Knowtilus For iPhone: Talking Browser, Text Editor, RSS Reader & Translator

Knowtilus is an app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which is so multipurpose and versatile that it is impossible to place it under one category. The app integrates a lot of useful features, and makes using your iOS device a much more enjoyable and productive experience. The biggest part of Knowtilus is its web browser, which, apart from having a clean interface, also reads out whole pages to you, and lets you translate them to more than 20 languages. Other than the web browser, you get a text editor, which is not too complicated and lets you focus on the task at hand. There is even more to Knowtilus than that, and you can find out everything about its features by heading past the break. Read More

What Causes Web Browser Loyalty & Browser Betrayal In People?

Some common questions that can stir up a war in the most peaceful of situations are; iPhone or Android? Mac or Windows? Cats or Dogs? Why do these simple and harmless questions cause us to argue as if the life of a loved one depends on us being right and the other person being wrong? Possibly because it is our conviction that we’re using the best product there is. Something very similar happens if you try and tell someone they use an inferior web browser and that they should switch over to a better one aka the one you use. This post discusses what might be going on in a person’s head when they choose to stick to a web browser. People have been known to switch browsers and if you’ve been following recent stats, you’ll know that Chrome has beaten Firefox and that Internet Explorer is losing its user base. The question is what makes a person switch from one browser to another and what earns a browser a user’s loyalty? Read More

Social Fixer: Modify Facebook Layout, Add Themes & Manage Chat Bar [Web]

Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, with millions of users. Recently, Facebook has gone through a number of changes in its layout, and not everyone is happy with them, including myself. The most annoying and complained-about feature is the News Ticker, which continuously refreshes with a stream of updates from your friends. One thing I know for sure is that, lots of users would still prefer to go back to the old interface. Social Fixer, a web browser extension available for Chrome , Firefox, Opera and Safari, allows you to totally modify Facebook according to your preferences. You can modify your chat, add themes, hide & filter posts, customize the layout and much more. It has a massive collection of options that you can choose from. You will find 11 main groups, each consisting of multiple options. These include Popular, Layout, Posts, Display, Hidden Items, Chat, Theme, Filtering, Advanced, Styles (CSS) and User Preferences. Read More

Play Flash Videos On Windows Phone 7 With Metro Browser

If you own a Windows Phone 7 device, it is likely that your friends who are on Android are quick to point out the shortcomings of your platform. In most cases, the criticism is somewhat justified, but Microsoft and WP7 developers are always trying to ensure that they keep pace with other smartphone operating systems. One of the bigger advantages that Android, and even iOS, enjoy over Mango is that, both of them have apps that let users play Flash content on their device. However, that’s one thing WP7 users don’t have to long for anymore, to a limited extent, at least. Metro Browser is a web browser for WP7 that allows you to play Flash videos from a number of sources. Details to follow. Read More

UC Browser 8.0 Saves Cache To Cloud, Allows Faster Browsing [Android]

UC Browser is a cross-platform web browser for mobile devices with support for all the renowned operating systems/platforms that currently exist. Be it Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile or any other, UC Browser has almost all the bases covered. Just recently, the company has launched UC Browser 8.0 for Android and a handful of other platforms. The browser (currently in beta) vows to enhance web browsing experience on your device through faster, smoother rendering of pages in multiple browsing modes. Users can opt to view pages with full-content support in PC mode or revert to the mobile/no-image view to save bandwidth. In addition, the browser boasts several other features such as full-screen browsing, URL-auto completion, real-time search suggestions from Google, customizable zoom level, image quality and browser orientation, in-page search, built-in download/file manager, better privacy controls, detailed Traffic stats, day/night mode support, extensive bookmarking, editable quick-dial buttons on homescreen and much more. Read More

MegaPlayer – Search & Download Videos From Various Websites [Android]

Looking to download videos from various online video streaming services on your Android? Try MegaPlayer – a free web browser and downloader for Android that lets you search for and download videos directly from multiple video streaming services such as YouTube, Megavideo, Videobb, Novamov, Videoweed, Movshare, VideoZer and more. In order to make MegaPlayer work effectively, you need to download at least one (if not all) of the Trial Packs that are easily available on the Android Market. Apart from downloading videos in high speed, MegaPlayer comes with resume support for all your downloads. Read More

Boat Browser – Chrome / Mobile Safari Inspired Browser For Android

While going through the (prolonged) list of web browsers for Android, you might be left wondering as to which one would best live up to your expectations. Well, if you’re looking for a good all-round package, then Boat Browser might be the one you’re after! With sleek looks (and some features too) that match those of the iOS stock browser and the famous multi-tab browsing feature that we are (or rather ‘were’) so used to associate with Google Chrome, Boat Browser combines some of the best elements from the most popular mobile browsers out there. These include an advanced bookmarks manager, smart address/search bar, integration of most visited pages on homepage, the option to take screenshots, full-screen support, built-in download manager, the option to find text on page, advanced privacy features, support for Adobe Flash player, instant link sharing over multiple platforms, app-to-SD, cache-to-SD function and smooth transition effects. Read More

Square Privacy Cleaner Protects Your Privacy By Removing Junk From Windows

Square Privacy Cleaner is a portable system cleaning and privacy protection utility which is developed to remove Windows search traces, Application’s MRU lists, Prefetch files, Web browsers histories, Temp Folders data files, and Registry keys, with a single click. According to the developer it is designed to make your system more fast, stable and smooth to work on, at the same time protecting your privacy.  The application also caters to third-party tools, you can remove history of WinRAR, WinZip, Java specific files (Cache, Logs & Temp folders), Media Player Classic, MS Office, and lot more. Read More

Web Automation With Fake Browser For Mac

Have you ever thought about a web browser which could automatically perform pre-specified actions without any manual acting. To elaborate, let me give you an example; if you want to take screenshots of two websites urgently and you also need to rush somewhere, an intelligent browser is required which you give input, and depart supposing that on return, work will be done.  Fake is a new web browser for Mac which makes automation simple. Read More

Kylo: Web Browser For Large HD TV Screen

There are number of popular web browsers for desktop which have been developed keeping only desktop browsing (close-up viewing) in mind. When connecting your laptop or PC to a large HD LCD via  HDMI cable, you will often find these desktop browsers difficult to use for reading and accessing most of the content because they are too small for a large screen. Heck, even typing the URL in the address bar is a pain and so is accessing all the options. Read More

Indo Cleaner 2009 – Clear Most Recently Used Lists In Windows 7

Almost all applications whether it is a browser or any word processing software, manages the list of its recently used/accessed items. For security purpose it is always vital that you should hide the traces of your activity on your computer. Indo Cleaner is a free, light-weight tool which consumes minimum system resources and clears the MRU of Windows Explorer, Windows Applets, Web browsers (Firefox, IE, Opera), Windows Media Player, etc. Read More