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New service turns RSS feeds into Safari Push Notifications

If you read yesterday’s post, I wrote about Safari’s new Push Notifications in Mavericks, and promised some news about a service that helps you use this feature while all those web sites toil to get it implemented. The name of the service is ProntoPush, and what it does is pretty simple. You create an account, […]

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Mavericks Feature Highlight: Safari Push Notifications

We all know about Notification Center in OS X, one of the many iOS like features that has crossed over to the desktop, but what are Safari Push Notifications? While it was mentioned in the Mavericks keynote, it hasn’t received too much fanfare or attention, probably because hardly anybody is using it yet, and by “anybody” […]

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Firefox updated to 25.0

Firefox is now old enough to make foolish mistakes but get a lower insurance rates when it goes to rent a car. On Wednesday, Mozilla.org released version 25.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 47.1 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: – [New] Web Audio support. – [New] […]

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Google Chrome updated to 30.0.1599.66

They grow up so fast… On Wednesday, Google released version 30.0.1599.66 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 53.7 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Fixes and Improvements: – Easier searching by image. – A number of new apps/extension APIs. – Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance. Security […]

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Opera web browser updated to 16.0.1196.73

If you’re an Opera web browser fan, this might come in handy. On Friday, Opera Software released version 16.0.1196.73 of its web browser. The new version, a 54.6 megabyte download via MacUpdate, boasts the following fixes and changes: – Quick typing strings at address field doesn’t start search. – Corrected positioning and sizing. – Fixed […]