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Key Safari designer leaves Apple to join ‘The Browser Company’
One of Apple’s lead designers for Safari has departed the company to join The Browser Company. The news was announced today…
Apple appeals investigation by UK competition watchdog
Apple as filed an appeal against an investigation by Britain’s competition watchdog into the dominance of its mobile browsers in the cloud…
UK investigates Apple’s and Google’s mobile browser dominance
The UK’s competition watchdog on Tuesday launched an investigation into the dominance of Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome…
Antitrust regulators focus on Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome web browsers
Of late, regulators and rivals are again questioning whether web browsers, especially Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome, are too tightly…
Apple releases Safari Technology Preview 151
Apple this week released a new update for Safari Technology Preview (v. 151), the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016…
Apple’s Safari tops North America mobile browser market with 50% share
Apple’s Safari Browser commands the North American mobile browser market with a market share of 50%. Its closest challenger Google Chrome…
Apple’s Safari browser surpasses 1 billion users milestone
According to the findings by the Atlas VPN team, 1,006,232,879 internet users (19.16% of all internet users) now use the Safari browser…
How to browse the web on your Apple Watch
While you won’t find the Safari web browser on your Apple Watch, there is a hidden browser app already on the Watch, and you’ll also find…
Apple inviting Mac users to try out the new Safari 15 beta
Apple introduced Safari 15, a new redesigned version of the company’s web browser, with macOS Monterey to much sturm und drang (it’s already…
Facebook tries ads to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked
Facebook on Thursday launched an ad campaign that attempts to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked so that Facebook can serve…
Apple slams Facebook for user-tracking and ad-targeting practices
Apple on Thursday slammed Facebook and others (read “Google”) for their user-tracking and ad-targeting practices in response to…
WSJ: Quit Google’s Chrome. Safari and Edge are just better browsers
As sufferers of Google’s Chrome know very well, it’s a battery hog that causes your computer’s processor to work so hard it’s sometimes difficult to…
Apple makes it easier to port Google Chrome extensions to Safari
Apple is adding support for web extensions which is going to make it much easier for developers to port existing extensions from Chrome, Firefox or Edge…
Apple faces harsh regulatory environment in Russia in 2020
Under a piece of legislation that comes into effect July 1, all computers and mobile devices sold in Russia will have to have preinstalled Russian software…
Apple releases Safari 13.0.1
Apple today released Safari 13.0.1 which contains feature improvements as well as privacy, security and compatibility enhancements and is recommended for all users….
Apple releases Safari 13 for Macintosh
Apple has released Safari 13 which contains feature improvements as well as privacy, security and compatibility enhancements…
Just how ‘desktop-class’ is iPadOS 13’s Safari web browser?
For years, Mobile Safari has been criticized, especially on powerful iPads, as a weak, limited experience. One of iPadOS 13’s most-heralded features is a “desktop-class” version of Safari for iPad…
Mac: ‘Your system is infected with (3) viruses!’ Here’s the fix
Do you see a popup message saying your Mac is infected with viruses? This popup message may appear in your browser…
India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
Hotstar, India’s largest video streaming service with more than 300 million users, disabled support for Apple’s Safari web browser…
Experimental Safari feature points to a future with tracker-free ads
Apple thinks it has come up with a way for advertisers to track how well their ads…
Apple to launch new privacy feature for ad tracking in browser
Users will not be uniquely identified across websites they visit in order to track ad clicks…
Firefox is getting much, much, faster
Firefox is now twice as fast as it previously was…
Apple to remove ‘Do Not Track’ support in Safari 12.1, focus shifts to Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Apple has revealed that it will remove support for ‘Do Not Track’ in Safari 12.1…
Microsoft said to replace failed Edge web browser
Microsoft is failing to make an impact with the Edge web browser after years of trying…
Apple releases Safari Technology Preview 59 with Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview…
Firefox Quantum: 170 million installs so far, as more Chrome users jump ship
Firefox maker Mozilla is touting early figures that suggest its overhauled browser, Quantum…
How malicious plugins can compromise your Mac
I cannot remember a time in which my browsers did not have a few plug-ins installed…
It’s official: Apple’s Safari 11 is the world’s fastest browser
Apple’s Safari 11 beats Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera…
Tests show Apple’s new Safari 11 is the world’s fastest desktop browser
If you want the fastest possible web browsing experience on Mac, Safari is your answer…
Apple’s macOS and iOS market share both up in May
The market share for both macOS and iOS was up last month…
Apple releases Safari Technology Preview 30
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview…
Anonymous browsing with Tor reduces exposure but still has risks
You can be tracked and have your data intercepted from many angles, by legitimate and illegitimate actors alike…
Apple releases Safari Technology Preview 20
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser…
Why is Apple’s Safari browser such a memory hog?
I like Safari. I’ve used Apple’s web browser for most of my work since it was released…
Find out what your web browser is telling websites about you
our web browser holds a lot of information about you, and this information is available…
Apple ditches Adobe Flash in Safari on MacOS Sierra
In Safari 10, set to ship with macOS Sierra, Apple plans to disable common plug-ins…
Apple makes big changes in Safari Technology Preview 5
Apple has rolled out its fifth update for the Safari Technology Preview, making a long list of improvements…
Google Chrome dethrones beleaguered Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Plus, people are abandoning beleaguered Microsoft’s Edge shortly after trying it…
Ars Technica: Even at 1.0, Vivaldi closes in on the cure for the common browser
There may be some small differences, but for the most part a Web browser is a Web browser is a Web browser…
5 reasons Apple’s stealthy WebRTC adoption benefits everybody
Apple has quietly begun developing support for the Google-backed WebRTC standard inside Safari’s WebKit spec…
Apple quietly slips WebRTC audio, video into Safari’s WebKit spec
WebKit, the browser engine for Safari, is on track to support protocols that enable native video and audio…
