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Google Will Help Us Watch Our Google Selves With a Monthly Activity Summary

Liz Gannes in News on March 28 at 10:02 am PT

Today, Google is introducing an optional monthly email and personal “Account Activity” dashboard that should keep us a little more up to date with our Google selves on a regular basis.

IE 8 Team Nearly Finished Copying Safari 10.3 Feature Set

John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2008 at 11:46 am PT

Apple’s Safari browser has offered “private browsing” since 2005, Firefox since 2006 (via the Stealther extension), and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may soon offer it as well. Earlier this week, Natya Nadella, senior VP of Microsoft’s search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company is planning to give IE 8 a privacy feature for erasing search histories and the other data that browsers often log automatically.