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Study claims IE users have lower IQs than Firefox, Chrome, and Safari users
A recent study from AptiQuant suggests that people who use Internet Explorer as their web browser are likely to have a lower IQ than those who use Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. A Vancouver based Psychometric Consulting company, AptiQuant, has released a report on a trial it conducted to measure the effects of cognitive ability on […]
Continue reading...Google unveils the web-only Chromebook
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: It’s been an extremely busy day for Google this week. Yesterday, the search giant kicked off its annual I/O conference in San Francisco where the focus was Android heavy. Today, however, it was all about Chrome where amongst other things, Google announced Chromebooks. What’s a Chromebook, you ask? Well, it’s a small […]
Continue reading...Safari in OS X Lion to come with “Do Not Track” tool
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Safari, following in the footsteps of Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer, will soon offer a new “do not track” feature that will enable users to opt out of tracking cookies which as you know is a time-old favorite of marketers and advertisers. The new feature is a part of the new Safari […]
Continue reading...Study claims browsing on Android is 52% faster than on the iPhone 4 – but study is flawed
Friday, March 18, 2011
Apple and Android nerds were abuzz yesterday over a report by Blaze, a Canadian software company which claimed that Google’s Nexus S was able to load webpages over an average wi-fi network 52% faster than the iPhone 4. Testing encapsulated more than 45,000 page loads from 1,000 websites with the average load time on the […]
Continue reading...Google takes Chrome for the Mac out of Beta
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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Google announced on Tuesday that Google Chrome for the Mac is now officially out of Beta. A Google product out of beta? Surely you jest. Alas, this is no joke. Today, I’m happy to announce that Google Chrome for Mac is being promoted out of beta to our stable channel. We believe that it provides […]
Continue reading...Google announces Google TV
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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At Google’s I/O conference today, they announced the impending arrival of Google TV, a new service built on both Chrome and Android. The service will go live this Fall, and while some TV’s will come with the service built-in straight out of the box (Sony is on board), an external box will also be available […]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer market share drops below 60% for the first time
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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For the first time in its history, Internet Explorer’s marketshare has dipped below 60%. According to recent data covering the month of April from NetApplications, the percentage of browsers running IE dropped 0.7 points to 59.95% in the month of April. Back in June of 2009, IE’s share came in at 68.32%. And for some […]
Continue reading...Google to introduce Google Chrome OS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Official Google Blog announced late Tuesday night that it will eventually be releasing an Operating System that shares the name of its popular Chrome web browser. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running […]
Continue reading...The “Why am I still up?” early Sunday Morning Link Roundup
Sunday, June 7, 2009
I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning just to deliver these links for you guys.. Couple gets engaged at an Apple Store – iPhoneSavior Palm Pre teardown shows iPhone-inspired design – AppleInsider More Questionable iPhone Photos Pre-WWDC – MacRumors iMovie ’09 8.03 Adds New Hidden Features – TidBITS Apple has squandered the […]
Continue reading...UI inconsistencies in Safari 4 and reverting back to Safari 3 style tabs
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Graham Bower over at Macpredictions has some interesting opinions about some of the new UI tweaks in Safari 4. Specifically, Bower notes: What a travesty then, that Apple should see fit to copy so many aspects of Chrome’s UI in the new version of Safari – an app previously noted for its influential, clean looks. […]
Continue reading...Tuesday Morning Link Roundup
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
iPhone Nano still enroute, but in China? – Electronista Apple to own 40% of Smartphone market by 2013? – DigitalTrends Apple Dock vs. Windows 7 Taskbar – ITwriting The Story Behind Apple’s 1984 Ad – LowEndMac Google Chrome coming to the Mac in first half of 2009 – AppleInsider Mike Huckabee Praises Apple [Video] – […]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer share hits historic lows as Firefox gains ground
Monday, December 1, 2008
Electronista reports that Mac webshare hit 8.9% last month, while Firefox saw its share of the browser market top 20% for the first time in history. Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market dipped below 70%, a significant fall considering that at one point it had over 95% of the market. Internet Explorer has increasingly been […]
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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