Author Archive: Vygantas
Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.
First Chrome OS Tablet Might Be Coming This Month
April 29 is the date.
If you’ve been dreaming about a tablet running Google’s Chrome OS then April might as well be the month when your dreams do come true.
According to ZDNet, Acer is planning an event at the end of April where the company will reveal all kinds of hardware, including a possible Chrome OS tablet, which so far remains a mystery.
On a scale from one to ten, how excited are you? You can’t pick -1.
Mozilla CEO Resigns Over Gay Drama
Is it over?
It looks like Mozilla is about to get a new CEO as the most recent one, Brendan Eich has just resigned over the support of anti-gay marriage bill. The news come after a couple of Eich’s interviews where he repeatedly said that he will not resign over this issue. All sources claim that it was his own decision and that it wasn’t forced by the board.
According to recode, Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker “became emotional at one point during the interview – noted that she was “doing a fair amount of self-reflection and I am wondering how did I miss it that this would matter more when he was the CEO.”
Continue Reading
Microsoft Lists IE11 Developer Improvements
During yesterday’s BUILD conference, the software giant has listed a bunch of Internet Explorer 11 improvements that should ease off some of the developer headaches and/or improve the overall user experience.
Continue Reading
Maxthon For Windows Phone Updated
Build 1.3.0.1000.
Recently, a new version of Maxthon web browser has been released for your enjoyment, which includes a handful of new features, that are yet to come to Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer.
Here’s what you can epxect:
Continue Reading
Windows Phone 8.1: Internet Explorer 11 (Video)
With today’s Windows Phone 8.1 announcement, guys at WPCentral did a quick hands on video of IE11, which includes features like InPrivate browsing, reader view and password manager (finally).
Check it out.
OkCupid Asks Users To Stop Using Firefox
And the drama continues…
We hope that this was the April fool’s joke but in case it’s not, it looks like the new Mozilla CEO story is far from over.
In case you haven’t been following the news, back in 2008 Brendan Eich made a $1000 donation to support California’s Proposition 8 (anti-gay marriage), which now made a lot of people upset as he became the CEO of Mozilla.
Continue Reading
Download Opera 21 Next
Aura, aura, aura.
Good news, the latest “Next” build of Opera 21 now includes a support for Aura, a hardware accelerated rendering for things like browser menus, buttons, dialogs, etc. Basically, Aura is the UI stack developed by Google that utilizes GPU whenever possible, increases performance and yes, Chrome has it too.
As far as major changes go that’s pretty much it for the Opera 21 Next, with one more feature being an ability to show the full URL in the address bar when advanced settings are enabled.
Continue Reading
Half Of Mozilla’s Board Steps Down Following The Appointment Of A New CEO
Now here’s some drama to kick start your week.
According to the Wall Street Journal, three out of six Mozilla board members have stepped down before the new CEO announcement has been made public.
First in the list is a former Mozilla CEO, John Lilly, followed by another former CEO Gary Kovacs and CEO of online education startup Shmoop, Ellen Siminoff.
Continue Reading
Crazy Rumors: Internet Explorer Might Come To Android
Can it be true?
With the recent reveal of Office or iPad and Android, it looks like there is a new (and absolutely crazy) rumor in town (which comes from unverified source via Twitter): Microsoft is porting Internet Explorer for Android.
While at first glance it does not seem realistic, one might wonder if the software giant has decided to spread even more of their services across different platforms rather than making them MS exclusive, which was the case with Xbox Live Games (some of them are now on iOS and Android), Office, etc.
Continue Reading
