In a surprise announcement, Apple has just released Safari 5. While heavily rumored to appear at Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC, not a word of Apple's webbrowser was mentioned. Yet, low and behold, what was in our inbox but an official press release. Apple is claiming a 30% speed boost over Safari 4, … [Read more...]
Apple Shows Off HTML5 For Safari
June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In order to show the power of HTML5 (and scoff at Flash), Apple has put together a site demonstrating some of the capabilities of the platform. It's pretty impressive stuff — tweaking videos on the fly, editing text, 3D visualizations. It only works for Safari, but it's impressive in its … [Read more...]
Flash On Android? Slow As All Get Out
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
At the big Google I/O conference, Flash on Android was promised, causing howls of appreciation from the assembled crowd. So how well does it work? Unfortunately, it's not great. While this is still a beta plugin, the guys at PocketNow compared Android 2.2 (Froyo) on a Nexus One, Opera Mobile 10 on … [Read more...]
Apple Sued. Again.
May 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Another day, another patent troll. This time it's a company called SoftView, who is taking aim at Apple and AT&T over mobile Safari. They claim that they've been making internet browsers and ways of viewing vector objects for portable systems since 1982. The patent they're citing as Apple … [Read more...]
Video: Safari on iPad, YouTube Support for Pinch to Zoom
April 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Like many of you, we are pouring over the various features of the iPad. We started out with the intention of comparing browser speeds between the iPhone 3GS and the iPad, but were foiled by our iPhone-friendly version of the site hitting the iPhone 3GS. We forged on and noticed that pinch to zoom is … [Read more...]
iPhone Falls At Pwn2Own With 20 Second Exploit
March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wow, we heard rumors that the iPhone would be hit quickly, but not THAT quickly! Pwn2Own is a regular cracking event held at CanSecWest, where white hat hackers race to expose massive vulnerabilities in platforms and browsers, competing for big cash prizes and hardware. Two European security … [Read more...]
Somebody is testing the iPad at everythingiCafe
March 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Tim let us know that a few select developers have been offered an early preview of the iPad. We were looking over our web analytics and noticed one of them appears to have popped up here at everythingiCafe. Then again, maybe we are on Steve Jobs' iPad after all. We kid, but surely someone is out … [Read more...]
iPad’s Tethering Abilities Discovered
March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
9 to 5 Mac have continued their excellent analysis of the iPad's SDK, and have managed to winnow their way into the network settings. Inside, they found that the iPad will be able to handle tethering via bluetooth or USB. Does this mean that the iPad can be tethered to your iPhone? If so, will … [Read more...]
A First Look At Opera Mini For The iPhone
February 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Opera has been showing off the beta version of their Mini app for the iPhone (pending approval), however, they're being extremely cagey about letting people film it. 9 to 5 Mac have unearthed this alpha build video of the browser, which at least shows a little about the utility. While the alpha … [Read more...]
Opera App In The Works, Just Needs Approval
February 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Opera is set to announce Opera Mini for the iPhone during the 2010 World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. The only problem? They haven't submitted the app for approval yet. Oy vey. According to Opera, their mini browser is up to 6 times faster than Safari due to their compression technology, and is … [Read more...]
