It's fascinating watching different Web platforms utilizing each other, for various reasons. First it was Netvibes with its Facebook widget, which was mostly a cheeky move to get Facebook users Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/software/Me_dium_Secures_15M_Series_B_The_Dawn_of_Collaborative_Browsing'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Colorado-based Me.dium is announcing today a $15M Series B round led by Commonwealth Venture Partners. Me.dium is developing a next-generation Continue reading »

Google has released a browser plug-in called Gears, which enables people to use web apps while offline. The technology behind the plug-in gives developers the ability to implement offline Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/tech_news/On_Mozilla_and_The_Evolution_of_the_Browser'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Interesting posts recently from two people who have an important role in defining the future of the browser. Firstly, I Continue reading »

Techcrunch is reporting that China-based web browser Maxthon has sold a minority stake to Google, rumored to be around $1 million. More importantly Techcrunch is "also hearing that this investment Continue reading »

Mike Shaver from the Mozilla foundation is here at ETech talking about the Mozilla Manifesto. Traditionally, a manifesto on an organization's web site says what they stands for. These declarations Continue reading »

Alex Iskold is reporting live from ETech 2007 The Apollo team from Adobe is here at ETech, presenting the Alpha version of their new runtime environment - which is aimed Continue reading »

Later today Mozilla is launching an upgrade to its Add-Ons website. Add-ons are extensions to the Firefox browser and Mozilla is aiming to make them more accessible to mainstream users Continue reading »

An interesting tidbit came out of the recent Foo Camp New Zealand (which unfortunately I wasn't able to attend). Robert O’Callahan from Mozilla, who is based in NZ but drives Continue reading »

The latest browser stats are causing some discussion - mainly because of this article by InformationWeek, which pours water over Microsoft's claims about IE7: "Although Microsoft recently touted the 100 Continue reading »