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Macworld 2012

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Surfin' Safari: Apple's Web Browser Usage Grew Faster Than Chrome in July

Posted 08/01/2011 at 1:36pm | by Adrian Hoppel

Apple's web browser Safari has seen positive growth among users for seventeen months in a row, but this past July was the best of them all. In fact, Safari grew its user base faster than any other browser, including Google's Chrome.

iPad and iPhone sales are certainly helping, as iOS devices made up over a third of all users last month.

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Adobe Flash Player 10.3 Exits Beta, Enters Your System Preferences

Posted 05/13/2011 at 6:04am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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The often-maligned Adobe Flash Player may not be Steve Jobs’ best friend anymore, but the developer still wants to be your neighbor -- and with the final release of version 10.3, the player now finds a new home in your Mac System Preferences.

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Coming Soon: Opera for the iPad

Posted 02/18/2011 at 5:48am | by J Keirn-Swanson

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When Apple blocked Google Voice from the App Store, the most hilarious reason they gave was that it replicated a core function of the iPhone. We laughed because there were literally dozens of WebKit based browsers in the App Store, duplicating the functionality of Safari. When Norway's Opera tried to get their browser in the App Store, Apple originally balked, then relinquished. And we celebrated. Well, get out those party hats again because it looks like an upgrade -- a big upgrade -- is coming our way.

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Six Mac Web Browsers: How Do They Stack Up?

Posted 11/11/2010 at 2:21pm | by J.R. Bookwalter

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RockMelt blasted into our collective conscience this month to compete for web browsing dominance against Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Flock -- not to mention a handful of smaller competitors. So which one is right for you?

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Opera 10.52 For Mac Brings on the Speed

Posted 04/27/2010 at 2:18pm | by Seamus Bellamy

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For those of you out there that would prefer their web browsing to be done outside of Safari, we've got some good news: the Opera browser is back with an updated version.

You may now w00t.

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Opera Passes One Million Downloads in First Day

Posted 04/16/2010 at 9:07am | by Jason Whong

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It seems that iPhone and iPod Touch users can't wait to download an alternative to Safari.

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Opera Mini Browser App Approved for the App Store

Posted 04/12/2010 at 4:02pm | by Florence Ion

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Another browser solution for our mobile devices is on its way to the App Store. Opera Mini will be available within the next 24 hours, depending on where you live. It is a free download for either the iPhone or iPod touch, and it works for iPad, too--though you'll have to embiggen it.

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The Heat Is On: Opera Mini Browser Submitted to App Store

Posted 03/23/2010 at 4:40am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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As good as Mobile Safari is on the iPhone and iPod touch, there are a lot of users who would like an alternate choice. Assuming that Apple agrees, they may soon get their chance.

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Mini Opera Browser Attempting To Leap On To iPhone/iPod Touch

Posted 02/10/2010 at 6:29am | by Matthew Tilmann

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Opera software company has announced that they will attempt to launch a version of its mini browser for the iPhone/iPod Touch next week. However, they need to get through some hurdles at Apple first.

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Latest Opera Build Scores Turbo-Fast

Posted 12/23/2009 at 5:26pm | by J Keirn-Swanson

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While it's easy enough to game browsers to score well on specific kinds of tests, the latest pre-alpha release of Opera 10.5 runs JavaScript not just faster than every other browser out there -- it eats every other browsers' lunch and dinner.

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