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Mobile Safari vulnerable to spoofing exploit in iOS 5.1

, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [2]

A new vulnerability has been found in Apple’s mobile Safari browser for iOS 5.1. MajorSecurity first discovered the exploit, which would allow a hacker to display a different website URL than what is actually being visited in the browser, potentially leading to phishing attacks. Read The Full Story

Mountain Lion Preview 2 adds Twitter notifications and iCloud tab support

, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [1]

Apple seeded the latest version on its developer preview of Mountain Lion on Friday, and the newest additions to the OS have been detailed. There have been three new notable features added to Beta 2: Twitter integration in the Notification Center, iCloud support for tabbed browsing, and a permission request when apps access contact information. Read The Full Story

Google faces new investigation over Safari privacy breach

, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [3]

Google has run afoul of privacy regulations again, this time involving its breach of Apple's Safari Internet browser to track user activity. The news first broke when the WSJ reported that Google, along with a few other advertisers, had written a code to bypass Safari's default privacy controls, depositing cookies to track users' browsing habits in order to deliver targeted ads. Read The Full Story

iOS Safari lead widens against Android in mobile browser share

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [12]

Data from the latest Net Applications market share report was highlighted for the metric change that negatively affected Google's Chrome desktop browser ratings, but something also interesting to note was the widening gap between iOS and Android when it comes to the mobile space. Safari may be behind Chrome on desktops, but in mobile it is by far the most used browser. Read The Full Story

Safari user sues Google over browser privacy

, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [21]

And so it begins. An Apple user has filed suit against Google over the alleged bypassing of privacy settings on the Safari web browser. The story broke late last week when Google and several other web companies were accused of bypassing the privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser on the iPhone and other Apple devices. Google had previously said that it would follow privacy settings that Safari uses. Read The Full Story

FTC investigation demanded over Google Safari tracking

, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google's alleged bypassing of Safari privacy settings looks likely to come under FTC investigation, after three US Congressmen contacted the Commission to see whether the search giant has violated its consent agreement. Republican Representatives Cliff Stearns of Florida and Joe Barton of Texas, and Democrat Edward Markey of Massachusetts, penned a letter expressing their concerns to the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, citing Google's recent - and contentious - privacy policy changes and describing the claims that the company tricked Safari into allowing users to be tracked as "a major concern." Read The Full Story

Microsoft blasts Google over Safari tracking

, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [22]

Microsoft has wasted no time in sniping at Google over claims the search company deliberately circumvented Apple's privacy systems in Safari so as to track users, pimping Internet Explorer in the process. "If you find this type of behavior alarming and want to protect your confidential information and privacy while you’re online" Ryan Gavin, IE business and marketing manager writes on the official Windows Team blog, "there are alternatives for you." Read The Full Story

Safari 5.1 released for OS X Snow Leopard and Windows

, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has released Safari 5.1, bringing Mac users still running OS X Snow Leopard - as well as Windows users - up to date with the version of the browser bundled in OS X Lion. The updated version includes Reading List, allowing links and pages to be saved for later review, together with Resume, which can automatically reopen all previous tabs when you restart the browser. Read The Full Story

Mac OS X Lion “honeypot” Restart to Safari mode discovered

, Jun 13th 2011 Discuss [5]

The Mac OS X Lion developer beta released last week has turned up what appears to be a new "honeypot" element of Find My Mac, promising basic access to a browser while, in the background, a lost or stolen MacBook can check in its location online. Spotted by MacRumors, the new "Restart to Safari" feature on the lock screen allows users without the password to access the browser only, rather than any files or local apps. Read The Full Story

iOS 5 Gets Deep Twitter Integration, Safari Reader, And New Reading List

, Jun 6th 2011 Discuss [4]

Just a day or two ago, we got wind that Twitter might be more deeply integrated with the new iOS 5. Well, the Apple WWDC 2011 keynote is unfolding and indeed iOS 5 will be getting deep Twitter integration as well as some updates to Safari along with a new Reader List.

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Google Apps To Stop Supporting Old Browsers

, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [5]

If you regularly use Google Docs, Google Calendar, or Gmail then you had better keep your browsers up to date. Google today announced that its Google Apps will no longer support older browsers starting August 1. A big reason for this is Google Apps' need for HTML 5 support. Read The Full Story

Google Safe Browsing, New Feature

, Apr 13th 2011 Discuss [6]

Google Safe Browsing offers a service to just about everyone on the internet. They offer a blacklist that will help to keep you from stumbling onto malware unaware. Most of us have seen this screen pop up a time or two. Whenever there are rubes to phish, crackers will continue producing new sites to grab whatever information people are willing to provide. Google is working on a new feature that checks downloaded files against this same blacklist. It should offer slightly more protection for those users who need it. Read The Full Story
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