Google have launched their much-anticipated browser for the iPhone and iPad, and it is available for free from the App store.
It was only a matter of time before Chrome was available on an iOS device. A few years ago Apple would not approve Apps that emulated core functionality of the device, however the rules have been relaxed and Chrome on iOS became possible.
The iPhone was announced on January 9th 2007 but it was on the 29 June 2007 it launched the USA. It was a big day for Apple with their share price hitting £62.77 — a high for the time. It was not until November 2007 that the phone shipped to the UK, France and Germany.
On the eve of the first year of Google+ we have some encouraging statistics, announced at the Google IO developers conference in San Francisco.
After just 364 days (with the first two months of that not even open to the public) Google+ has 250 million users on the Social Networking site.
It looks like Facebook it up to its usual tricks by making changes to your profile without your consent. This time it is your email address.
One of the most requested features on Facebook is apparently the ability to edit posts and comments.
Finally the feature is being rolled out.
Late yesterday, 18 June, saw Microsoft’s much hyped press conference for the “big announcement”. The event itself was small, with selected attendees not even being told the location until a few hours before the event — mostly to generate excitement I suspect.
So the big announcement …. the Microsoft Surface, aka a tablet.
The Mozilla foundation have announced the development of a browser for the iPad — code-named Junior
Junior is still a prototype, although it has been in development for some months now. Alex Limi of Mozilla said “We wanted to make something entirely new, we wanted to look into how we could reinvent the browser for a new form factor”. He also said in a presentation that browsing on the iPad is “a miserable experience”.
As Google+ approaches it first birthday on 28 June 2012, I thought I would reflect a little on some of it’s more controversial aspects.
For this article let’s consider the ‘real name’ policy.
At the WWDC 2012 conference today Apple presented the keynote and spent almost two hours introducing a raft of new features. One tiny piece of news excited me the most!
Hot on the heels of the LinkedIn password hack yesterday, other services are sheepishly announcing their own problems.
eHarmony, the dating site, released a statement saying they have been hacked and about 1.5million password were stolen. Now LastFM, the online music service, have issued a release stating some LastFM passwords may have been stolen.
All this continues to reinforce the key message — do NOT use the same password all over the internet.
Tip – use a reputable password manager and have a different password on every site; you don’t even need to remember them. Check out LastPass or 1Password for some tools to help you.
Here’s a handy article over at 40tech.com comparing LastPass and 1Password