Google to pay $17M settlement for bypassing Apple's Safari security settings

As part of a settlement announcement on Monday, Google has agreed to pay out $17 million to 37 U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia, for ignoring anti-tracking protocols baked in to Apple's Safari Web browser.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 42

Apple seeds Safari betas with PDF and autofill enhancements

Apple on Thursday issued two Safari betas to developers with PDF viewing and annotation enhancements, as well as autofill improvements, among other changes.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 14

Mavericks Feature Focus: Safari 7 and iCloud Keychain

Safari's sixth major revision brings some visual tweaks, a slew of performance and power efficiency enhancements, and Apple's all-new integrated password manager, iCloud Keychain.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 53

Websites activating Safari push notifications ahead of OS X Mavericks rollout

Two mainstream websites on Monday appeared to activate push notifications for Safari, a new feature built into Apple's forthcoming OS X 10.9 Mavericks that allows sites to send out updates to Mac users via the Web.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 35

Judge dismisses class-action suit against Google for bypassing Safari privacy controls

A Delaware judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed by users of Apple's Safari browser, finding that the plaintiffs could not prove that the search giant had caused any real harm when it circumvented Apple's security measures in order to store cookies in the browser.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 46

Apple releases Safari 6.1 Seed 8 for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion

Ahead of an expected release later this year, Apple on Monday made available Safari 6.1 Seed 8 for OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion with WebKit enhancements, among other updates.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 1

Apple preparing developers for Safari Push Notifications rollout in Mavericks

In a mass email sent out to developers on Wednesday, Apple said to "get ready" for Safari Push Notifications in OS X Mavericks, a feature set to activate when the next-generation operating system launches this fall.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 52

iOS 7 beta: Safari ditches '.com' button, dots return in Calendar

The third beta of iOS 7 features a number of subtle but significant tweaks to the pre-release operating system, including the return of event day dots in Calendar, and the removal of the ".com" button from the virtual keyboard in Safari.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 68

Inside iOS 7: Safari gains portrait fullscreen, unified search bar, visual tabs

Underneath its fresh coat of paint, Safari in iOS 7 includes a number of new features that make it a richer mobile browsing experience, including a mandated fullscreen mode in both portrait and landscape views, and a new unified smart search box.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 30

OS X Mavericks' new App Nap, Timer Coalescing features target battery efficiency

Apple plans to advance its leadership in notebook battery efficiency with a series of new features in OS X Mavericks designed to achieve substantial power savings while maintaining or even improving upon the "snappy" responsiveness of the system.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 32

Safari 7.0 streamlined and accelerated for OS X Mavericks

Apple's new Safari 7.0 is faster, more efficient and sports streamlined new interface enhancements in OS X Mavericks.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 43

WebKit releases new SunSpider 1.0 benchmark to chart the future of JavaScript performance

Apple's WebKit team has released a revamped new SunSpider 1.0 benchmark suite for profiling the performance of web browser JavaScript execution, replacing the 0.9 version initially released at the end of 2007.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 17

Apple updates Safari Web browser and Java plug-ins for OS X

Apple on Tuesday released four Internet-related software updates, including Safari for Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard and two Java for Mac OS X downloads.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 3

Mozilla Firefox not coming to iPhone, iPad until Apple relaxes iOS browser rules

Apple is too unfriendly to third-party browsers, says Mozilla vice president Jay Sullivan, and Firefox will not be coming to iPads and iPhones until Apple decides to loosen the restrictions governing browsers iOS.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 72

EU fines Microsoft 561M euros for not giving customers a choice of browser

Microsoft's penalties with the European Union continue to grow, as the organization hit the Windows maker with another 561-million euro fine on Wednesday.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 56

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