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New Chrome Release Promises to Keep Multiple Google Accounts Straight (Finally!)

Liz Gannes in News on December 15, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The new version of Google’s Chrome helps fix an annoying problem for people who use many Google products: It understands how to keep separate Google accounts open within the same browser.

Apple’s Safari Browser Share Tops Five Percent for First Time

Ina Fried in News on October 1, 2011 at 12:08 am PT

Apple gained nearly half a percentage point in the operating system market as well, accounting for 6.45 percent of computers accessing the Internet, according to Net Applications.

Flickr Offers Official Android App and Virtual Photo-Viewing Parties

Liz Gannes in Social on September 28, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT

Flickr today debuted a couple of new photo creation and sharing tools: Its first official Android app and a new communal photo-sharing experience.

What Are Apple’s Icons Doing on Samsung’s Wall of Apps?

John Paczkowski in News on September 23, 2011 at 3:15 pm PT

Since when does Samsung’s long history of innovation include the iPhone App Store?

Steve Jobs Through the Years: Highlights and Clips From the D Conference

Beth Callaghan and Drake Martinet in News on August 26, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Since the inception of the D: All Things Digital conference in 2003, Steve Jobs was a frequent guest onstage, and his appearances make for some of our most popular videos. Here are some favorites.

New, Lean Firefox 4: Re-Built to Play Catch-Up

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 30, 2011 at 6:13 pm PT

Mozilla’s new Firefox 4 Web browser is a sleeker and faster improvement on previous editions, but most of its new features are nothing new in the field.

iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 9, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

The new IPad 2 is thinner, lighter, faster and more powerful than the original. It offers an excellent balance of size, functionality and price, and keeps Apple ahead in the tablet race, at least for now.

Ahead of iPad 2 Launch, Apple Releases iOS 4.3 in All of Its Hotspot Glory

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 9, 2011 at 10:17 am PT

Cupertino issues the OS update ahead of its original plan, which would have had it out on Friday. The update brings faster Web browsing and improved media streaming to the iPad and recent iPhone and iPod Touch models. For iPhone 4 users, it will also add the ability to act as a portable hotspot–a feature already present on Verizon models.

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Talks Firefox 4, Competition With Google's Chrome and More! (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on February 24, 2011 at 11:12 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown paid a long overdue visit on the Mountain View, Calif., HQ of Mozilla, the unusual public-private company that makes the Firefox browser, to chat with its (relatively) new CEO Gary Kovacs (pictured here). There is a lot to talk about with the new exec, especially the near-to-official launch of Firefox 4, the increasing competition with Google and its Chrome efforts and where Mozilla goes next (mobile).

Microsoft's Browser Boss Dean Hachamovitch Touts Privacy Features at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm PT

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is still the world’s most popular, but its dominance is being steadily eroded by competition from Mozilla, Google and Apple. Can a new, aggressive approach to privacy change that?