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Amazon announced several new devices today, ranging from a $79 eBook reader that uses electronic ink to a $199 tablet with a 7 inch IPS display called the Fire. One thing they talked about that immediately grabbed my attention was the web browser that comes preinstalled on Fire. It’s called Silk and it’s supposed to…
Today, Amazon has announced some sexy, cheap tablets, and one of them, the Kindle Fire, is running a new browser called Silk. It’s using Amazon’s extensive Web Services servers to do the bulk of the heavy lifting with CSS and JavaScript so the tablet doesn’t have to. Amazon is claiming 5 ms latency, versus the…
Gmail is bringing a few productivity features to the mobile web app. Multiple sign-in for Google services was a highly requested feature on the web, and earlier this year Google finally added support for it. Now, the company thinks it’s time to take that functionality to our mobile devices. At the bottom of the web…
Last night, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz announced in a company-wide e-mail that she had been fired by the chairman of the board of directors, which was quickly followed by rumours that Yahoo! would be willing to sell the company if the fit (and price) was right. Now, Yahoo! has a longstanding history in mobile; once…
On the heels of the recently sealed deal between Opera Software and Vodafone, the carrier’s India arm launched a co-branded version of the Opera Mini mobile browser, which works with pretty much any mobile phone with an Internet connection. In the official press release, Opera promises to deliver a better and faster browsing experience for…
Google will be updating their web search page so that it’s formatted to be finger-friendly when visited from Android 3.1 tablets or iPad. The new optimizations should make life easier when viewing in either portrait or landscape orientation. Tabs for different types of searches will be easily accessible, and images in particular should have their…
Opera Software and Vodafone signed a three-year extension of their global frame agreement under which the Big Red carrier will continue to offer Opera mobile web browsers to its customers around the world. Included in the deal is a Vodafone-branded Opera Mini browser, which apparently is at the core of the carrier’s Internet strategy for…
GetGlue, the check-in network for just about everything, has made a significant update to their mobile site. This is great news if you’re packing something other than an iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry, which already have mobile apps available. With it, you can share what movie or TV show you’re watching, what music you’re listening, what…
Google posted today about their latest development that might solve all your site’s mobile needs. Pages that are built on Google Sites will be optimized for mobile when visited by an iOS 3 or Android 2.2 browser. This is achieved by automatically rendering the website to the right display resolution, so you end up using…
It’s 2011 and as more and more people opt to get their news fix from digital sources, main stream media is forced to adopt to the new world, often making decisions that make them look … how should we put this kindly, foolish. Enter The New York Post, one of the more sensational newspapers you…