Mozilla Moves
Mozilla Moves Sharing from Web Pages to Browser
By Leslie Meredith, TechNewsDaily Senior Writer
Mozilla Labs this week launched F1, a social plug-in for Firefox to quickly share any webpage link along with a personal comment from the user. For now you can share to Facebook, Twitter and Gmail contacts, but creators Mozilla Messaging say they will add more options in the next round of development.
After a quick install, the F1 icon is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the browser window. Click and a dialogue box appears with options to share to Facebook, Twitter and Gmail. Once you've allowed access to your accounts, it's a simple matter to choose your channel, add a note and post.
Twitter users will appreciate F1's automatic URL shortener using bit.ly. Facebook users will like the fact they can add a comment along with the expected screenshot and brief description.
The Gmail integration is especially slick. When you choose to email a contact, the auto complete function that's part of Gmail's "compose new message" is also part of F1. Start typing a contact name and the address is automatically inserted based on your Gmail address book.
Yahoo was supposed to be included in the options, but Yahoo's mandatory CAPTCHA got in the way, according to F1 developers. "If this extra step were avoidable we would consider adding Yahoo back into the list of supported services," Bryan Clark, Mozilla Labs developer, wrote in a blog post.
At the end of the day, it's Mozilla's attempt to make sharing a browser feature rather than a web page feature, and start to clear off all those sharing button arrays that lead to "web pages that are cluttered, ugly, but also not very usable."
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Low-cost handsets and smartphones
Low-cost handsets and smartphones will together account for almost 79% of all new mobile phones by 2014, according to analyst Juniper Research.
Juniper Research predicted that demand for mobile phones will be driven by the influx of new users from low-income socio-economic groups in developing markets and a rising demand for complex "smart" devices from affluent users in developed markets.
Mobile phone makers such as Nokia, Apple and RIM (makers of Blackberry) are well positioned to benefit from these trends, according to Juniper Research. However, mid-market phone manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson and Motorola will have to rethink their strategy.
The report's author Andrew Kitson said: "Low-cost handset shipments will number more than 700 million in 2014, up by 31% from levels seen in 2008, albeit down slightly from a peak of 716 million in 2012, as some users begin to upgrade to costlier devices.
"At the same time, smartphone shipment volumes will grow continuously across the forecast period, reaching almost 360 million by the end of the period. We therefore expect that mid-range device sales volumes will fall by more than 41% over the period."
Smartphones are becoming increasingly used as essential business tools. Microsoft and Nokia have joined forces to port Microsoft Office to Nokia smart phones, a move that could see the Nokia devices become more integrated with corporate IT.
Articles by Cliff Saran from http://www.computerweekly.com
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mobile coupons
This report looks in depth at the key developments within the mobile coupons market over the past 12 months and includes a number of key interviews with leading mobile coupon vendors, coupon scheme operators and mobile marketing agencies.
Key questions answered by this report include:
* How many mobile subscribers will use their mobiles to redeem coupons over the next five years?
* Which will be the leading regions in the market in 2014?
* What will be the size of overall mobile coupon redemption values?
* How large will be the NFC coupons and smart posters ARPU opportunity?
* What are the trends, drivers and constraints affecting the development of the market?
* What will be the regional trends in mobile coupon values over the next five years?
* How are mobile coupons currently being used by brands and merchants around the world?
Currently, almost all of the mobile coupon systems are based on delivering a code, usually a barcode, to the mobile phone. The code is either stored in the SMS or MMS inbox or is sent to a mobile coupon application that has been downloaded to the phone, as is the case with the Cellfire solution in the USA. Downloadable applications allow for the end-to-end coupon transaction to be managed from a single point and allow other mobile advertising applications to work in parallel to the mobile coupon function. With the growth of smart phones, coupon-specific downloadable apps have become very common over the last year, often linked to location based searches. And By 2014, consumer usage of mobile coupons will generate a redemption value close to $6bn globally.
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6 Internet Security Suites Software
Here are the criteria we used to evaluate internet security suites software:
Antispyware
Spyware is becoming the top threat to computers today. The security software you choose must have antispyware features capable of defeating worms, Trojans, adware and any other kind of spyware that might be out there. Suites that come from companies that offer quality antispyware products have a leg up in this area.
Antivirus
Although viruses have slipped behind spyware on the list of top security threats, they’re still a very real concern. You need to pick a suite with the ability to take down any viruses your computer might come across. The best antivirus applications include advanced heuristics which can spot virus-like activity long before a virus program has been identified and added to a protection program’s virus definitions.
