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WhatsApp Productivity Platform Comes To Edge Browser
One of the hot names in productivity apps and platforms is WhatsApp, a messaging feature that is streamlining business operation, especially for project teams and telecommuting personnel. The mobile app WhatsApp syncs automatically with the users’ desktops through the WhatsApp Web platform, which originally launched only for Google Chrome.... Read more
Firefox Set To Be More Like Chrome In The Future
Serious changes will soon be coming to everyone’s favorite fox themed browser, and the revolution is taking place at a fundamental level.  Firefox 43, due for final release by Mozilla in December, is to make use of a new extension API, that Mozilla have decided to name as “WebExtensions.” This new API extension... Read more
Big Day For Browser Updates
The days of being stuck having to use the pre-installed Internet Explorer browser are long gone. In the world of optional web browsers, there are a few names that reign supreme, like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Other lesser-known web browsers are still garnering attention and a loyal fan... Read more
Firefox Just Made Your Tab Buttons Bigger…And Other Stuff
If you woke up yesterday and saw that the tabs on Firefox looked a little different, the problem isn’t your contact lenses. The recent updates to Firefox have done a few things, some of them aesthetic, and others vital to maintain some level of compatibility with the new Windows... Read more
Firefox is Frying Flash By Default
It hasn’t been a good week for Adobe. In the wake of the Hacking Team hacks that leaked 400GB of data belonging to the secretive company earlier this month, multiple 0-day exploits surrounding Java and Flash have been shared with the online community. Adobe reacted quickly and addressed the... Read more
Updates You Need To See
Each week, FileHippo posts its list of updated and newly released software titles for tech consumers to try out and enjoy. Today’s updates include some great productivity tools and entertainment titles, meant to streamline your PCs and devices and make your overall experience that much richer.   One of... Read more
Firefox OS Smartphone Launch Has Commenced in Africa
Smartphones running the open-source Firefox OS have started shipping in Senegal and Madagascar. The Orange Klif, a 3G phone operating on Orange’s mobile network, is available in Africa first as part of a strategy to drive mobile internet growth across Africa and the Middle East as the company taps... Read more
Firefox 37.0 For Mac OS Released
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. Although the browser’s market share is lower for OS X, it is still one of the most popular browsers available on the Mac platform. The key features that have made Mozilla Firefox so popular are the simple... Read more
Firefox 35.0 Released For Mac
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. At its public launch in 2004 Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to challenge Microsoft Internet Explorer’s dominance. Since then, Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top 3 most popular browsers globally. Although the browser’s market... Read more
What’s New In Firefox 31?
The latest offering of Firefox from Mozilla, features some major enhancements, new features, and the regular bug fixes, and stability and performance improvements for both desktop and mobile OS platforms. This time Mozilla has also focused on various developer-related functionality improvements. So, what’s new in Firefox 31? For the... Read more
Get Firefox 31.0 Now!

Get Firefox 31.0 Now!

News July 24, 2014

With Mozilla’s Firefox as your web browser of choice, you can surf Internet easily with a simple user interface that has powerful features and is yet easy to manage.  If you couple that with great browsing speed and strong security capabilities then you will see why Firefox has consistently... Read more
How to Back Up Your Firefox Profile Folder
Your browser settings for Firefox and the bookmark file are stored on your desktop computer in a folder called “Profile.”  So what would happen to your settings if your hard drive crashes or the disk becomes corrupted?  Well, if that does happen, then your files may be overwritten or... Read more
How To Clear Your Private Browsing Data in Firefox
Email services which are Web-based, take great precautions to ensure that only you can see your messages. They do this by many means; you may have to enter your password every time you check your mail or you may be forced to log off automatically after a period of... Read more
How To Customize The Toolbar in Firefox
We all like things done in a specific way, right?  We take our coffee a certain way, we season our food just the way we like it and we work to a certain routine.  So what’s the difference with how we use our technology?  Nothing.  There is no difference... Read more
The Best Alternative Browsers
We recently discovered what you, the TechBeat readers, prefer to use when it comes to browsers, however we noticed that some of you commented on how you have chosen alternative browsers over the mainstream ones like Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. So if you are looking for a change... Read more
The Top Free Firefox Add-Ons You Should Have
In our recent poll to discover the most popular browser Firefox won hands down, bagging a whopping 50 percent of the votes. Apart from being fast and secure, Firefox has a plethora of add-ons, allowing you to install a huge variety of plug-ins. Here is a selection of add-ons... Read more
Firefox OS Flame Dev Phone Available For Pre-Order
In February 2014 at MWC, Mozilla introduced an array of new Firefox OS devices.  Included in those were the Alcatel OneTouch Fire S and the ZTE Open C.  The firm also unveiled some developer-focused hardware.  It didn’t take too long for that kit to be made available for pre-order.  That... Read more
Which Browser is The Best? – Poll Results
Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite internet browser in our recent poll! The results were really interesting and we appreciated you telling us why you voted the way you did. After reading through all the comments it became very clear what is important to users when deciding... Read more