With the likes of Google’s Chromecast selling of shelves for lack of a reason not to drop a few bucks on the concept, iterations of the idea like Mozilla’s upcoming second-screen support for Firefox are popping up left and right. What we’re seeing here is a very small and early version of what may be […]
Mozilla has recently put out a call for those willing and able to test a preview build of Firefox. This build is designed for Windows 8 tablets and is touch-friendly and sporting what is described as being a tile-based Firefox Start Experience. And in addition, this build of Firefox is offering support for Windows 8 […]
Earlier this year Google enhanced the voice recognition search system embedded in the Chrome web browser for desktop machines so that it’d understand pronouns – then this ability came to Android, and now it heads to iOS. What this means for this week’s update of Chrome (version 29, that is), is that you’ll be able […]
This isn’t the first time someone was inspired to design women’s fashion based on web browsers, and it probably won’t be the last.
Photographer Viktorija Pashuta wanted to combine fashion and technology and came up with this fashion editorial that’s called “What If Girls Were Internet Browsers?“
And combine them, she did. With the help of stylist Chalia Young, Viktorija brought her ideas and concepts to life. Apparently she wanted to bring out the functionality of each browser aside from just their colors and I think the models did a pretty good job at doing this.
For instance, Internet Explorer is flashy, Firefox sexy, Opera elegant, Chrome utilitarian and Safari – trendy/hip.
You can check out the entire series in the gallery above.
[via Buzzfeed]
Supposing you’re a heavy Chrome web browser user and you’ve loaded your fair share of settings, extensions, and web apps: Chrome 29 can help you with that. Chrome 29 is an update to the Chrome web browser that’ll be appearing available to you and yours this week. This update includes – perhaps most importantly – […]
Those with a hearty level of respect for beta builds have been enjoying these spoils for weeks now, but Google has today seen fit to push Chrome 29 and a refreshed Chrome for Android out to rest of us. Effective right now, Chrome 29 users on the desktop will see “improvements to omnibox suggestions based on the recency of websites visited, resulting in more timely and contextually relevant suggestions.” Interestingly, Google has also added a “Reset browser settings” option for those who end up going a bit overboard with extensions; thankfully, waving the aforesaid white flag won’t impact your themes, apps or bookmarks.
On the mobile front, Chrome on Android is being updated with improved scrolling and startup performance, as well as WebRTC support that will enable video conversation directly in the browser without a plugin. Yeah, we thought you’d dig that.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Chrome Blog, Google Play Store
The public beta iteration of iCloud for iOS device of all sorts has been given a reboot today, bringing with it a full user interface redesign to match iOS 7. This is the first time the public – most of the public, that is – will get a hands-on experience with the look and feel […]
In its latest in a long line of acquisitions this year, Yahoo has acquired the web browser technology group Rockmelt. While this news does not affect the way that Rockmelt works right this minute as a web browser up for download on multiple platforms, it does spell trouble for those hoping for Rockmelt-centric development in […]
If you see a webpage with “.NYC” at the end of it in the future, you’ll know good and well that the city itself approved. That is to say that New York City will indeed, once the domain name launches, be the first geographically-based group to have their own top-level address. And it’s not just limited to government sites, mind you.
The city of New York has made clear their intent to open the address to businesses, organizations, and residents, with registration beginning in late 2013. At the moment it’s not clear what prerequisites will need to be met before a “JoeSchmo.NYC” address will be handed out, but when we know, you’ll know.
• NYC PRIDE – Proclaim to the world that you are a proud New Yorker or NYC-based business / organization.
• GET FOUND IN NYC – Finding a search result that is located in NYC can be challenging. Search engines often generate millions of results. Make your NYC business, organization or content easier for users to find.
• SHOW YOUR NYC CREATIVITY – NYC is home to some of the world’s most creative people, museums, music, dance, entertainment, media and all of the arts. Use your .nyc address to express and share your creativity.
In the end it will be registrars who continue to hold sway over the domain name, with the city making clear this week that NYC “expects multiple Registrars to participate and for pricing to be competitive with the market prices for other top-level domains.
It should also be known that Neustar, Inc. currently operates the registry for groups like the Department of Commerce with .US as well as .BIZ working under a contract with ICANN and that New York City has chosen Neustar to provide services to .NYC. This set of services will include registry services and support for the public – soon!
New York City set for first geographic domain name in the USA is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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