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Instagram, Facebook, Google Chrome: Most Favorite Mobile Apps in the US

A new survey has shown the Facebook and Instagram are the top choice of mobile users in the US. App Annie’s survey was done by parsing app session data from various countries like US, Germany, Japan, South Korea and England. Instagram and Facebook are the most favorite apps for US mobile users, whereas Germans and […]

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Microsoft’s Claims About Project Spartan Browser Proven False

Microsoft has launched the beta version of its new browser codenamed “Project Spartan” with high claims that it will remove all the problems and sloppy behaviors which were the trademark of Internet Explorer. Spartan is only available for the latest build of Windows 10 technical preview. Unfortunately, Spartan has failed to impress. Although this may […]

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Security Technology

Pop-Up behind Chrome Listens to User’s Offline Conversations

Developer Tal Ater observed a strange phenomenon related to the microphone permission policies of Chrome that enables the malicious sites to listen to the user’s offline activities. Such malicious websites can generate pop-ups hidden in the background that will keep listening to the user. Tal Ater revealed that a pop-up window still remains open even […]

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5 Tips To Faster Internet Speeds

Before attempting to increase the speed of an internet connection, it helps to download a speed tester that can give an indication of how fast the connection is in general. With this reading, testing can be done for increases and decreases in speed. A speed tester can also indicate if a connection speed is already […]

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Business

I Just Don’t Get It, Microsoft!!??

I’m so perplexed right now that my head is spinning! Microsoft released the latest version of Internet Explorer – IE9 – but there are so many stipulations, and so much drama, associated with it that I’m baffled… quite frankly, baffled. Internet Explorer 9 will not work on Windows XP machines. Doesn’t Microsoft know that nearly […]

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Google Chrome 10 Beta, Browsing At The Speed of Thought

The title actually reminds of a book I read by Bill Gates back in the late 90’s called Business at the Speed of Thought. In that book, Gates described a paperless society in which computer systems would be managing all of the menial tasks that people “used” to do by hand. I’m starting think that, […]

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Firefox Beats Internet Explorer, Now #1 Browser in Europe

For the first time ever, Mozilla’s Firefox has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the #1 web browser in Europe. According to StatCounter, a web analytics firm, Firefox dominated with a 38.11% web browser market share while Internet Explorer came in second place with a 37.52% market share. “This is the first time that IE has […]