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Mozilla firefox 21 released

Post last modified:October 30, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla firefox 21 stable is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in May 14.

What’s new in this firefox 21?

Enhanced three-state UI for Do Not Track (DNT)
Firefox will suggest how to improve your application startup time if needed
Preliminary implementation of Firefox Health Report
Ability to Restore removed thumbnails on New tab Page
Add-ons History API removals in Places
CSS -moz-user-select:none selection changed to improve compatibility with -webkit-user-select:none
Graphics related performance improvements
Removed E4X support from SpiderMonkey
Implemented Remote Profiling
Integrated, Add-on SDK loader and API libraries into Firefox
Added support for < main > element
Implemented scoped stylesheets
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SkyDrive adds new photo timeline

Post last modified:May 14, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft announced some new features to SkyDrive website.

New features:

1.All of your photos in SkyDrive across all your albums and folders based on a timeline view.
2.TPhotos are organized into groups by event and time.
3.scroll down to navigate through all the images.
4.quickly navigate by a month name.
5.view all your photos in the filmstrip view, and then watch them in a slide show.
6.2-3x improvement in upload times for photos.
7.Windows Phone full-resolution camera upload.
8.new thumbnails layout for PowerPoint and Word files.
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Google offers 15 GB of free unified storage between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos

Post last modified:May 14, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google announced that shared storage capacity across Drive, Google+ and Gmail is now 15GB.
Google also updated the Google Drive storage page with anew pie chart breaking down your own personal storage over each platform. Users can upgrade to 100GB of storage for $4.99 per month and 200GB of storage for $9.99 per month.
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Mother’s Day google doodle 2013

Post last modified:May 12, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Mother’s Day with a new interactive animated doodle on its homepage.

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May.
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WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 released

Post last modified:May 12, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this beta?

improvements to the image Post Format flow.
a more polished revision comparison screen.
a more quote-like quote format for Twenty Thirteen.
oEmbed support for the popular music-streaming services Rdio and Spotify.
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FileZilla Client 3.7.0

Post last modified:May 12, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

FileZilla Client 3.7.0 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Show total transfer speed as tooltip over the transfer indicators.
List supported protocols in tooltip of host field in quickconnect bar.
Use TLS instead of the deprecated term SSL.
Reworded text when saving of passwords is disabled, do not refer to kiosk mode.
Improved usability of Update page in settings dialog.
Improve SFTP performance.
When navigating to the parent directory, highlight the former child.
When editing files, use high priority for the transfers.

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YouTube launches Paid Channels

Post last modified:May 10, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

YouTube has launched a paid channel program for a select number of partners.The subscription fees start at $0.99 per month, with a 14-day free trial and a yearly discounts options . At launch currently there are 53 paid channels.
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PHP 5.4.15 released

Post last modified:May 10, 2013
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.4.15 is now available for download.What’s new in this release.

Fixes:
debug_backtrace in set_error_handler corrupts zend heap: segfault.
dns_get_record result with string of length -1.
follow_location parameter of context is ignored for most response codes.
fd leak on Solaris.
fd leak on Solaris.
Upgraded libmagic to 5.14.
Windows x64 version of stream_socket_pair() and improved error handling.
ZipArchive::addFile() has to check for file existence.
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Saul Bass’s 93rd birthday google doodle

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Saul Bass’s 93rd birthday with a new video google doodle on its homepage.

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Oscar winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. Saul Bass was born on May 8, 1920, in the Bronx, New York, United States, North America, to Eastern European Jewish immigrant parents.
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YouTube app 3.0 releases for windows phone [Windows Phone]

Post last modified:August 12, 2019
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft released a completely revamped new YouTube windows app for its Windows Phone 8. This new app looks good promising for users. For the new features see the below section.

What’s new in this version?

Pin videos, playlists, channels, and even search queries to Start as Live Tiles for fast access.
The tile flips to show either the latest video from your subscriptions or the most popular one.

A new and innovative playlist design gives you easy access to videos using a touch-friendly filmstrip.
video now plays in the background even when the screen is locked.
You can share videos to popular social networks, and via email and text.
Youtube safety mode.

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