One third of South Africans deem standalone social media apps unsafe and choose mobile browsers instead
By Press Release 17 April 2018According to Opera’s State of the mobile web report Q1 2018, 35 percent of South Africans prefer to access social media through their mobile browser. FULL STORY >
Opera introduces bitcoin mining protection in its mobile browsers
By Press Release 22 January 2018Cryptocurrency mining drains your smartphone’s battery and dramatically overworks its CPU - Opera's new solution aims to put that to an end. FULL STORY >
Adobe plans to fully remove Flash support by end of 2020
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 26 July 2017The company finally plans to bring the plugin to an end. FULL STORY >
Chrome now cutting power to background tabs
By Staff Writer 16 March 2017Starting in version 57, Chrome will throttle individual background tab, helping to save power. FULL STORY >
The Nintendo Switch will not have web browser at launch
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 8 February 2017A new bit of information has surfaced about the Nintendo Switch, with the gaming-focused console lacking a web browser at launch. FULL STORY >
It’s Einstein v Tesla: Dawn of Science in new video game
By Staff Writer 31 March 2016We love Ryu, Blanka and Dhalsim as much as the next guy, but if we were to be totally honest, we would prefer our Street Fighters to be hero scientists. Actually, exactly as Diego Sanches created for Superinteressante Magazine. FULL STORY >
New screenshots of Google Chrome show Material Design in action
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 1 February 2016Google's Material Design language is alive and well on its mobile platforms, but yet to make its way to Chrome. New screenshots show what the change to the browser will look like. FULL STORY >
Oracle planning to put an end to its Java browser plug-in
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 28 January 2016Citing lack of support from popular browsers like Chrome, Safari and Firefox, Oracle says it will deprecate its Java browser plug-in with the next update, scheduled for 22 September 2016. FULL STORY >
Microsoft Edge to replace Internet Explorer as Windows 10 go-to browser
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 30 April 2015Microsoft Build is now underway, as Windows 10 gets showcased to developers the world over. One new tool they'll be able to play with is Windows 10's new go-to browser - Microsoft Edge. FULL STORY >
Vivaldi is new web browser from ex-Opera CEO
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 27 January 2015The browser wars looked primed to hot up this year, as Microsoft drops Internet Explorer. Now ex-Opera CEO, Jon Von Tetzchner debuts Vivaldi, a new cross-platform web browser. FULL STORY >
Mozilla releases Firefox 26
By Hanleigh Daniels 11 December 2013Mozilla releases the latest edition (26) of its popular Firefox web browser as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >
Mozilla releases Firefox 25
By Hanleigh Daniels 31 October 2013Mozilla releases the latest edition (25) of its popular Firefox web browser as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >
Google releases Chrome 30
By Hanleigh Daniels 2 October 2013Google makes the latest version (30) of its popular Chrome web- and mobile browsers available for download. FULL STORY >
Mozilla releases Firefox 24
By Hanleigh Daniels 18 September 2013Mozilla releases the latest edition (24) of its popular Firefox web browser. FULL STORY >
Google releases Chrome 29
By Hanleigh Daniels 21 August 2013Google makes the latest version (29) of its popular Chrome web browser available for download. FULL STORY >
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