Google Pay has officially expanded its reach to the web. Now, people can use Google Pay to make online purchases whether they’re browsing on their desktop or their mobile device. Google Pay is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on PCs and iPhones/iPads. This means Apple device users can put Google Pay to work from their […]
Two weeks to the day after it unveiled a “sneak peek” version of the next iteration of Safari, Apple has updated its Safari Technology Preview browser for public testing. The alternate version of Safari can co-exist with the regular version, but can also be set as the default if users prefer to do so for […]
Researchers have discovered a critical flaw in the backbone of HTTPS-protected traffic, and it is an exploit that has potentially existed for decades. The flaw exists in approximately 36 percent of websites that use HTTPS, and miscreants are able to intercept and modify data passing between a vulnerable browser and a susceptible site. At the […]
Apple released minor updates to Safari for the current and two most recent OS X versions. Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.5) users will see an update to Safari v6.2.1, Mavericks (10.9.x) users will see Safari 7.1.1 available for update, and Yosemite users (10.10) will get Safari 8.0.1. The releases share a variety of bug and […]
Apple has started seeding the first beta of OS X 10.9.5 to developers. The code is listed as built 13F7, and available through the Developer Center. Users are asked to focus testing on just a handful of areas, including Safari, graphics, and USB, including smart cards. The company has simultaneously posted the first betas of […]
Apple has released Security Update 2014-002, an OS X patch that addresses various security flaws. The software applies to Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks. More significantly it comes bundled with Safari 7.0.3, which in addition to improved security includes some minor feature additions and bugfixes. Users can now turn off push notification prompts from websites, […]
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11 web browser more than doubled its share of the worldwide browser market in the month of November. This according to new figures from research firm Net Applications, which showed Internet Explorer 11 at 3.27 percent of the worldwide web browser market. The November surge saw IE11 leaving Opera far behind, and […]
In a final settlement with a Federal Court, Google will pay a fine of just $17 million – on top of a separate FTC fine of $22.5 million from last year – to 37 US states and the District of Columbia over its illegal use of surreptitious tracking cookies in Apple’s Safari web browser, deliberately […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Google by consumers who claim the company violated privacy laws. In February 2012, researchers found that Google had bypassed the privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser in order to install cookies on PCs and smartphones. Consumers sued, saying that despite taking […]
Apple has detailed iOS 7 for the iPhone and iPad. The new platform, which has a new user interface, includes many new features and capabilities. The lock screen has been been given an updated appearance, as has the weather app with new animations and a new view of multiple cities at one time. The calendar […]
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