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 another box, but...
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Category: Web Browser
Chrome and Safari Will Soon Block Auto-Play Videos
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 will block some...
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How to Stop Websites From Harassing You About Notifications and Location Tracking
Web browsers can send you desktop notifications and track your location when you let them. Those can be useful features if you like them and use them, but if...
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Edge Web Browser Reads eBooks Aloud in Latest Windows 10 Build
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 eWeek reports that...
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Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Fund EPUBReader for Firefox
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 raise funds so...
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Baker & Taylor Launches Library eBook App for Your Web Browser
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 giving up and...
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Why Did Chrome Delete AdBlock Plus During Its Latest Update?
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 keep you safe...
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Fall 2016 Amazon Silk Web Browser Update Adds Recommendations, Bookmark Folder
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 since the update...
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The New Windows 10 Preview Comes with EPUB Support in Edge Web Browser
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 preview incorporates a...
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Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Royalty & Funding Pool Both Rose in October 2016
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 a bump of...
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Opera Max Now Blocks Tracking Scripts, Encrypts Your Mobile Data
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 Opera expanded support...
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Does Anyone Actually Use Cloud Reading Apps?
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 extorting a vig...
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The EchoSim Project Brings (Some) Amazon Alexa Features to Your Web Browser
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. Inspired by a...
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You Shouldn’t Read Too Much Into the Legal Threats Over Brave’s Ad-Blocking Browser
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 that a bevy...
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Microsoft to Build Ad-Blocker into its Edge Browser
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 into their web...
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