7 reasons you should make Microsoft Edge your default browser, and 1 reason you probably won’t
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Launch day is upon us and Windows 10 will soon be in the hands of the masses. Along with a whole new OS, comes a new browser – Microsoft Edge, nee Project Spartan. Beyond its lightweight feel and scaled-back appearance, there are some good reasons you might want to give Edge a bit of time before defaulting back to Firefox or Chrome. And one reason you might not. It’s faster than Internet Explorer. And Chrome. If one of the reasons you’re holding back on trying out Edge is because of Internet Explorer’s legacy, then it’s time to drop that and give it a…
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There’s an old adage about Microsoft Windows: the good versions skip a generation. Windows Vista was bad, Windows 7 was good and Windows 8 was bad again, so it’s not much of a spoiler to say that Windows 10 lands on the bright side of the cycle. Microsoft knows it alienated a massive number of users with Windows 8 though, so it tries its darndest to undo the damage with Windows 10 – so much so that it skips an entire version number. But more than just a repair job, Windows 10’s flexible design goes a long way in reimagining…
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Have you ever looked at your Facebook profile page and lamented that the one thing it was missing was — profile tags? You know, like the ones on LinkedIn that purport to list your professional skills so colleagues and potential employers can instantly see what you are good at? Well, evidently Facebook has come around to thinking that such tags are desirable for your personal profile, and The Verge is reporting that it’s already testing the concept on accounts in New Zealand. When asked by the tech blog whether this was real or some kind of optical illusion, Facebook answered, “Profile tags are a creative tool…
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No, this is not a scene out of a ‘Star Wars’ movie: drone racing has just started getting really insane. The 2015 US National Drone Racing Championships, held in Sacramento California last week, hosted 120 pilots from all over to test their flying skills on an obstacle-ridden course. The super-fast, crazy exciting drone races have blown up on Reddit’s /r/gifs. The lap of the course was done in less than 20 seconds. Not bad considering drone racing involves simultaneously flying the thing and viewing the action via the attached camera without being blown away by the fast action. There was also a…
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