Google’s Chrome Web browser topped 10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December 2010. Safari grew as well, while IE 9 is performing better. – Google’s
Chrome Web browser continued to grow through the first month of 2011, reaching
10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December
2010.
Researcher Net
Applications also noted that Apple’s Safari rose to 6.3 percent
from 5.9 percent over the same period. Thi…
Opera 11 shipped Dec. 16 with new extensions, tab stacking and visual navigation aids that put the web browser on a competitive footing with Microsoft’s IE. The features add productivity and conveninece to the Opera experience and could be compelling advantages for web users who need quick access to many different web pages at the flick of a wrist. – Opera 11 debuted Dec. 16 running on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms
and now equipped with stackable tabs, visual mouse navigation aids and
extensions that add useful widgets to the full-featured Web browser. As
I noted in a first look at the alpha version, Opera 11 is stepping into
competitive …
A beta of the Opera Mobile 10.1 browser debuted on the Android smartphone platform, challenging established players including Microsoft for control of the small screen. Opera Mobile 10.1 beta was released on Nov. 9 and is available in the Android market at no cost. Opera Mobile is similar to the Opera Mini browser, and users of Mini will see similarities between the two. According to Opera, the primary difference between the two offerings is that the Opera Presto browser engine is hosted on an Opera server for the Mini browser, while the engine is onboard in Opera Mobile. Mini is smaller and sometimes faster, but also sometimes less accurate, while Opera Mobile provided a very smooth user interface experience and snappy action during my tests. I used Opera Mobile 10.1 beta on a Samsung Vibrant Android handset running on the T-Mobile network. Opera Mobile uses chiclet-like tiles showing open Web pages to help smartphone users jump to sites. The Web tiles are also used to organize the end-user browsing experience, including a feature Opera calls "Speed Dial." If you have experience with Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Android, share your thoughts at http://labs.eweek.com. – …
The Opera Mobile 10.1 beta runs on Android smartphones and brings tabbed browsing and other speed features as Opera continues to challenge Microsoft IE and Apple Mac Safari for space on the small screen. – A beta of the Opera Mobile 10.1 browser debuted on the Android
smartphone platform challenging established players including Microsoft
for control of the small screen.
Opera Mobile 10.1 beta was released on Nov. 9 and is available in
the Android market at no cost. Opera Mobile is similar …
The alpha release of the Opera Web browser sets the stage for a Web app battle that is already being fought by Microsoft IE, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome by girding itself with a standards-based framework for adding extensions to the Web browser. Opera also gained a new mail panel, bookmarks bar and HTML5 support and on-demand plug-in enablement. Opera hopes that using W3C Widgets and JavaScript as the base will enable Web developers to write Web applications that can be added to the Opera platform. Opera 11 alpha became available on Oct. 21 and can be downloaded at no cost. Besides extensions, other user-centric convenience features including bookmarks also got a makeover. The mail panel, which is intended to combine e-mail and news feeds, was not implemented in the early alpha version that I tested. To read the full review, click here. Or if you have experience with the Opera 11 alpha, share your thoughts athttp://labs.eweek.com. – …
An alpha version of the Opera cross-platform Web browser for Windows PC, Apple Mac and Linux systems, including mobile phones and game consoles, now has a framework for running extensions, new ways to integrate mail and news feeds, and a cleaned-up user interface. – The alpha release of the Opera Web browser
joins the Web app battle already being fought by Microsoft IE, Mozilla Firefox,
Apple Safari and Google Chrome by girding itself with a standards-based
framework for adding extensions to the Web browser. Opera also gained a new
mail panel, bookmarks bar…
Can Wal-Mart make it in Africa?
FOUR billion dollars doesn’t count as an “every day low price”, but Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, hopes it has found a bargain. That is how much ($4.1 billion to be precise) the Arkansas-based “Beast of Bentonville” has offered to acquire Massmart, a retailer with 288 stores in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. On September 27th Massmart’s management confirmed it is in exclusive negotiations to sell the South African-based firm to Wal-Mart. The deal is being overseen by Andy Bond (pictured right), who ran Wal-Mart’s British arm, Asda. As Massmart’s shares initially traded above the offer price, it suggests some investors think there may be other bidders, and that Mr Bond might have to come up with some more money to clinch the deal.
This is the clearest sign yet that Africa is now near the top of the agenda for the world’s leading businesses. The continent still has its problems, but it is no longer “hopeless”—as this newspaper once described it—especially for anyone wanting to be part of a fast-growing consumer market. Last year, while the global economy struggled with the aftermath of the financial crisis, Africa as a whole continued to advance and is expected to grow by at least 4.3% this year. Some economies, such as Nigeria and Ghana, are racing ahead. As the middle class and urban working class expand rapidly, food consumption is expected to grow strongly, along with sales of other consumer products. …
Apple’s iOS 4.1 and Safari for Mac OS X and Windows updates address security issues; the iPhone 4 also gets HDR photography functions and improved Bluetooth support. – iOS 4.1, released Sept. 8, is the version that Apple should have
shipped in the first place to showcase its mobile device hardware. It takes
full advantage of the camera built into the iPhone 4, allows full-function use
of Bluetooth headphones and brings a number of security-related fixes.
