At the WWDC, Apple also announced an update to its web browser. The new Safari 5 is touted as the world’s fastest browser and comes with some new features to make both consumers and developers happy. Safari 5 includes the new Safari Reader that allows the user to read the multipage article in a […]
Google unveils Chrome Web Store for web apps
Google’s I/O Developer conference has kicked off in San Francisco and they’ve announced a Chrome Web Store or simply put, an app store for web apps. Developers can create their web apps using standard web tools and sell it in the store for a price. An advantage these web apps have is that in […]
Opera updates browser for Mac users
Opera users on Mac can grab the latest build of one of the fastest browsers in the world. Opera says the new version 10.52 is 10 times faster than the previous v10.10 and has been customized greatly to suit Macintosh PCs. v10.52 integrates improved UI, Cocoa support, multi-touch trackpad gestures and Growl support. Additionally, […]
Opera Mini for iPhone submitted to App Store
iPhone app developers generally come out only after they’ve been approved but here’s Opera whose issuing a release for submitting their Opera Mini application to the App Store. The approval is obviously on the mercy of Apple (which for now looks slim) but it seems Opera is trying to gain some media hype so […]
Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 final versions released
After a series of betas, Opera Software has released the final builds of their popular mobile browsers – Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. These browsers tout compatibility with almost any phone in the market and bring a lot of enhancements to user’s web browsing experience. In addition to faster browsing speeds, the […]
Opera Mini 5 beta comes to Android
Android users can now take advantage of faster browsing and bandwidth savings with the beta version of Opera Mini 5. With the help of Turbo, Opera can show users compressed pages that helps to save up to 90 percent of bandwidth and speed up web browsing. Opera Mini also comes with tabbed browsing, Speed […]
Opera Mini Beta becomes a native app of WinMo
Norway-based Opera has released a native version of its most used Opera Mini browser. Native version means the new Opera Mini won’t require Java, which was a prerequisite for the browser to function properly. Opera Mini 5 is compatible with WinMo 5 and 6-based handsets and brings the same advantages of the Java version […]
Microsoft’s reworked browser ballot offer might get the nod from EU
In the past, Microsoft has been penalized heavily by the European Commission for thwarting browser competition by bundling IE along with Windows copies. Not to attract unwanted attention and further fine from the EU Commission, Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 E Editions without the IE browser. However, just a month before the official […]
Sony PS3 to get Firefox browser?
Sony’s PS3 console is about to get a new browser, if the report from PSInsider is to be believed. A source close to Sony hit them up claiming the Japanese multinational is in talks with Mozilla to port Firefox to the console. However, it’s not clear if both the companies have signed the dotted […]
Opera Mini 5 Beta comes to change your mobile browsing experience
Opera today launched a beta version of its most used mobile browser. The fifth iteration of Opera Mini brings in a lot of new features that tries to make your mobile internet browsing at par with desktop browsing, if not similar. The Mini browser is fast because of its compression technology but the new […]