Firewall
When you’re dealing with threats to the sanctity of your digital domain, you need to have a wall in place to keep them from coming in. Your ideal suite should have a firewall that stops threats before they have to pass through antivirus or antispyware scanners. The best firewalls are two-way, preventing not only incoming threats but also blocking outgoing information that can compromise your data or identity. The firewall needs to be the most solid part of your defense against computer security threats.
Other Security/Features
Your suite of choice should have a number of different features besides their antivirus, antispyware and firewall options. The more useful features you have, the more useful your program is going to seem to your customers. Useful features do nothing but increase the value of a program. Parental controls are prominent among these extras as are programs that help protect your identity by providing defense against spam and phishing attempts.
Ease of Use
Protecting your computer is a serious game that’s not for the faint of heart. The suite you choose must be easy enough for computer novices to figure out yet versatile enough for computer experts to be able to take advantage of their advanced features.
Help/Support
The software manufacturer must have enough help and support options in place to answer whatever questions you may have when you’re trying to keep your computer protected. These options can come either within the program or on the manufacturer’s website. All that matters is that they exist and they are going to be there when you need them.
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Instant Previews by Google
Google has updated its search capability with Instant Previews, which enables users to see what a web page looks like before opening it.The Instant Previews feature comes just two months after Google Instant, which displays results as users type in search terms.
Now users can find the right results even faster, says Google, by looking at snapshots of the webpages by clicking on the magnifying glass next to any search result and then hovering over further results.
"In our testing, we've found that people who use Instant Previews are about 5% more likely to be satisfied with the results they click," Raj Krishnan, a Google product manager, wrote in a blog post.
"The previews provide new ways to evaluate search results, making you more likely to find what you're looking for on the pages you visit."
But it is difficult to predict what impact the innovation will have on pay-per-click advertising, said Jim Warren, pay-per-click (PPC) account manager at search marketing agency Greenlight.
"However, you can be sure a negative reaction to a site layout or colour design of a website in Google Instant Previews would have an effect on online advertisers' percentage click-through rates, something they have not had to worry about in the past," he said.
This would result in a drop in quality score and an increase in cost per click, not good news for sites with a poor user experience, said Jim Warren.
But he said there could be a positive impact on brands with easily recognisable colours that may find they benefit from Google Instant Previews.
However, he warned this could lead to a rise in PPC sites using similar colours and designs to big brands, in a bid to trick users into clicking on the wrong site.
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Trend Micro Anti-Spyware
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the WebTrend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web is a free online tool that checks computers for spyware, and helps remove any infections discovered. When the detection process is complete, the tool will display a report describing the results including which if any, spyware was detected, and prompt you before beginning the removal process.
Symptoms of spyware infections:
- Slow computer performance when opening programs or saving files
- Unwanted pop-ups
- Browser homepage hijacking
- Repeated change in your web browser's home page
- Random error messages
- New and unexplained toolbars in your web browser
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/ME/98 SE
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IE9 Beta new features
IE9 Beta new features :
Pinned Sites - IE9 lets you separate out sites and lock them right to the Windows Taskbar.Secure site can be a few seconds: click the pins in the address bar or click the site in a new tab and drag it to the taskbar.
Tab functionality - Like Chrome, there's now the ability to just shut down one tab when a website starts to hang.Instead of having to shut down the entire browser, you can go into the task manager and just kill that particular tab. The new tab page shows frequently visited sites along with a meter of how actively you visit them
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HTML5 - New features in HTML5 with hardware acceleration support elements include video and audio, which provides playback of embedded video and audio content without having to install add-ins.
Focusing on the web - New Navigation Bar Internet Explorer 9 simplifies perception sites. Frame your browser is not overloaded with navigation elements, and compared with other browsers leave more space for the site.
Tools Navigation Internet Explorer 9 created in view of frequently used functions and also simplified.
Button to return to the previous page has more safer and a search box integrated into one address bar that protects the user's personal data, as many menus that are present in older versions of Internet Explorer, merged into one.
Performance - New graphics capabilities and increased productivity Internet Explorer 9 provide a basis for rich and realistic perception.
Text, video and images reproduced with hardware acceleration, due to what the web sites work as quickly as installed on the computer program.
High Definition Video - reproduced without jerks, schedule becomes more clear and reproduced without delay, the colors are realistic, and websites like never interactive.
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