Microsoft wants everyone to use its new Edge browser, including children. The software giant recently announced a Kids Mode for the Edge browser that has features for protecting children while surfing the Internet. Currently, Kids Mode is rolling out to Edge Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels.
Threat researchers from Avast, a company known for digital security and privacy products, have discovered a massive amount of malware infections for people around the world. The researchers say that around 3 million people globally are infected with malware via third-party browser extensions for Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, and others. Avast researchers say that malware is hidden in at least 28 third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions associated with some of the most popular platforms on the Internet.
Today Linux users were given access to Microsoft Edge Dev Channel for the first time - in preview mode. Per Microsoft, the importance of this release goes beyond Linux, as this release means Microsoft Edge is available "for all major desktop and mobile platforms." This Linux release supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions.
Microsoft Edge web browser had a bit of an issue with its primary URL bar system that caused the application to crash. Every time you tried to start entering a URL into the address bar, the web browser would crash. Now, it would seem, enough users have complained about the issue that Microsoft's dev team on Edge have taken care of said issue.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge are likely on their way to the United States soon. But before we get there, we've got some conceptualized visions to look at. The following bit is a rendered piece of work by artists Ivo Maric and Jermaine Smit, and it'll give you an approximation of what the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy Edge (or S6 Edge, whatever you prefer) might very well look like. Remember - this isn't from Samsung, it's a concept based on rumors.
Amid AT&T's new unlocking of their off-contract iPhones in collaboration with Apple officially, T-Mobile has chosen this opportune moment to announce that they've already got 1 million iPhone customers on their network. They do this with the micro-SIM cards they've already got available for sale separate from smartphones for their network along with lower prices than AT&T is offering, albeit with slower speeds for the uploading and downloading of data. Will the AT&T unlock wave bring them another batch of new users?
Of the flurry of ebook readers we’ve seen over the past six months or so, one of the more interesting has been the txtr, if only because it promises to embrace the open-source community with its freely-available APIs. Unfortunately, txtr seem less open with their launch updates; the reader is supposedly launching in Germany tomorrow, but the German startup has just revealed that it won’t actually have WiFi.
The market for wireless-connected ebook readers is hotting up, and so we're happy to welcome the latest entrant, txtr. Set to hit European and US markets from December 15th, the €319 ($477) device has a 6-inch 600 x 800 E Ink display, capacitive slider, accelerometer, USB 2.0, WiFi and "txtr Net"; like Amazon's WhisperNet service, txtr Net is an onboard 3G connection which keeps ebooks synchronized between the txtr reader itself and a user's online account.
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Sometimes a gadget comes along that is so pretty that, when you realise it has a spec-sheet more barren than the Sahara, you can't help but tear at your chest and roar. LG's GD510 "Pop" isn't quite so bad as all that, but it's a handsome 3-inch touchscreen phone - the most compact ever with such a screen-size, they say - with a brushed aluminum body that throws out most of the things we take for granted in today's handsets. WiFi we can live without, but a handset lacking 3G? For shame!
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Femtocells aren’t exactly embedded into the public vocabulary yet, but the carriers are ramping up to make a pretty decent push for it. So far we’ve seen a handful of models from some of the bigger operator names, but now a Scottish firm, HSL, are promising a single femtocell that can support users on different networks.
Looks like Garmin aren't going to take the rise in PND apps for smartphones lying down: an anonymous source has just officially outed specifications for the Garmin nuvi 1690 we've been seeing recently, together with its bigger siblings the nuvi 1820 and 1860. The 1820 and 1860 are the first two models from Garmin's new nuvi 1800-series, with 4.8-inch WVGA touchscreens, WiFi and Bluetooth, and - in the case of the 1860 at least - a 3-megapixel camera with geotagging.
Details of the upcoming Garmin nuvi 1690 connected PND are quietly being outed, courtesy of both the FCC and the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group). The latter have confirmed that the touchscreen satnav will not only have Bluetooth but go on sale in both Europe and North America, while the former have released the 1690's quick-start manual [pdf link].