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Chrome for Android kills the 300ms tap delay for more responsive browsing

Ever wonder why there’s a half-second pause before anything happens when you tap on a link in a mobile web browser? That’s because most browsers intentionally wait 300ms to see if you were planning to double-tap. Now Google’s removing that delay from Chrome for Android. If you install Chrome Beta 32 or later, the delay […]

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Meet the new Firefox: Australis user interface hits Firefox Nightly

Want to get a look at the future of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser for PCs? The developers of the open source web browser have been working on a dramatic overhaul of the user interface, and you can now check it out by downloading a nightly build of Firefox for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Mozilla calls […]

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Soon Chrome will only run extensions from the Chrome Web Store

Browser extensions are tools that can change the way a web browser behaves on some or all web pages you visit. They can do everything from manage your passwords to providing quick access to internet radio stations. They can also take over your browser by overriding your default settings — and that’s something Google wants […]

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Firefox now comes preloaded on select Android phones, tablets

Who needs Firefox OS when you can run the Firefox web browser on your smartphone? I’ve been using Firefox on my Nexus 5 for the last few days because the browser I typically use, Dolphin, doesn’t yet support tap or pinch-to-zoom on Android 4.4, and the Chrome web browser doesn’t support plugins or extensions like […]

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Chrome 31 beta continues Google’s push to make the web the only app you need

Google latest beta version of the Chrome web browser has a few new tricks up its sleeve, including an API that makes it easier to fill out payment details on websites, open links and websites directly into the supported web app, and allow web apps to access approved folders on your device. When you take […]

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Dolphin Browser for Android adds themes, search engine partners

The makers of the Dolphin web browser for Android have released an update bringing support for themes and wallpapers. You can customize the look and feel of the browser by choosing colors or setting a photo from your device as the background. While that’s probably the most visible change in Dolphin 10.1, the developers have […]

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Firefox 24 for Android adds WebRTC, NFC browser tab sharing, more

Mozilla has released Firefox 24, and while there are new versions of the web browser for desktop and for mobile, it’s the Android app that’s getting some of the most interesting changes. One hallmark feature is support for WebRTC, a real-time-communication protocol that lets you do things like make video calls in a web browser. […]

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Opera releases Coast gesture-driven web browser for iPad

Opera has been working on a new kind of mobile web browser for much of the year, and now it’s available for the iPad. The Coast by Opera web browser features some of the company’s standard features including a “Speed Dial” which puts icons for your favorite web pages on the start screen. But Coast […]