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The freedom to choose seems like something we take for granted (at least in the U.S.), that’s why Apple’s artificial boundaries seem so egregious. While there are a few work arounds to have your email app and a few others, open your browser of choice, you may still find yourself hitting a link and suddenly […]
Apple annual WWDC conference Keynote just finished and there is huge number of updates to new and existing products. iOS 14 One of our most anticipated upcoming features was the ability to set a 3rd party email and web browser as default in iOS. Today with iOS 14, that is now a reality. Let’s hope […]
Microsoft announced via a Windows blog post that starting with Edge 83, a new spellcheck experience powered by Windows Spellcheck is coming to all Windows users on Windows 8.1 and up. How to user spellcheck in Edge For most users spellcheck just works, not setup required, but just in case, the related settings are located […]
Do you hate ads? Of course you do, we all do. Not only do they clutter web pages, but they also allow 3rd parties to track your online activity. If you are hearing this for this first time then you may feel like Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation when he found out about how […]
We all have our favorite browsers for one reason or another, maybe its what came pre-installed on your phone or its the one your chose. Whatever the reason we use the browser we do, we will examine a report on how they behave when the run for the first time. We recently report on an […]
Here on Platform De.Central we advocate for Apps & Services that do not pigeon hole you into one platform, this is called platform choice. You need platform choice if one of the platforms starts to abuse its power, then you can simply choose from a number of competitors. If this is the first time you […]
Microsoft’s Edge recently underwent major changes, improving site compatibility and now is available on every major platform with Linux support incoming. According to NetMarketShare who recently shared Desktop/Laptop browser market share data from the month of March shows that Microsoft’s Edge with 7.59% has overtaken Mozilla’s FireFox with 7.19% for 2nd place, while Google’s Chrome […]
“Safari now blocks all third party cookies.” By Platform De.Central
Google is back to its old anti-competitive tricks again. Right now if you visit Google Search or most other of Google’s services you will see the pop-up below when using Edge. The screenshot shows “To use Docs offline, upgrade to Chrome” then underneath says “Chrome is a fast, secure browser with updates built in”. The […]