By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on February 15th, 2013%
Skyfire Labs, a company that deals with mobile video optimization and mobile cloud solutions, has now been acquired by Opera.
Skyfire Labs is more popularly known for its Rocket Optimizer software. With the combination of these two companies, joint productions will be offered. This comes also with an announcement that the Web Pass of Opera is one of the primary focuses of the company.
The deal between the two companies is expected to be final before the 15th of March.
The Rocket Optimizer software is providing mobile operators with a method to improve the user’s video delivered over mobile data . . . → Read More: Opera to acquire Skyfire Labs for about $155M
By Jane Gracielo, on August 8th, 2012%
Today, Microsoft announced that the Windows 8 users will have the ability to alter or modify the “Do Not Track” or DNT privacy feature’s default setting in Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 once they run the brand new operating-system.
DNT works as a signal if a person wants or does not want websites and online advertisers to trace and monitor their actions. A DNT signal can be send by all five major browsers, which are Safari, Chrome, Opera, and Internet Explorer.
Last month of May, Microsoft declared that Do Not Track could be started up automatically for Internet Explorer 10. . . . → Read More: “Do Not Track” option available for IE10 users
By Jane Gracielo, on June 18th, 2012%
When using your iPad for browsing, you will opt in for its default browser known as Safari, but there are also alternatives like the Dolphin, Mercury, Atomic, Skyfire, and Opera Mini. If you notice, the biggest consumer platform Mozilla is absent.
Good news for the Mozilla fans, the company is on the way – developing its application and getting ready to enter the iOS. The browser is called ‘Junior’.
Still in the testing stage, Junior is the simplest browser in iPad having only a few buttons – a plus symbol for accessing pages, bookmarks . . . → Read More: Mozilla is Getting Ready to Enter iOS
By Jane Gracielo, on July 3rd, 2011%
When Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, pledged “something awesome” in the previous week after the launch of Google+, did he indicate an in-built Skype-powered video chat?
Google has held Google+ in postponement because of ‘insane demand’ of users, once it is out, it will challenge the Microsoft-owned Skype.
Google+ video chat, Hangout is browser-based and could be accessed from any OS. Google is working with other browser developers, like Mozilla and Opera, hoping that they will support the technology in their browsers.
New video chat of Facebook will have a “desktop component” and . . . → Read More: Facebook’s Skype Video Chat vs. Google+ Hangout
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