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Firefox update to version 70.0, adds Enhanced Tracking Protection features

The long-awaited Firefox 70 is here. And it’s added additional privacy features. The browser, which was updated on Monday, arrives with the following new features and changes: More privacy protections from Enhanced Tracking Protection Social tracking protection, which blocks cross-site tracking cookies from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, is now a standard feature of […]

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Alfred updated to 4.0.3, receives substantial, fixes, new features

Alfred, the shortcut and keyword workflow utility for OS X, has recently been updated to version 4.0.3, and received a slew of new changes in the process. The new version includes the following fixes and changes: Ensure Alfred’s main window is correctly reconfigured the first time showing after a theme edit Redraw theme position control […]

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iOS News OS X security Software

WhatsApp arrives for OS X

WhatsApp has arrived for OS X. The popular messaging app now has a desktop Mac version of the client, the launch coming a few months after the Facebook-owned service launched a web interface and a month after it rolled out end-to-end encryption for all communication. Much like the web client, the WhatsApp Mac application relies […]

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Apple swaps out discoveryd network protocol in latest OS X 10.10.4 beta, looks to overcome DNS-related errors

When in doubt, go back to the networking protocol that works best. And, hey, it should hopefully fix some of the Wi-Fi bugs in Yosemite. Apple, in an apparent effort to fix DNS errors seen in its Yosemite operating system, will be replacing its buggy discoveryd service with mDNSResponder, a process last implemented in OS […]

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Fontstand lets Mac OS X users rent fonts for hours, days, months or buy them outright

This could be useful, especially if you only need as specific font for a short period of time. A new application called Fontstand allows Mac OS X users to rent or try fonts for free. Once a font is previewed, it can be activated for one hour or rented at 10 percent of its retail […]