Hasta La Gadget!

Back in October Yahoo unveiled a major redesign of Yahoo Mail, its free email service that has over 100 million daily users. Tabs was a feature that was removed in the redesign, because according to the company, tabs confused the users who found them difficult to manage if multiple tabs were opened at any given point in time. So to make multitasking easier, Yahoo replaced them with a Recent view which makes jumping between emails, drafts and search results much more easy. However, Yahoo just published a blog post announcing that tabs have been brought back from the dead, and that they’re a bit smarter this time.

To turn on tabs, Yahoo Mail users need to go to View, Multitasking and click on Tabs. Emails being composed, calendar, contacts and emails being read will all be shown as individual tabs, double clicking on an email in preview pane will open it in a new tab. In the tabs menu, there’s a new option called Preview All which lets Yahoo Mail users see all of the tabs open in grid view which is reminiscent of Apple Exposé. Users now have the option to stick with Recent view if they never liked tabs in the first place, or they can get smarter tabs if they missed them when Yahoo took away tabs.

Yahoo Mail Updated To Bring Tabs Back original content from Ubergizmo.

4K streaming is definitely the next frontier for the likes of Amazon and Netflix, but so far there’s no clear frontrunner in this race. Netflix might take the charge in 2014 though, its Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt told Stuff that Netflix is going to stream the second season of its insanely popular House of Cards original series in 4K next year. He didn’t mention specific manufacturers, but said that the option to stream in 4K will be offered through smart TV apps available on next generation 4K TVs.

Don’t get too excited if you have recently picked up a next generation gaming console from Microsoft or Sony. Hunt says that the consoles might “eventually” be capable of streaming content from Netflix in 4K, but it will take some time. Right now Netflix is talking about 4K streaming capability built into smart TVs. Hunt confirmed that Netflix is working with David Fincher on House of Cards season 2, “that’s all being shot and edited for 4K delivery.” Apart from its acclaimed drama series, it will also offer additional 4K content that will actually be a set of sample offerings. Hunt acknowledges that its going to take a while before there is ample 4K material available for streaming, but he believes that its important for the company to “get out front and begin to push it.”

House Of Cards 4K Streaming Slated For 2014 original content from Ubergizmo.

The year ends in less than two weeks and most people are already looking forward to the new year. New resolutions will be made and most of all, people will look forward to all of the amazing things that are expected to come out in 2014. Before we look ahead though, it would certainly be nice to look back at this year one last time and see what captivated us, held our attention and drew us in. So taking a look at the top Google searches of 2013 makes sense, the internet search giant has released its most global Zeitgeist to date, which contains more than 1,000 top 10 lists of various search categories such as Most Searched Events, Trending People and Top Trending Searches from 72 countries.

The first spot on the top 10 global trending searches of 2013 is taken up by Nelson Mandela. There was already a surge of global search interest in the former South African president which further increased after his recent passing. Madiba has been a symbol for perseverance and peace for decades, naturally the world turned to the internet to find out more about his life and legacy. Second on the list is Paul Walker, most known for his role in the Fast and Furious movie series, his recent passing was also deeply felt around the globe. The tragic events of Boston Marathon put it at number six, followed by Galaxy S4, PlayStation 4 and North Korea in eighth, ninth and tenth respectively. Over 1,000 top 10 lists are available through the official Zeitgeist homepage for those who want to explore more global trends, Zeitgeist hosts search data as far back as 2001.

Top Google Searches Of 2013 original content from Ubergizmo.

If you’re a Safari user, you might want to consider changing your browser as it would appear that Safari actually keeps your IDs and passwords as a text file, meaning that anyone with the know-how will be able to access them relatively easily. This is according to the folks at Kaspersky Labs who discovered that this problem could stem from Safari’s retention of browser history as applied in the “Reopen all Windows From Last Session” feature, which basically allows users to resume their sessions from previously closed websites. While this feature has been designed for convenience, perhaps its implementation could have been better as the document stores the IDs and passwords as plain text albeit as a hidden file.

However like we said, anyone with the know-how will be able to discover it relatively quickly and easily. As it stands, Kaspersky claims that there isn’t any malware at the moment that is targeting the exploit, so for now Safari users are safe, although in the meantime you might want to do something about and change browsers until Apple can address the issue. Kaspersky states that this only affects older versions of Safari, such as Safari 6.0.5 running on Mac OS X 10.8.5. They also claim to have contacted Apple and let them know about the exploit, but we have not heard any official statement from Apple regarding the matter just yet, but we will keep our eyes and ears peeled and update you guys accordingly.

Kaspersky Labs Discover Bug In Safari That Stores IDs And Passwords In A Text File original content from Ubergizmo.

The folks over at Twitter are reportedly testing a new feature called “Nearby,” which as the name suggests would show you who is tweeting nearby. Apparently it wouldn’t matter if you follow those users or not, the additional Nearby timeline that will be added to the mobile apps will display all tweets being made close to your location. This feature seems like an effort to get more people to share their location on the microblogging network, which first allowed users to attach location information to their tweets back in 2010.

The Nearby feature would be quite useful for users who are looking for locationally relevant tweets, which can sometimes be quite hard to find using the “discover” tab and the microblogging network’s search feature. It would effectively fill that void, while another advantage would be that Twitter will be able to offer advertisers more precise targeting options. Pivotal Research group analyst Brian Wieser believes that it is likely that this new feature might prove to be “incrementally interesting to some advertisers.” Users location will likely not show up in the Nearby timeline if they have not opted in to attach location information with their tweets, when Twitter offered the option almost three years ago, it left it up to users to opt in if they wanted to and that hasn’t been changed to this day. When contacted by WSJ, a spokeswoman for the company declined to comment if Twitter has indeed been testing the feature. However, screenshots received by the publication from people who have used the feature point to the contrary.

New Twitter Feature Could Show You Who Is Tweeting ‘Nearby’ original content from Ubergizmo.