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The Daily Roundup for 01.08.2013
Posted On 08 Jan 2013 By David Fishman. Under: Uncategorized.
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpi...
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Snag YouTube’s redesign early with a quick browser cookie change
Posted On 23 Oct 2012 By Alexis Santos. Under: Uncategorized.
After a debut this summer, YouTube's visual refresh hasn't rolled out to all of its users, but the folks at OMG! Chrome! have stumbled upon a way for you to get in on the action a little early. Simply point Chrome or Firefox to YouTube, open up the b...
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Firefox begins testing Social API with Facebook Messenger, here’s how you can take part
Posted On 22 Oct 2012 By Ben Gilbert. Under: Uncategorized.
You live a fast-paced life, and you don't have time to stop your high-speed internet surfing just to check up on Suzie's latest Facebook update. Mozilla understands your plight, digital denizen, and its "Social API" is here to help -- Firefox browser...
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Mozilla opens Firefox Marketplace for Aurora builds of Android, gives mobile a taste of web apps
Posted On 18 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Mozilla's love of web apps is more than obvious; we just haven't had a real chance to try the Firefox Marketplace that represents a large part of the company's app strategy. The doors are at last open for a peek, although Mozilla has chosen the unusua...
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Firefox 16 final launches with Reader on Android, VoiceOver on Macs and web app support
Posted On 09 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Mozilla knows how to keep on the fast track. Just weeks after the Firefox 16 beta first showed, the finished version is ready and waiting. Surprises are few if you were an early adopter, although the update still has some welcome changes for the righ...
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Google plays privacy catch-up, adds Do Not Track option to Chrome
Posted On 14 Sep 2012 By Sarah Silbert. Under: Uncategorized.
Google's had one foot in the web privacy door for a while, offering Chrome users the Keep My Opt-Outs extension in its browser's Web Store since 2011. Still, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari already offer a Do Not Track option directly in their b...
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Firefox 16 beta arrives with web app hooks, Reader Mode for Android and VoiceOver for Macs
Posted On 30 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Firefox 15 is barely fresh off the vine, and we're already looking at a beta version 16 for both desktop platforms and Android. Mozilla's test release builds in the first support for web apps that play nicely with the Mozilla Marketplace; as long as ...
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Mozilla releases Thunderbird 15 with Firefox-like UI, live chat
Posted On 28 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Mozilla might be scaling back its official support of Thunderbird, but it still has love left for those who yearn for more in their e-mail clients than OS developers can give. The newly-released Thunderbird 15 update's most conspicuous change is a del...
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Firefox 15 to arrive in finished form on August 29th, promises truly stealthy updates for all (update 2: stand-alone, Android too)
Posted On 28 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Mozilla has been keeping to a tight schedule of having a completed Firefox release every five to six weeks, and it's very much on track. The browser team's Ehsan Akhgari has confirmed that a properly polished version of Firefox 15 should reach the dow...
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Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day ‘translathon’
Posted On 13 Aug 2012 By Alexis Santos. Under: Uncategorized.
Twenty native speakers of Yucatec, Mexico's most widely spoken Mayan tongue, met last Thursday to help bring the language to Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects. The event, dubbed Mozilla Translathon 2012, was organized to provide translations for...
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