Category: Internet Browsers
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HTML5 to Become the Default for Google Chrome
On the 9th of May 2016, Anthony LaForge – a Chromium developer, announced the plan to make HTML5 by default. What this means is that they are changing the way Google Chrome works with websites to give you the best experience. Unlike most, who think this means the end of Flash player (and that Chrome […]
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Safari Glitch Causes Apple iOS to Crash – How to Fix it
An issue has been identified where by using the Safari web browser app on an Apple iPhone or iPad the device’s iOS will suddenly stop working. This seems apparent when tapping the address bar to search for content or a web address/URL. Despite no official solution yet and Apple not acknowledging the problem (which is […]
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Why do we hate Internet Explorer so much? Why we shouldn’t hate IE
Almost every single person I work/ associate with has a strong dislike towards Internet Explorer (I’m going to call it IE for the remainder of this article) some hate the browser with a passion, why? I’m going to try to explain from the point of someone who wishes he could refuse to even work with […]
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All Versions of Chrome Will Now Block Non WebStore Extensions
As some of you are aware, those of us that use Chrome but like to modify it a bit, Google started blocking the installation of Chrome extensions that weren’t from the Web Store sometime last year. Meaning we had to find creative ways to keep our extensions running, for me it was an ad blocker […]
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Now You Can Download Your Google History to Your PC!
You can now download your entire Google search history to your computer. Meaning you have a backup of your most visited sites. Why on God’s green Earth would you want that! Let’s be honest here there are dangerous things in your search history, I know where most of you minds just went and I don’t […]
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Browser Flaw Shows The Country You’re In
One of the big problems cited by critics of popular sites online is just how much of your location information is broadcast out online. Not only do mobile phones and social media apps leak your location to the internet, but also websites do too, according to new research out of the University of Singapore. The […]
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Spartan Browser Arrives On Phones
Internet Explorer is going the way of the Dodo. The internet browser is already being phased out in favor of Microsoft’s brand new browser, Spartan. The new and improved web viewing app is to feature the ability to integrate with other browsers on Windows 10 for PCs, but what about phones? Well, Spartan has made […]
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Internet Explorer Support Discontinued
Microsoft is getting ready to promote and move over to a new web browser for Windows 10. Internet Explorer, which has lagged behind in speed and security for the last few years, is to be replaced by a new web browser known as Spartan, which is to include much anticipated new features. Windows 10’s release […]
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GCHQ Cyber Spying Ruled Unlawful
Reports into NSA spying in the US by whistleblower Edwrad Snowden didn’t just reveal the activities of agencies spying on internet users in America – it also came out that the UK’s spying agency which handles cyber warfare, GCHQ, was also involved in the clandestine examination of data collected from internet users. Not only were […]
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Ofcom Publishes ‘Internet Of Things’ Paper
UK communications regulator Ofcom are taking a look at the ‘internet of things’ – a loose umbrella term for the new wave of internet enabled devices which is expected to explode onto the scene in the coming years. The internet of things means devices which are connected to a wider service via a network, and […]
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HTML5 Now YouTube Default Video Format
HTML5 has been around for a while now – the new webpage markup language has been making things easier online since early 2010 when Steve Jobs proclaimed that the method’s main competitor, Adobe Flash, would be rendered obsolete by the comparatively free and open HTML5. Following the media attention around HTML5 in 2010, companies and […]
