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How to Stop Websites From Harassing You About Notifications and Location Tracking

9 July, 20199 July, 2019Tips and Tricks, Web Browser13 Comments

Update: It’s July 2019, and I am suddenly seeing a rash of websites asking to send me notifications, so I went into Chrome to block them...

Microsoft Edge Browser for iPhone, iPad Now Supports eBooks

30 May, 201830 May, 2018Microsoft, Web Browser4 Comments

Launched in November, Microsoft’s Edge web browser for the iPad and iPhone always struck me as a product that was released so MS could check off...

Chrome and Safari Will Soon Block Auto-Play Videos

15 September, 201726 September, 2017Apple, Google, Web BrowserOne Comment

One of the last vestiges of of the annoying web, auto-playing video, is about to die. Google announced on Thursday that a future version of Chrome...

Edge Web Browser Reads eBooks Aloud in Latest Windows 10 Build

12 February, 201712 February, 2017e-Reading Software, Web Browser2 Comments

Microsoft has suddenly developed an acute interest in ebooks. First they added support for epub ebooks to its Edge browser, and then they teased an ebookstore, and now...

Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Fund EPUBReader for Firefox

5 February, 20175 February, 2017Epub, Web Browser4 Comments

The best epub add-ons for Firefox needs your help. Michael Volz, the developer of the EpubReader Add-On for Firefox, launched a KS campaign last week to...

Baker & Taylor Launches Library eBook App for Your Web Browser

2 February, 20173 February, 2017Library eBooks, Web BrowserOne Comment

Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform is one of the lesser known library ebook providers. Launched in 2011, it originally supplied ebooks in Blio format before...

Why Did Chrome Delete AdBlock Plus During Its Latest Update?

24 January, 201724 January, 2017Advertising, Web Browser13 Comments

Thanks to problems like malvertising and performance-crippling video adverts, security extensions like Adblock Plus are now a basic tool for anyone who goes online. These extensions...

Fall 2016 Amazon Silk Web Browser Update Adds Recommendations, Bookmark Folder

23 December, 201613 June, 2017e-Reading Software, Fire, Web Browser2 Comments

Amazon isn’t investing as much effort in publicizing their web browser as they used to (they’ve even deleted the Amazon Silk blog) but work has continued...

The New Windows 10 Preview Comes with EPUB Support in Edge Web Browser

18 November, 201620 November, 2016Epub, Web Browser7 Comments

Virtually all web browsers natively support PDFs, but the next version of the Microsoft Edge browser does more. BetaNews and VentureBeat report the new Windows 10...

Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Royalty & Funding Pool Both Rose in October 2016

16 November, 201616 November, 2016Kindle (platform), Web BrowserOne Comment

The retailer formerly know as Amazon revealed on Tuesday that the funding pool for Kindle Unlimited and KDP Select increased in October 2016, to $16.2 million. That is...

Opera Max Now Blocks Tracking Scripts, Encrypts Your Mobile Data

7 October, 201610 October, 2016Security & Privacy, Web BrowserLeave a comment

When Opera launched Opera Max in 2013, it was designed to compress data over mobile connections and save users money on their data plans. Last May...

Does Anyone Actually Use Cloud Reading Apps?

28 August, 201628 August, 2016e-Reading Software, Web Browser20 Comments

A few years back Amazon, and the trailing trio (Kobo, Google, and B&N) all released cloud reading apps. The first apps were released shortly after Apple started...

The EchoSim Project Brings (Some) Amazon Alexa Features to Your Web Browser

28 May, 201611 June, 2016Amazon, e-Reading Software, Web Browser2 Comments

Amazon’s virtual assistant is available in a $90 to $200 household appliance, via Android and iOS apps, and now in your web browser. Well, mostly available....

You Shouldn’t Read Too Much Into the Legal Threats Over Brave’s Ad-Blocking Browser

8 April, 201613 April, 2016Advertising, Aggregators, Legal, Web Browser3 Comments

Brave put itself on a collision course with web publishers when it announced its ad-filtering web browser in January, so it should come as no surprise...

Microsoft to Build Ad-Blocker into its Edge Browser

31 March, 20163 April, 2016Advertising, Microsoft, Web Browser9 Comments

Web publishers are blocking ad-block users left and right, but app developers are taking a decidedly friendlier stance. First Maxthon, then Asus, and then Opera integrated ad-blocking tech...