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Mozilla has just released Firefox 24, and this refresh lavishes most of its attention on the Android version. The updated mobile browser enables WebRTC support, letting Android users conduct web-based video chats without a plugin. These surfers can also share browser tabs between NFC-capable devices, launch a preferred sharing app from the main menu, read in Braille and enable a Night mode in Reader. Desktop users aren’t completely left out of the upgrade frenzy, however. Firefox 24 lets them quickly close all tabs to the right of a selected tab, drag out chat windows and use the stealthier scrollbars in OS X Lion and newer. If you’re intrigued by any of the new Firefox clients, you can grab the edition you need at one of the source links.

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Source: Firefox, Google Play

Google has announced today that Analytics will ditch support for Internet Explorer 8 by the end of this year. This policy change only affects Microsoft’s browser, those Google Analytics users who still want to use the service through Redmond’s browser would have to opt for IE9, IE10 or IE11. Google hasn’t said exactly when IE8 support will be axed, but it says in a blogpost that it wants to give users more than three months to prepare for this change and minimize the “disruption to Google Analytics usage for you and your business.”

To be absolutely clear, this announcement doesn’t mean that webmasters will no longer be able to view traffic on their websites that comes through Internet Explorer 8. Google Analytics will continue to monitor all such traffic. The change for webmasters is that they won’t be able to use Analytics on IE8 to sift through traffic reports and statistics. Google says that its taking this step to accelerate “the pace at which we can innovate new product features.” Those who’re using latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari need to worry about this change. Internet Explorer 8 is the most popular web browser in the world, given the fact that Windows XP users can’t upgrade to a later version of IE.

Google Analytics Ditches Internet Explorer 8 Support By Year’s End original content from Ubergizmo.

It’s undoubtedly possible to turn a Raspberry Pi into a web server, but it’s not always easy. Thankfully, Google just streamlined the process with its new Coder project. The open source tool lets developers build web apps for a ready-made Raspberry Pi web server using only a desktop browser. Coder manages all the files, including any media. The mini PC, meanwhile, only requires a network connection and an SD card reader to store the server. Beyond the hardware, Coder is free to use; if you’ve wanted a cheap testbed for web programming, you’ll find one at the source link.

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Source: Coder

There has been a lot of speculation in the market regarding Twitter’s IPO or initial public offering. Speculation increased after Facebook went public last year, its IPO turned out to be the biggest internet company IPO ever, Facebook raised $105 billion. It was rumored that somewhere down the line, the microblogging service would decide to go public as well. A little while ago Twitter announced via, you guessed it, its Twitter account, that it has confidentially submitted a S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.

The S-1 form isn’t an offer of sale of any securities, Twitter also clarifies this in its announcement. Its a form that’s filed with the SEC by public companies to register their securities with it. The form contains basic financial and business information with respect to a securities offering. Investors can use it to make an educated investment decision and to consider the merits of investment in that particular public company. There’s no way of speculating right now how much Twitter will be able to raise through its IPO, no date has been revealed as yet. Twitter is the world’s largest microblogging network with over 200 million active users every month, after Facebook, its the next biggest social network that’s seeking to go public.

Twitter IPO Nears As S-1 Form Is Filed With The SEC original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft has announced today that Outlook.com IMAP support has finally been added to the company’s popular email service. IMAP and OAuth both are now immediately available for Outlook.com. The email service already supports Exchange ActiveSync, a protocol that is used by majority of the smartphones and tablets available today which run on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Now with IMAP support, devices and apps that don’t support Exachange ActiveSync will be able to tap into Outlook.com email accounts.

IMAP is an older protocol that is still widely supported on feature phones and various email clients. Microsoft says that it has heard users’ feedback about the need for IMAP support and its clear to them that this is important, hence the update. Apart from offering connectivity to a wide variety of devices, IMAP also allow developers to build apps and services that offer “value-added scenarios” apart from Outlook.com email. Services such as TripIt, Sift, Slice, OtherInbox and Context.IO have already capitalized on Outlook.com IMAP support, they’re rolling out updates for their apps today. The IMAP support announcement was initially made during an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Microsoft then followed up with a complete blog post with all of the details.

Outlook.com IMAP Support Finally Added original content from Ubergizmo.