Former Opera CEO Launches Vivaldi: The Power Browser

Last week Microsoft announced a new browser, Project Spartan. That’s not the only news in the browser wars as the ex CEO of Opera has just announced a new browser as well, Vivaldi. This new browser is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and although it is still in its infancy, it offers a number of features, which Opera lovers will remember. The application allows for mouse gestures for browsing and the ever familiar “speed dial” interface, which shows your favourite tabs on the new tab page is also a feature.

Vivaldi has some new tools too, like Multiple tabs. Tabs can now be combined into one to allow for simple browsing of associated sites. For example, if you were looking into your family tree online, you can group all the tabs on that topic into a single saved space. 

Another great feature lets you take notes and create screenshots directly in the browser. This makes it easier to remember why you needed a page.

Vivaldi is a rapid browser th

t’s very similar to Opera in many ways. The interface of the browser fades colours to match the dominant colour on the page, as you navigate between sites. The browser has been designed with Power Users in mind as there are features such as ‘quick commands’, which helps to search or run commands that are the same as in OS X’s Spotlight.

Vivaldi is using the Chromium (Blink) rendering engine, which is found in Chrome, but the browser is almost completely constructed using modern web technologies including Node.js, React and a number of Node modules. Vivaldi is a new project started by former CEO and co-founder of Opera, Jon von Tetzchner. After leaving Opera back in 2011, Tetzchner founded Vivaldi in December of 2013.

Currently the browser is only a technical preview, but in the coming months, there are plans afoot to add mail support, sync, better performance and extensions. Vivaldi is currently available as a technical preview for Windows, Mac or Linux.

Mercedes Benz Unveils ‘Luxury in Motion’ Autonomous Pod Concept

Car manufacturers have come in force to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015, showing off new self-driving software, Android Auto and CarPlay integration and generally getting involved with the event for once.
Mercedes Benz decided to take it a step further, announcing a new concept for a self-driving car that has put a firm stamp on the future of the automotive industry. Even though the ‘F 015 Luxury In Motion’ (yes, that is the name) is just a concept, Mercedes Benz is striving to produce it within five years.

The concept shows a whole new design for a car, with the front two seats positioned away from the road, rather than facing towards it. Imagine a seven seater van where six people can sit in the back, only this time remove the two front seats.

A steering wheel is still present, showing Mercedes Benz will keep the wheel for emergencies, or if the driver wants to drive. Currently, this is illegal in almost every U.S. state, due to the driver having to focus on the road even when using auto-pilot.

However, in five years governments might lighten up to the idea of self-driving and taking a full hands-off approach when it comes to driving. Since no self-driving platform has shown real proficiency when dealing with decisions, it is still a few years off.

Mercedes Benz has fitted four displays onto the side of the car internal doors, potentially allowing the people inside the car to browse the web, play music and interact with the car’s software system.

Even though the concept is still a few years away, it is more aspiring to see than Google’s own self-driving car, little more than a two-seater pod. But while Mercedes Benz is working on imaginative designs, Google is starting to push its prototype car onto the road.

How To Disable Startup Programs In Windows

If you are anything like me, then you will have lots of software on your PC. The trouble with this is that it takes longer and longer for Windows to start up. There are so many programs that add themselves to the list of programs, which start when you boot your computer.  It is good to clear out the programs that are not a necessity. This simple guide will assist you in disabling Startup Programs in Windows 8 or 8.1 or 10, Windows 7, Vista, or XP.

There are some programs that it is obviously a good idea to have them start with Windows, such as anti-virus and firewall software. Other programs starting upon boot however, just waste resources and increases your PC’s startup time. To disable a few of these programs, you can use a tool that is part of Windows, called MSConfig. It is this tool that allows you to quickly see what’s running at startup and then disable the programs you prefer to run later on as needed. This tool can be used to disable startup programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

One way to run MSConfig is; Open the Start menu and type “msconfig.exe” (without the quotes) in the Search box.  When you see “msconfig.exe,” click on it or press Enter, if it is highlighted.* If you are running Windows XP, open the Run dialog box from the Start menu, type “msconfig.exe” in the Open edit box, and click OK.

