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Mozilla announces Firefox Mobile OS

Post last modified:July 3, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla has announced that B2G will now be known as FireFox Mobile OS and the first FireFox Mobile OS device will launch in Brazil in early 2013 under Telefonica’s local carrier, Vivo.

Mozilla also revealed the new carriers that will support the OS are Telefonica,T-Mobile,Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, and Telenor.

According to Mozilla ZTE and Alcatel will both make FireFox Mobile OS devices and Qualcomm will provide Snapdragon processors for the phones.

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Browser Market Share June 2012

Post last modified:July 3, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Browser Market Share:

According to Net Applications,in june Total market share of

microsoft internet explore is 54.02%,
firefox 20.06%,
chrome 19.08%
Safari 4.73% and
opera 1.60%.
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Operating System Market share june 2012

Post last modified:July 3, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Desktop Operating System Market Share:

According to Net Applications, in june the total market share of

microsoft windows is 92.23%,
mac 6.72%,
linux 1.05%%.

Based on trends Windows 7 may surpass Windows XP in usage share next month.

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Market Share:

The total market share of
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First Twitter Transparency Report

Post last modified:July 3, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Twitter released its first transparency report and it is based on government requests received for user information,government requests received to withhold content, and DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report includes data from January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.
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Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:July 2, 2012
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 is a beginners guide for the Ubuntu operating system the Ubuntu Manual project.

Main features:

step by step instructions
lots of screenshots to show you how to do tasks
onveniently located in one file
start with the basics, and learn as you work through each chapter
translated into more than 52 languages, including localized screenshots
download, modify, reproduce and share as much as you like
100% free
Printer friendly
Troubleshooting section
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VLC Media Player 2.0.2 released

Post last modified:July 2, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

VLC Media Player 2.0.2 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

Rework of the Mac OS X interface
Fix video output for old graphic cards on Windows XP, which are using DirectX
Fix video output on old Macs, notably PowerPC and GMA950 intel Macs.
Support for HiDPI, aka Retina Display
Support for H264 v4l2 devices on Linux
Translations updates and new Scottish Gaelic translation
Fixes for splitted RAR, MKV segmented, mp4 and Real media files playback.
Rewrite of the Digital TV module on Windows
Enhancements in HLS, Blu-Ray and various codecs support
Fixes for subtitles auto-detection
Fixes on Qt, skins2 and web interfaces
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How to Update AVG Offline

Post last modified:July 2, 2012
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

This method is useful if your computer doesn’t have an internet connection or slow connection.

Only for AVG Antivirus, Internet Security or another AVG product and not for AVG FREE Antivirus.

Note from AVG:It is strongly recommended that you perform all updates from the AVG interface.The program can distinguish between full and differential updates; while this page offers only full update files for download.

1.Go to AVG Update download Page.And download the update files.

2.Open the AVG User Interface.

3.Click the Tools menu and select Update from directory.
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No Adobe Flash support for Android 4.1 and no new flash installs from August 15

Post last modified:October 2, 2019
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Adobe has revealed that Android 4.1 will not support Flash Player and it has no plans to bring a compatible version for this operating system.Adobe will stop the fresh installs of Flash Player from Google Play Store for uncertified devices starting August 15 and it will provide Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed.
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Google Chrome for iOS released

Post last modified:June 29, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google Chrome for iOS is now available for download from apple app store.

Main features:

Incognito
Search and navigate directly from the same box
Choose from results that appear as you type
Open and quickly switch between an unlimited number of tabs
flip through tabs
swipe from edge to edge to switch tabs
Sign in to Chrome to sync your open tabs,bookmarks,passwords,omnibox data from your computer to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
Send pages from Chrome on your computer to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
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Google Drive iOS app released

Post last modified:June 29, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google Drive iOS app is now available for download from apple app store.

Main features:

Quickly and easily access and view your documents, photos and videos anywhere
Make files available offline so you can view them even when you don’t have Internet connection
Easily share files with collaborators on the go
Sync files across your desktop and all your devices
Open files from Drive with other apps installed on your device
Star your most important files to easily find them later
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