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Microsoft Edge Browser for iPhone, iPad Now Supports eBooks

30 May, 2018 // 4 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 another box, but it looks like I was wrong. Microsoft [Read More ...]

Chrome and Safari Will Soon Block Auto-Play Videos

15 September, 2017 // 1 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 will block some types of auto=playing video: [Read More ...]

Summer 2017 Amazon Silk Web Browser Update Improves Security

13 June, 2017 // 0 Comments

Amazon has just quietly released another unannounced update to its web browser. Last night my Fire tablet refreshed its web browser with the popup shown in the following screenshot. If you cannot [Read More ...]

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

26 April, 2017 // 10 Comments

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 you have no plans of ever allowing them [Read More ...]

Edge Web Browser Reads eBooks Aloud in Latest Windows 10 Build

12 February, 2017 // 2 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 eWeek reports that MS has [Read More ...]

Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Fund EPUBReader for Firefox

5 February, 2017 // 4 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 raise funds so he could redevelop the [Read More ...]

Baker & Taylor Launches Library eBook App for Your Web Browser

2 February, 2017 // 1 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 giving up and offering Epub ebooks [Read More ...]

Why Did Chrome Delete AdBlock Plus During Its Latest Update?

24 January, 2017 // 13 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 keep you safe and [Read More ...]

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

23 December, 2016 // 2 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 since the update last fall. Last night my [Read More ...]

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

18 November, 2016 // 7 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 preview incorporates a new version [Read More ...]

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

16 November, 2016 // 1 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 a bump of $300,000 over [Read More ...]

Opera Max Now Blocks Tracking Scripts, Encrypts Your Mobile Data

7 October, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 to include compressing data [Read More ...]

Does Anyone Actually Use Cloud Reading Apps?

28 August, 2016 // 20 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 extorting a vig from everyone [Read More ...]

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

28 May, 2016 // 2 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. Inspired by a hackathon project, Amazon [Read More ...]

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

8 April, 2016 // 3 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 that a bevy of media companies have responded [Read More ...]

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