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Apple Uncrates iOS 5.1.1

in News on May 7 at 11:43 am PT

It has been just two months since Apple released the last update to its iOS mobile operating system, but the company is already delivering its follow-up. On Monday, Apple issued iOS 5.1.1, a minor-point update that brings a few new tweaks and fixes to the OS. Among them, a remedy for bugs that affected AirPlay video playback, and a tweak that improves reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and Reading List.

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Report: FTC to Fine Google Over Safari Bypass Within Next 30 Days

in News on April 17 at 8:37 am PT

Following a small FCC fine over Google delaying its Street View Wi-Fi investigation, the FTC is likely to order Google to pay a “sizable” fine in the next month for bypassing the Safari browser’s privacy settings to install cookies, the Mercury News reported. The Wall Street Journal, which exposed the bypass in February, had reported that regulators in the U.S. and the European Union were looking into the matter. Google said its actions were inadvertent.

Internet Explorer on the Upswing

in News on April 3 at 5:29 am PT

Could IE’s slump finally be over?
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Google in New Privacy Probes

in News on March 16 at 3:30 am PT

Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations. Google stopped the practice last month after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

in News on February 20 at 7:43 pm PT

A few days after a Wall Street Journal report said Google was bypassing privacy settings in Safari to track users, Microsoft is alleging that the search giant is doing the same thing with Internet Explorer.
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How to Get Out of Tracking on Safari

in Mobile on February 17 at 1:17 pm PT

It’s difficult for users to stop Web trackers that take advantage of a loophole in Apple’s Safari browser — at least for now

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Google’s iPhone Tracking

in Mobile on February 17 at 4:11 am PT

Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers — tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.

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

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

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.
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Flickr Offers Official Android App and Virtual Photo-Viewing Parties

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

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

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

in News, August 26, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

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

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

iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flipboard Partners With Web Publishers for Full Content (and Full Disclosure: Including ATD)

in Social, December 2, 2010 at 9:22 am PT

Thinking Outside the Dropbox with Minus–A New Image-Sharing Tool

in News, December 2, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

When You Wish Upon a List

in The Mossberg Solution, November 30, 2010 at 9:05 pm PT

Wi-Fi as an Ad Unit: Google Pushes Chrome for the Holidays

in Social, November 8, 2010 at 9:33 am PT

Here's a Better Name for RockMelt: The FaceBrowser (Plus BoomTown's Two-Dude Video)

in News, November 8, 2010 at 9:08 am PT

Browser Share: Chrome Continues Climb

Putting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Through Its Paces

in The Mossberg Solution, October 12, 2010 at 3:17 pm PT

Internet Explorer 9 Goes Beta Today

in News, September 15, 2010 at 6:15 am PT