Archive for June, 2010

Firefox Home Submitted to Apple App Store

We’re happy to announce that moments ago, Mozilla submitted our new iPhone app, Firefox Home, to the Apple App Store.

Firefox Home is a free application that provides access to your Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs on your iPhone. Firefox Home enables access to the websites you need on the go by picking up [...]

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Bob Dudley, Chief Executive for BP Response, answers your questions about the oil spill

(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)It’s been 71 days since the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Since then, we’ve used our platforms to make sure that …

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Extra! Extra! Google News redesigned to be more customizable and shareable

There’s an old saying that all news is local. But all news is personal too—we connect with it in different ways depending on our interests, where we live, what we do and a lot of other factors. Today we’re revamping the Google News homepage with …

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A Search Story for the dog days of summer

This is part of our summer series of new Search Stories. Look for the label Search Stories and subscribe to the series. -Ed.When I first brought my dog Yoshka with me to work, I didn’t expect he would go on to become a part of our company history an…

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Making the web more accessible, one step at a time

From text that is too small to read, to user interfaces that do not offer keyboard navigation options, users with special needs face a lot of challenges when trying to access websites they are interested in. We believe that extensions can complement th…

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Applications Ask, You Receive: Simplified Permissions Launch

Last month, we announced a number of changes to make privacy simpler and to give you more control over the information you share with other people…

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Race to the finish line in a flash

We recently released a new version of our Google Chrome browser with Adobe Flash Player built in, automatically bringing you the latest and greatest updates. To celebrate, we teamed up with a few creative folks to make Chrome FastBall, a Flash-based ga…

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Adobe Flash Player support now enabled in Google Chrome’s stable channel

In our most recent stable release of Google Chrome, we talked about beta-testing Adobe Flash Player integration into Chrome. We’re now happy to enable this integration by default in the stable channel of Chrome. To read more about this integration, che…

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Sprint’s Networks and Emergency Response Staff Are Prepared for the First Storm of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season

More than $245 million invested to enhance Sprint networks along the
Gulf coast; Sprint builds on emergency response experience in South Texas

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jun 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Sprint
(NYSE:S) said today this it is maki…

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Going Mobile: New Android Apps, Mobile Web Mail Available Today

At Yahoo!, our goal is to help you stay in touch with the people who matter most in your life. Whether it’s on a PC, a smartphone, an iPad, or a TV, we want to bring you a Yahoo! communications experience that you can enjoy on any Internet-connected device. Today, I’m thrilled to share with [...]

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