The search engine now prefers its own Google+ social network combined with personalized search results, rather than integrating tweets into aggregated searches.
Google paired with Twitter in 2009 to offer the same function, but the Internet powerhouses failed to renew their partnership in July 2011. The microblogging service gave the Russian search engine permission to meld its pipeline of public tweets for real-time search results. The agreement is a win for Google, after Twitter notably teamed with Yandex in February. Google and Mozilla’s global, three-year deal allegedly runs around $900 million. Yandex adds that the impact on its revenue and profitability will be negligible. Yandex also says Mozilla’s decision will likely not impact its market share in Russia significantly (they estimate a 1.5 percent loss over the next few months). The latter version evidently sports Yandex as the default search engine.
Google noted today that it’s “currently showing more than three million download warnings per week-and because we make this technology available for other browsers to use, we can help keep 1.1 billion people safe.” Some of those users are also receiving warnings from Safe Browsing through Firefox and Apple’s Safari browser.Ī Yandex spokesperson says they were notified by Mozilla of the imminent change on June 1, and points out that the company will continue to develop and distribute its own Yandex-branded, customised Firefox browser (at least until the end of this year, under the terms of the aforementioned agreement). (If you still wish to proceed despite the warning, you can access it from your Downloads list.) Programs disguised as a helpful download that actually make unexpected changes to your computer-for instance, switching your homepage or other browser settings to ones you don’t want… We’ll show a warning in Chrome whenever an attempt is made to trick you into downloading and installing such software. Rolling out next week, Safe Browsing is being updated to warn users against additional types of deceptive software:
Google announced today on its Online Security Blog that it’s expanding the Safe Browsing service that helps fight against malicious websites and warns users of potentially dangerous software when downloading files through browsers like Chrome.
There’s also an option to flash the OS if you want the full experience. Head on over to the site to download the APK. There are some interesting UI ideas and features in Firefox OS, and since Firefox OS is catered towards lower end devices, it’s unlikely most people have tried Firefox OS. It’s a Developer Preview for a reason and the animations are rather slow on the device I was testing on (but it is much stable than you’d expect). Of course, you can still launch your regular apps. However, it also has several system apps for making phone calls, messaging, sending emails, an app store etc.
The 88 mb APK behaves like any launcher you would find on the Play Store.
The Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview is an experimental app that lets you use an almost-complete version of Firefox OS your device - without having to flash anything. Firefox has today released an interesting “Developer Preview” version of their web-based Firefox OS. Bored with your current flavor Android, but don’t want to flash a new ROM? You’re in luck.