Archive for December, 2014
Chromecast Becomes The #2 Streaming Device In US
By market share.
Despite the fact that it was launched less than 1 and a half year ago, It looks like Google’s Chromecast has made quite an impact in the market share, for the US at least.
According to the latest data, it has overtook Apple TV to become the #2 streaming device in the US and now holds a total of 20% market share vs. Apple’s 17%.
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Internet Explorer: Microsoft Moves Away From MSDN
Say hello to the Stack Overflow.
Now here’s a pretty interesting and unexpected decision from the Microsoft itself. In an effort to really please and understand web developers (as well as move everything into one place), the software giant has announced a new migration initiative, which means that from now on, all discussions related to IE development will be moved from MSDN forums to Stack Overflow.
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A Children Friendly Version of Google Chrome Is Coming
Coming in 2015.
If you thought that web browsers are already way too complicated for today’s youth then good news: Google is with you on this one and is already working on a child version of Google Chrome.
According to Pavni Diwanji, a VP of engineering at Google, who spoke to USA Today, the search giant is focusing on an entire line of products (including YouTube, Chrome and others) that will help kids to “be more than just pure consumers of tech, but creators, too.”
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Microsoft Updates IE Platform Roadmap
Will bring few new features for web developers.
If you’ve been following status.modern.ie then this won’t exactly be new for you, otherwise, take note.
According to the recent change, the software giant has started working on three new features:
– Responsive Images (image srcset), which will take the advantage of the high resolution screens;
– New input controls for picking dates (all using HTML5 standards): day, week and month;
– A support for MAIN element, which is used to identify the main content of your app or document.
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Firefox Finally Coming To iPhone & iPad
The months of declining Firefox market share might soon come to an end or at least a slow down, as according to Mozilla’s Release Manager, Lukas Blakk, has announced that after years of refusal, the open source organization is finally bringing Firefox to iOS.
He wrote, “We need to be where our users are so we’re going to get Firefox on iOS #mozlandia”
Why the sudden change? While we may never know all the possible reasons, one of the key elements could be a shift in Apple’s strategy itself, where the tech giant (since the WWDC 2014) announced the availability of WKWebView for all the developers:
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November, 2014 Desktop Market Share: Google Chrome – Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera – Down
After a small blip last time, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has lost some of its market share since, down from 58.36% to 57.91% (0.45 point decrease).
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Microsoft Wants Your Feedback On F12 Developer Tools
If you are a web developer, listen up as Microsoft is currently looking for the feedback on their new Internet Explorer Developer Tools.
So far, the team has come up with three different layout ideas and this is where your comments and suggestions come into the picture.
Take a look:
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