With more than a million apps available on the App Store, finding the right one is often more troublesome that it needs to be. In an effort to ease that burden, Apple has quietly begun testing a new related search suggestion feature that aids the…
There are some reviews left by users, whether it be for a product, a service, or a restaurant, that does not allow the seller/owner to respond. We’re not sure why that is since it gives the person a chance to explain themselves.
Well the good news is that if you’re planning on developing for the Windows Phone platform, or if you’ve already developed for the platform, you will be pleased to learn that thanks to a recent Windows Phone 8.1 leak, it looks like developers will soon be able to respond to reviews left on their apps. (more…)
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If you’re trying to search for apps on the iTunes App Store, it seems that Apple has recently begun testing a search suggestions feature on the app store. As you can see in the screenshot above, the related search feature is place below the search bar itself, so for example if you were to search for “calendar”, which is a pretty generic term, suggestions might include calendar planners, daily planners, and so on.
Another example would be search for a news reader, in which the relevant research suggestions will spit back terms like feed reader and business news, just to name a few. For example some people get their news from apps like Feedly which is a feed reader, while others might prefer more direct sources like a specific app like Bloomberg or CNN. (more…)
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The Sony A6000 was announced back in early February 2014 and if you were wondering when you’d be able to get your hands on the camera, you might be interested to learn that Sony has reportedly begin shipping out pre-orders for the camera over in markets like Asia and Europe.
What this means is that if you didn’t place your pre-order, we expect you should be able to head on over to a camera retail store to purchase them in-person in the near future, although we don’t have any specific dates at the moment. There is still no word on a release in North America yet, but based on Sony’s US website, the North American release has been pegged for the 15th of April 2014. (more…)
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Google has just signed a deal with Luxottica. You may never had heard of ’em, but they’re the eyewear manufacturer behind the likes of Oakley and Ray-Ban—and they could, maybe, possibly, make Glass cool. Perhaps.
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It doesn’t matter how effective the security of a product is if the user doesn’t use it. For years, there have been software programs that would allow the user to … Continue reading
In some homes and offices, it can be difficult or impossible to get a clear and consistent WiFi signal into all rooms and offices. That leaves some people resorting to … Continue reading
This article was written on June 06, 2007 by CyberNet.
Web Browser Wednesday
Netscape is the browser that everyone has probably used at one point or another. Don’t try and block it from your memory, it’s okay, there is no arguing that Netscape Navigator was the hot browser of the 90’s.
Last October I took a look at what Netscape 8 had to offer, which included a lot of improvements over prior versions. The most notable feature was that it was based on the Firefox rendering engine. This was also the first time that they moved away from being an entire Internet Suite (browser, email, etc…) and focused solely on being a browser that people would respect.
Netscape 9.0 Beta 1 was just released last night, and they have decided to bring something back that hasn’t been around since version 6! When Netscape 7 launched they decided to remove “Navigator” from the name, but it returns in full glory in Netscape Navigator 9.
So I’ll give you a visual walk-through of a few new features in Netscape 9, some of which should be included in Firefox. Besides having all of the great Firefox 2 features (spell check, session restore, etc…) it also has all of this included:
–URL Correction–
It looks for common mistakes that you would make when typing in a URL. It can autocorrect up to 30 different mistakes, for example, typing “cybernetnewscom” will automatically get changed to “cybernetnews.com”.
–Link Pad–
This is actually such a simple idea, yet incredibly useful because of how they implemented it. Link Pad is a simple sidebar item that will store hyperlinks you drag on to it (or on the icon in the bottom-left corner). It is essentially a bookmark system, yet it is kept separate from your bookmarks to keep things a little more organized. I look at it as a place for “disposable” URL’s that you’ll only visit one time. After you click on a URL, it will automatically be removed from the Link Pad…that’s the best part.
–Extension Compatibility–
All Firefox 2 extensions should now work perfectly in Netscape. Thank goodness! I tried both IE Tab and Tab Mix Plus, two very popular Firefox extensions, and each worked flawlessly. Kudos to the Netscape team for making sure people could still use their Firefox extensions.
–Sidebar Mini Browser–
You can right-click on any hyperlink and choose to open it in the sidebar. Then the sidebar is its own little browser with an address bar as well as back/forward buttons. Split-screen navigating isn’t such a chore now!
–Restart Netscape–
This is the feature I constantly say that Firefox should include! Restarting the browser is as simple as hitting the File Menu and clicking Restart Navigator. All of your tabs and windows are then instantly restored.
–Resizeable Textarea–
Don’t have enough room to type your thoughts? Then feel free to expand the text boxes at your leisure.
–Tab History–
Okay, this feature is priceless. No, it is not the same thing as the History menu in Firefox, although Netscape does include that as well. Basically when you make a link open in a new tab, all of the backward browsing history is copied to that new tab. For example, let’s say you’re searching on Google and you Ctrl+click on one of the links so that it opens in a new tab — while in that new tab, you’ll still be able to go back to the Google search results. If you try the same thing in Firefox, the back button will be disabled because the new tab doesn’t have any “history” to it.
–Other “Okay” Features–
Some of the things in Netscape 9 pertain only to the Netscape.com site, or aren’t that revolutionary. Since I don’t use Netscape.com I thought these features were a little lame:
Despite the overloaded integration with Netscape.com, I would have to say that the Netscape browser is a step ahead of Firefox. I guess it ultimately depends on how you look at it since a lot of the features they included are also offered as Firefox extensions, but they did a great job bringing some unique things into the browser as well. I can see myself using the Link Pad quite frequently, as well as the mini browser in the sidebar.
Netscape Navigator 9 is currently in Beta so you could run into a few bumps while using it, although it did work flawlessly for me. You’ll find the download links here if you’re interested in trying out the free browser (for Windows, Mac, and Linux).
Thanks for the tip Mohan!
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