Next, click the Startup tab on the System Configuration main window. There will now appear a list of all the startup programs displays with a check box next to each one. To prevent a program from starting up with Windows, simply select the check box next to the desired program so there is no longer a check mark in the box. Next click OK and a dialog box will display informing you that you may need to restart your computer for the changes to take affect. Choose either click Restart to restart your computer immediately or if are not yet ready to restart your computer, click Exit without restart.

you want to disable Startup Programs in Windows 8 or 8.1 or 10, follow these instructions;

Open up Task Manager by right-clicking on the Taskbar, or using the CTRL + SHIFT + ESC shortcut key, clicking “More Details,” switching to the Startup tab, and then using the Disable button.

If all else fails and you are uncomfortable using the above instructions, then you can run 3rd party software such as CCleaner from Piriform.  Apart form being a superb system cleaning program, CCleaner also has a tool, which allows you to disable startup programs. 

Open the program and click the Tools button on the left side of the dialog box and click Startup to see the list of startup programs. The Enabled column indicates whether each program is set to start with Windows. To disable a program that is enabled, select the program in the list and click Disable. The next time you start up your PC the changes will have taken effect.

There you have it. So, what are you waiting for? Time to clean up your Startup Programs!

*It is worth noting that MSConfig can also be used to configure several things other than startup programs, so please be careful!

COMPASS

Description

Compass is the most precise compass app available. It supports magnetic and true north calculated using network location or GPS coordinates. Furthermore this compass displays the location coordinates and the strength of the magnetic field to see if it interferes with the compass sensor. It supports high definition displays and can be installed on the SDCard. Download the best compass for free!

PERMISSIONS:

GPS and network location:
Needed to calculate true north.

Internet Access:
Needed for downloading ads and for completely anonymous usage statistics. Usage statistics can be disabled in the settings of Compass

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WORD SEARCH PUZZLE GAME

Description

WORD SEARCH PUZZLEWelcome to the best application of soup for Android auto-generated letters:
1.- There are 7 items to choose from:
     - Animals
     - Countries of the World
     - Cities of the World
     - American presidents
     - Historical figures
     - Kids
- Trademarks
2.- Has three levels of difficulty:
     - Easy
     - Medium
     - Difficult
3.- Has two game modes:
     - List of words (words to find the slopes shown)
     - Remaining number of words (the number of words to find earrings shown)
4.- There are two methods of self-generation:
     - The maximum number possible (the board is filled with the maximum number of words)
     - Limited (the board is filled with a number proportional to the size of the words)
5.- Available in many languages:
     - Catalan
     - Spanish
     - English
     - Italian
     - French
     - Portuguese

GAME

The board fits the screen size and..... you can already play.
Find the hidden words to find and are marked with different colors.

SCORE

Complete the game, calculates your score and stores your best times.

INFINITE GAME

Also, if you can not finish the game, do not worry, when you get back can choose to start a new game or continue the game as you left it.

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MyAppSharer

Description

MyAppSharer let you to easy share your apps to your friends, you can share by link of Google play or directly share APK (App's full package).
MyAppSharer support many method to share your apps, you can share by message, Gmail, bluetooth, what's app, facebook, QR-Code, Dropbox etc..
By using the feature to export APK to SD card, you could backup your app to your SD card.
MyAppSharer also support share multiple apps at one time, and support instant search, easy to find your apps.

* Nexus devices could not receive APK via Bluetooth, to workaround this issue, please use "Android Beam" or "Bluetooth(zip)" instead.
p.s.
1. You can install "Barcode scanner" to support share link by QR-Code.
2. Install "Dropbox" to support share APK to Dropbox.
3. If you like the app, you could donate the app from settings menu to remove Ad.
Disclaimer: Before share APK, please make sure you have the redistribution right.

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Check Your Website with Integrity

Integrity is a fast, accurate and productive tool for checking your website. With this application you can easily locate your website’s broken links. The application also checks images as well as all the internal and external links. Integrity provides support for ‘soft 404s’and you can see any problems in an easy to view, colour at-a-glance interface. Integrity is OSX native, retina screen compatible and OSX Mavericks tested and supported.

A broken link on your site is a dead end for your visitors and will also be bad news for your search engine optimisation (SEO).

The following updates have been undertaken in this latest version of Integrity:

• Handles images where src = “data:….”
• Fixes bug which may have been responsible for a crash experienced by a very small number of users (crash characterised by ‘stack overflow’ in the crash report).
• Internal changes to enable consistency with Integrity Plus.
• Version numbering system of Integrity and Integrity Plus will be consistent.

Integrity requires Mac OSX 10.6 or higher, Intel 64-bit.