The Internet runs on advertisement. While there are some sites and services that do okay without it, and lets not forget the free sites out there that are run by users in […]
Microsoft revealed information about a new Windows 10 feature called Continuum back in September 2014. One of the usage scenarios that Microsoft needs to handle are when a hybrid device is being […]
Apps on the Android platform can request no extra permissions or a bunch of them. While it is sometimes easy to find a reason for a permission, a web browser needs Internet […]
The Pale Moon 25.0 update released earlier this month was a major one as it cut another tie with Firefox. Up until this point, Pale Moon used a Firefox compatibility setting to […]
When the public started to use the Internet for the first time, Gif files became instantly popular as a means to display media contents on private homepages and community websites. Back then, […]
The preview build of Windows 10 has been out for less than a week and feedback thus far seems to be largely positive, especially when you compare the reception with that of […]
Update: The Matchstick project team announced yesterday that it made the decision to cancel the project and refund the money. MatchStick is an open Google Chromecast alternative that is based on Firefox […]
Microsoft revealed information about the next version of Windows today and one of the big surprises is that the next version of Windows will be Windows 10 and not Windows 9. Windows […]
Many Internet users think that Mozilla has to step up its game to compete against the Chrome browser and see eye to eye with that browser when it comes to usage share […]
A rumor has been floating around on the Internet for some time now that suggested that Microsoft will make available its upcoming client operating system Windows 9 for free to some or […]
While it is usually easy to get data into the cloud, for instance by simply using services such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, it is often difficult to download the data again. […]
Booting into another operating system can sometimes be the only course of action available when it comes to troubleshooting PC issues. This helps if the installed operating system won't boot anymore for […]
Google's Chromecast device has been around for some time now. It enables you to stream contents from a computer or supported mobile device using apps to a compatible screen. The price point […]
As is the case with many tools out there, I prefer a desktop RSS reader over an online solution. Sure, online services such as Feedly have advantages. You can access them for […]
Companies like Google or Microsoft have a hard time getting users to upgrade to the latest version of their operating systems. On Android for instance, a quarter is using Android version 4.4, […]
Direct connections between users are used by the Bittorrent protocol by default. This means that whenever you load a torrent in a client like uTorrent, seeders and users downloading the torrent as […]
As a webmaster, you not only have to make sure that the right contents are displayed to desktop users but also that mobile users are served correctly. This can be a big […]
Firefox users have access to a selection of VPN add-ons for the browser which they can install from Mozilla's official add-ons repository. Whenever a connection to a virtual private network is established, […]
I'm somewhat of a fanatic when it comes to optimizing sleep. While I have not convinced myself yet to try and reduce it drastically, I have tried different things to make it […]
When you connect to a website or service on today's Internet, connections to servers hosting site contents are established. If a server is not available at the time, some part of a […]
Mozilla will install a hotfix on Firefox 10 to 28 Stable versions on Windows that have automatic updates enabled to get those installations to the latest release version of the web browser. […]
AnyDesk is a remote desktop software developed by ex-TeamViewer employees that has been released as a first beta version in 2014. TeamViewer, best known for its ease of use that gets rid […]
Most online companies make available privacy related settings that customers may access to manage some settings online. The default privacy settings of online accounts, devices, and applications are usually not optimized for […]
Automatic application updates are a comfortable feature of the Android operating system. If enabled -- and it is by default -- it will download and install updates for installed applications automatically on […]
Much of what I have bought in the past couple of years, maybe even the last ten years, has been bought on Internet shopping sites and not local stores. While I'm probably […]
Ads, they are everywhere on the Internet, on television, radio, on the street and in magazines. One safe haven remains, and that is your home, provided that you are not browsing the […]
If you are running a stable version of the Dropbox client on your devices you may have noticed that files only start to synchronize to other devices once they have been uploaded […]
Welcome to this month's overview of security bulletins and updates for Microsoft Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products. This is the first month after end of support for the popular Windows XP […]
Most Firefox installations get updated automatically whenever a new version of the web browser is released. This is true for all channels the browser is offered in and the default way updates […]
One of the great features of YouTube is that you can subscribe to users and channels you are interested in. If you do so on site, you receive update notifications on your […]
When Microsoft released the first feature update for Windows 8.1, which it called Windows 8.1 Update, it announced that it would stop releasing updates for Windows 8.1 without that particular update shortly […]
Update: If you read the blog post careful, you may come to a different conclusion: what is definitely not going to happen is that Firefox will be turned "into a mess of […]
Yahoo launched the Yahoo News Digest application for iOS four month ago. Today, the company launched the Android version of the application along with international versions. Most news applications display an never […]
If you are running antivirus software on your system, or another type of security software, chance is good that quite a bit of data is transmitted from your system to Internet servers. […]
Before I start the review of Zona, a new application that provides you with access to movies, TV series, music, games and live TV, I'd like to use a paragraph or two […]
As a webmaster it pays to pay attention to trends and upcoming technologies that may help you improve the performance or other site metrics. Google's WebP image format promises better file compression […]
Google and Microsoft offered free custom email domain support in the past. You could set up Google Apps to use a custom domain name that you owned for emails, and Microsoft offered […]
When you analyze how popular browser companies deliver updates to end user systems, you will notice that most use the Task Scheduler on Windows for that. This is the case for Google […]
CCleaner is a popular temporary file cleaning software for Windows and Mac computer systems. The company behind the product has released a version of CCleaner for Android that interested users can download […]
Several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are pressuring Netflix to pay money to ensure the optimal delivery of Netflix streams to customers. Brian over at Betanews thinks that Netflix should […]
