, the software giant has revealed that their upcoming browser will support both Firefox and Google Chrome extensions.

Although it’s not yet certain how exactly will the users will be able to install add-ons and whether or not developers will have to make deep adjustments, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore did show Reddit Enhancement Suite, which was ported from the Google’s Chrome version.
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Project Spartan Becomes Microsoft Edge, New Icon + Video

By | April 30, 2015 | 2 Comments

Project Spartan Becomes Microsoft Edge, New Icon + VideoIt’s official.

Yesterday, during its annual developers conference (Build 2015), Microsoft has revealed that (unfortunately) they won’t name Internet Explorer successor Spartan. Instead the team has decided to call the new browser under its rendering engine name: Microsoft Edge.

In addition to that, the new icon has been revealed and boy does it look familiar…

Lastly, a promo video has been posted so here it is:
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Watch Build 2015 Here (Live Stream)

By | April 29, 2015 | 0 Comments

Watch Build 2015 Here (Live Stream)And take a look at the list of Spartan related sessions.

If you are eager to find out what’s new in Project Spartan (as well as in other, Microsoft related products), then good news, the software giant will be streaming its Build 2015 conference live and you can watch it here!

When does it start? In 8 hours, and the timer is also available on the very same page so you will know the exact time in your country.

As far as specific, Spartan sessions go:
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Opera For Android Becomes Pretty Awesome

By | April 28, 2015 | 1 Comment

Opera For Android Becomes Pretty AwesomeNow here is a pretty fantastic update for anyone that is running Opera on their Android phones or tablets and as it turns out, not only did it add new features, but also removed one of them: Opera Mini server side compression.

The good news? It was replaced with Opera Turbo, a much better and more compatible version of the site compression technology.

In addition to that, Opera for Android now also supports tab sync across all other Opera instances, meaning that you will always be able to continue reading or browsing the web without thinking what device to use.
And last but definitely not least? Automatic text wrap (yay)!
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