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Google’s new patent turns on private browsing automatically

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Browsers, Google, Insider

Incognito
Google has just been granted a patent for a way to automatically enable incognito mode on desktop and mobile browsers. As first spotted by Patent Yogi, the method described in US Patent No. 8,935,798 B1 will prevent browsers from storing data like browsing history and user input when browsing Web pages, without requiring the user to switch to private mode manually. This can be triggered by certain characteristics of the content on the target Web page, such as a secure login dialog or a request for credit card information. The patent was applied for back in 2011 and was granted…

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Xiaomi announces its new flagship smartphone, the Mi Note

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 7:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

Mi Note
Chinese smartphone manufacturer announced its flagship device for 2015, the Mi Note. Xiaomi’s latest dual-SIM 4G device is encased in curved Gorilla Glass 3 at the front and rear with a metal frame, and sports a 5.7-inch Sharp/JDI 1080p display, a Sony 13-megapixel f/2.0 rear camera with optical image stabilization and a 4-megapixel front camera with large 2-micron pixels. It is powered by a Snapdragon 801 2.5GHz processor along with an Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB RAM. The device features a 3,000mAh Quick Charge 2.0 capable battery, weighs in at 161g and costs about $370 (2,299 Yuan) for the 16GB…

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Google updates Maps mobile apps, brings direction sharing and better restaurant search

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 5:57 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, maps, Navigation

Google just updated its Maps apps for iOS and Android, adding some neat new features to make them more useful when navigating around cities. The Android app now allows you to share directions via the system Share menu. So when you look up a destination, you can tap the menu button to send turn-by-turn textual directions to a contact via SMS or any other app. It also displays your Google contacts when you look up addresses. Both the iOS and Android app also have a new filter to help users look up restaurants by cuisine. In addition, iOS users can…

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Outlook.com now lets you save attachments to OneDrive

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 5:02 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

If you’re skipping Google and sticking with Microsoft’s bevy of Web-based communication and productivity tools, here’s a spot of good news: you can now save attachments that you receive in your Outlook.com inbox, directly to your OneDrive cloud storage. Users can do so by clicking Save to OneDrive in the drop-down menu on attachments. Multiple files can also be saved at once, and everything goes into a new OneDrive folder labeled Email attachments, for easy retrieval. The new feature makes it easy to retrieve files via OneDrive’s Web and mobile apps, and is now live on Outlook.com. ➤ Save your Outlook.com…

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