Perha…
Microsoft July 19 released Windows Phone 7 to technical preview, with smartphones based on the platform due in October. Since that time, reviewers have pored over the highly anticipated mobile operating system, comparing and contrasting it with Apple’s iPhone and smartphones based on Android and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform. Microsoft has also made sure its other divisions are working to fit their apps to the platform. Bing, for example, looks sweet on Windows Phone 7. Of course, the Bing team doesn’t want to miss out on the traffic it could get from Apple’s iPhone. Not everyone wants to use Google on their iPhones, so Microsoft is betting Bing will be a viable option on them. To wit, Bing Highlights is an extension that promises "intelligent, contextually sensitive information& for Web pages on Safari. Here, eWEEK tours Bing’s capabilities in this slide show. – …
Surfing internet on computer is important activity for majority of PC users. By default, lot of computer users open “Internet Explorer” browser to surf the internet. You can easily open different websites, browse online photo albums, watch online videos, listen to songs in Internet Explorer. There are number of free software that can be used [...]
Google’s Chrome Web browser lost market share in July for the first time in several months, according to Net Applications. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari both siphone market share from Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. – Google’s Chrome Web browser lost
market share for the first time ever thanks to upticks in July for both Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
Chrome had steadily grown over the last several months, topping 7.24 percent through June, but through July the young Web browser had
slipped a…
Apple updates its Safari browser with the Safari Extensions Gallery, which offers features from third-party developers that can be downloaded and run within the browser. Although Safari lags its rivals on the desktop, the mobile version occupies far more market share. – Apple released Safari 5.0.1 July 28, along with a Safari Extensions Gallery
that offers downloadable features for the browser. The company had previously
released extensions support to developers in June, giving them time to build
the tool bars and Web filters that make up much of the Gallery’s o…
Apple today released Safari 5.0.1 and introduced the Safari Extensions Gallery. Extensions allow users to quickly add powerful new features to Safari — from toolbars that display live web feeds to sophisticated programs that filter web content. Users can download and install extensions either from the Safari Extensions Gallery or directly from a developer’s site.
Apple patches a vulnerability in its Safari browser a day before a presentation at the Black Hat security conference was set to put the issue on display. – Apple has patched a bug in Safari just 24 hours before it featured in a
researcher’s presentation about browser exploits.
The Safari AutoFill flaw
was among 15 fixed by Apple July 28 in a Safari update. All but two of the bugs
reside in the WebKit browser engine. Several of the WebKit bugs cou…
WhiteHat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman reported that the AutoFill feature in Apple Safari can be used by attackers to steal information. – The AutoFill feature in Apples Safari browser could be abused by attackers to steal user information, according to findings from a security researcher.
Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security, noted that in Safari version 4 or 5, the AutoFill feature
fills in information such as e-mail addres…
Paris Hilton has become the subject of ridicule after she tweeted that she spotted ‘tigers’ while on safari in South Africa. Hilton, 29, who has been in the country for the past week to watch the World Cup and take in the sights, described in her tweet what she saw during the safari, reports the [...]
Apple’s Safari Web browser may never break out of fourth place in the browser sweepstakes, but new features for users and developers in Safari 5 indicate that the company is committed to using it as a model for its idea of what the Web should be. – If anyone who isn’t a Mac OS X user thinks of Apple’s Safari Web
browser, it probably hasn’t been since the beginning of this year. This was
when Google’s Chrome passed it to become No. 3 in the market, after Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. But no matter what place Safari merits
…
Microsoft said it is thrilled to have its Bing search engine included for the first time as an option on Apple’s Safari Web browser on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and within the Safari browser on the Mac and PC. Apple CEO Steve Jobs proclaimed the news June 7 at Apple’s developer conference. The news ends speculation dating back to January that Bing would replace Google as the default search engine on the iPhone, a move Jobs denied last week at the D8 conference. –
Microsoft said it is thrilled to have its Bing search
engine included for the first time as an option on Apple’s Safari Web browser on
iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and within the Safari browser on the Mac and PC.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made his brief
endorsement that Bing would join the defa…
In the shadow of the iPhone 4 launch, Apple releases the latest version of its Safari Web Browser, which features Safari Reader for improved Web document reading and more than a dozen HTML5 features. – While most of the Apple-centric stories on Monday concerned the debut of the worst kept secret in the technology world, the latest edition of the iPhone,
Apple also released Safari 5, the latest version of its Web browser.
The latest edition features Safari Reader for reading articles on the
Web,…
Apple today released Safari 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser. This release features the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30-percent performance increase over Safari 4, and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo!, or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both Mac and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites.
