Google’s Chrome browser for Android could get a speed boost soon. Google is experimenting with a new feature that would optimize pages using a remote server before sending them to your device — which could reduce the bandwidth your phone consumes while allowing your mobile browser to load content more quickly. A handful of web […]
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Google adds an app launcher to Chrome browser for Windows
While Chromebooks have come into their own in the past year as inexpensive portable notebooks with speedy performance, you can do almost anything you can do on a Chromebook on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer simply by installing the Chrome web browser. Now Google is making that more true than ever, by releasing an […]
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Opera buys Skyfire to combine mobile web browser powers
It’s been a busy week for the makers of the Opera web browser. First the company announced it would be dropping its Presto rendering engine and moving to Webkit. Now the company has spent $155 million to acquire rival browser maker Skyfire. Like Opera, Skyfire has had a level of success in the mobile web […]
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Mozilla releases first builds of Firefox for Windows 8
Mozilla has released the first version of Firefox designed to play nicely with Microsoft’s Windows 8 full-screen user interface. If you install the latest nightly build of Firefox for Windows on a computer running Windows 8, you’ll be able to fire up the new “Metro” style app from the Windows Start Screen. Entering Metro mode […]
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Opera moves to Webkit for PC, mobile web browsers
Opera has been making web browsers for nearly two decades, but the Opera browser for desktop computers has never come close to rivaling Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Chrome in popularity. Opera’s mobile browsers, on the other hand, have been quite popular in recent years — Opera says it now has 300 million active users […]
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Dev channel coming to the Chrome browser for Android
Google offers three different versions of the Chrome web browser: Stable, Beta, and Dev. Depending on which channel you use, you can get the latest stable build of the browser or sacrifice some stability in exchange for the chance to test out some of the newest features sooner (and to help find bugs in the […]
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Firefox “click to play” means Silverlight, Java, most plugins won’t run automatically
Mozilla is taking an interesting approach toward improving stability and security in future versions of the Firefox web browser. Starting soon, websites won’t be able to automatically load most plugins unless you click to enable them. If you visit a site that requires Java, Silverlight, or Adobe Reader, you’ll see a note asking if you […]
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Chrome Beta for Android adds support for chrome://flags experimental settings, WebGL
Comments Off on Chrome Beta for Android adds support for chrome://flags experimental settings, WebGLGoogle’s Chrome web browser for desktop allows you to toggle experimental features by entering chrome://flags into the address bar to view a list of flags which you can disable or enable. Now you can do the same thing with an Android device. Just download the latest Chrome Beta from the Play Store and type chrome://flags […]
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Opera reinvents the mobile browser with gesture-based Ice browser, coming in February
Opera’s web browsers for mobile devices have made a name for itself by offering a few nifty features including the ability to save resources bandwidth by rendering some web content on remove servers before sending it to your device. But as phones get more powerful, that sort of feature isn’t as important as it once […]
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Google Now is coming to the Chrome web browser
Google Now is a service designed to automatically show you relevant information depending on your location, the time, or other cues. It’s already bundled into the Google search app for Android 4.1 and later — but it looks like Google has bigger plans for Now. Developer François Beaufort spotted signs that Google Now is coming to […]