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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.264.3 released

Post last modified:September 4, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.264.3 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

Private browsing – go to File -> New Private Window.
Web Panel improvements.
decreased the height of the panel title bar and an option to hide it completely.
Web panel Back and reload buttons have been combined into a home button.
removed Ctrl+Q as a shortcut for quick commands.
Added web panel context menu.
Added smooth scrolling option: Adjusted SVG viewbox.
Added Kurdish language support (KU)
Upgraded Chromium to 45.0.2454.86
And lot of fixes
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Nokia 222 and Nokia 222 Dual SIM phones announced

Post last modified:August 26, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced Nokia 222 and Nokia 222 Dual SIM affordable internet-enable feature phones. It comes in black, and white colors and is priced at $37 .

Microsoft Nokia 222 specifications

Nokia Series 30+ OS
2.4-inch (320 x 240 pixel) QVGA LCD screens
T9 keypad
Single/Dual Sim
2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera
2G connectivity
Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM
USB 2.0
FM Radio
Flashlight
microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
1100 mAh battery

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La Tomatina 70th Anniversary google doodle

Post last modified:August 26, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating 70th Anniversary of La Tomatina with a new animated doodle on its homepage. La Tomatina started the last Wednesday of August in 1945.

La Tomatina (Spanish pronunciation: [la toma?tina]) is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of
Buñol, a town located 30 km / 19 miles from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and
get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Buñol.
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Cortana Beta for Android released [Android]

Post last modified:August 25, 2015
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana officially arrived on Android as a public beta. It is currently available in the U.S. only.

Main features:

ability to set Cortana as the destination for the home button press.
you can setting and getting reminders
searching the web on-the-go
tracking important information such as flight details
starting and completing tasks across all of your devices.
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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.252.3 released

Post last modified:August 22, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.252.3 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

Typed History- click arrow down in the address-field—before you type anything.
Prettier Preferences- icons for each section.
Web panel reload and back buttons.
Smooth Scrolling now on by default.
Fixed: [Windows] Conflict between Chromium Browser and Vivaldi browser.
Fixed: Quick Commands no longer lists all open tabs.
Fixed: Extension’s popup is cut off if address-bar on bottom.

And lot of fixes:
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WordPress 4.3 Billie released

Post last modified:August 19, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 4.3 Billie is now available for download. What’s new in this final release?

Menus in the Customizer.
Site Icons.
Comments turned off on pages.
Streamlined customizer design provides a mobile-friendly and accessible interface.
formatting shortcuts – Use asterisks to create lists and number signs to make a heading.
Password reset link.
smoother admin experience.

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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.249.12 released

Post last modified:August 19, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.249.12 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

New Web panels- websites loaded in the panel area.
Extension UI buttons- pageAction and browserAction.
Page actions – icon inside URL field
browser actions – icons to the right of the address bar.
More details in the progress bar.
Performance: tabs and bookmarks.
Chromium- 45.0.2454.43.
[Mac] Add more short-cuts to main menu.
Updating default favicon to have white fill
And lots more bug fix.
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Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0 released

Post last modified:July 25, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0 is now available for download. What’s new in this release?

Supports Mac OS X Yosemite, Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, other Linux operating systems, and legacy operating systems.
Paravirtualization Support for Windows and Linux Guests.
Improved CPU Utilization
Support of USB 3.0 Devices
Bi-Directional Drag and Drop Support for Windows
Disk Image Encryption
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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.201.2 released

Post last modified:June 16, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.201.2 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

clearer search engine editor.
New Mouse gesture customization options.
Improve usability of adding URLs to “startup with specific pages”
Spatial navigation improvements.
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Thunderbird 38.0.1 released with lots of new features and fixes

Post last modified:June 13, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird 38.0.1 is now available for download.Thunderbird 38.0.1 contains underlying code that is based off of Firefox 38.0.1esr. There was no Thunderbird 38.0 release. What’s new in this release?

GMail supports OAuth2 authentication, removing the need to manually select “allow less secure applications” in Google options for the account.
Ship Lightning calendar addon with Thunderbird and enable with an opt-out dialog.

Filter sent messages
Filter messages when archived
Enable search in multiple/all address books
Add support for Yahoo Messenger in Chat

Support Internationalized domain name URLs for RSS feeds
Show expanded columns in folder pane
Allow file-per-message (maildir) local message storage
Add a Learn more link to the support page in feeds subscribe dialog
Add reading position marker line to conversations
The editor for twitter should show inputtable character count
Thunderbird will no longer use SHA-1 to sign messages
Removed rarely used character sets: T.61-8bit, non-encoding Mac encoders, VISCII, x-viet-tcvn5712, x-viet-vps x-johab, ARMSCII8 , map us-ascii to windows-1252, ISO-8859-6-I and -E and ISO-8859-8-E
Disable CONDSTORE support for IMAP to prevent discrepancies in IMAP message status (deleted, unread) on
some servers
Make OpenSearch queries open in the user’s default browser
Default to using SSL for XMPP and IRC. This might cause issues for self-signed certificates
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