Firefox updates amp up social side, and more

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August 10, 2013

CNET Social Tech

Mozilla takes another stab at social and tightens security in its desktop browser, while Firefox for Android adds more customization.

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Mozilla proposes Web tech for sharing personal interests

The Interests API would let browsers infer what people are interested in and, when those people give permission, share that information with Web sites that could tailor content or ads accordingly.

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Microsoft readies IE 11 for Windows 7, too

Internet Explorer 11 ships by default in Windows 8.1, and a developer preview of the browser for Windows 7 confirms that the older OS won't be left behind -- for now.

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Yahoo to take Flickr offline for six hours

Planned outages that last a long time are rare these days for major sites, but Yahoo's photo-sharing service will experience one on July 25 for "maintenance."

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Adobe's Kuler beta site resurrects photo-color picker

The Web site for building and browsing five-color sets once again can create color schemes from uploaded photos. With the Android app gone, the Web site is the only Kuler option for Android device users.

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Blink leaders reject animated WebP images in Chrome, for now

The leaders of Google's browser engine project conclude they won't support the animated version of Google's own new image format until performance concerns are resolved.

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