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The Mozilla Story reminds you of how bad the web was before Mozilla and Firefox
Last week we found out that Google Chrome has surpassed Firefox as the number two browser in the world. On top of that, a deal that Mozilla had with Google which provided 84% of Mozilla’s revenue ended last month. So, Mozilla put together The Mozilla Store to remind of us of why the non-profit is more »
Evernote Clearly cleans up web articles for easier reading
Evernote has released an extension for the Chrome web browser called Clearly. Clearly’s main purpose is to strip out the non-essential extras on web pages, and leave behind the article and images. In other words, you won’t see any ads, menus, and sidebars that a lot of webpages tend to have when you use clearly.
Google releases Chrome Remote Desktop Beta
It seems that a remote desktop app has come available for Chrome users. The app is called Chrome Remote Desktop Beta and will work with the Chrome web browser as well as with Chrome OS running notebooks. The Chrome Remote Desktop Beta app is noted as requiring nothing more than having both the main computer more »
Amazon launches Silk, a new web browser
Amazon today announced its new tablet, the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire’s OS is a heavily modified Android, so it makes sense that the browser is also heavily modified. Packed in the Amazon Fire is a whole new web browser dubbed Silk. Amazon calls Silk a “split browser” which means that much of the processing more »
RockMelt 3 brings tighter Facebook integration
Remember RockMelt? The social browser that was supposed to change how we used the web? Well, it didn’t exactly live up to the promise, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone away. Today there’s a new version of the browser that brings news Facebook integration. RockMelt has been referred to as the unofficial Facebook browser. Well, more »
Google Maps mobile site gets updated for browsers
Remember when Twitter updated its mobile page so that it could behave more like a smartphone application? Well Google has done something similar for Google Maps. Instead of mimicking the Google Maps application for Android, Google has brought the Google Maps desktop experience to Android and iOS web browsers.
Mozilla is tracking which add-ons slow down Firefox the most
Using add-ons in Firefox, or any other browser, adds a bit to start-up time. That much should be obvious. Mozilla is tracking which add-ons are the biggest offenders, and will be helping both developers and users fix the speed issues. Mozilla admits that any add-ons will increase time for start-up, adding about 10 percent more more »
Mozilla releases Firefox 4 for Android
Just on week after the successful launch of Firefox 4 for desktops, Mozilla has released the final version of Firefox 4 for Android. The browser brings the customizability of the desktop version to mobile and some interesting syncing features. Syncing is potentially the biggest feature of Firefox 4 for Android. The browser will sync your more »
Mozilla launches Firefox 4
The fine folks over at Mozilla have finally released Firefox 4 now available for Windows, Mac and Linux in over 80 languages. Among one of the many upgrades brought to Firefox 4 will be enhanced speeds (up to six times faster than earlier iterations of the software). Other new add-ons include app tabs which allow more »















