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Google Instant Preview Comes to Android and iOS Devices

Google has announced availability of Instant Preview on Android (2.2+) and iOS (4.0+) devices. Continue reading

Firefox for Android Comes To Android Market

Mozilla has just released an updated version of Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo. Firefox 4 for Android is now available in the Android Market, which allows users to install Firefox on their Android devices directly from the market. Continue reading

Mozilla’s "Do Not Track" in Action

Mozilla’s upcoming ‘Do Not Track’ feature has landed in the nightly build of Firefox. This feature utilizes HTTP Header sent to web servers to tell user’s preference to opt-out of the OBA. Continue reading

Facebook Gets Full HTTPS Support

Facebook has announced full support for HTTPS, which is now available for all pages of the #1 social networking website. Earlier, only login pages had this feature, which makes using Facebook much secured. Continue reading

Proposal For Opting-out of Behavioral Ads From Mozilla (and Google?)

According to this proposal, users will be allowed to set a browser preference to disable the OBA, and this information will be sent to websites using HTTP header. Continue reading

Greasemonkey Add-on Updated to Version 0.9.0

This update has brought many new features including a new user interface to deal with the user scripts. You can notice a new tab for greasemonkey scripts in the Add-ons management window. The most important feature of the latest version is support for Firefox 4. Continue reading

Mozilla Blocks Skype Toolbar Add-on

Mozilla has announced to block the official Skype Toolbar add-on for Firefox, which comes bundled with the Skype installer. Mozilla says that this add-on is causing browser crashes and slows down certain processes by up to 300 times. Continue reading

goo.gl Opens API Access

Google’s URL shortening service, which is estimated to be fastest, has opened API access for developers. Till now, developers had to use a hack to create goo.gl short links. Continue reading

Play Videos in Google Docs

Google Docs has recently added a very useful and much awaited feature: Users can now play uploaded videos. This allows you to play videos just like any other online video, like those on YouTube. Continue reading

SpamClock.com Records Amount of Web Spam in Real Time

Developers of Blekko have created another interesting website: SpamClock.com. This website records amount of web spam in real time. Continue reading