Software : New Swiftkey 4.3 hits beta, you can download it now |
- New Swiftkey 4.3 hits beta, you can download it now
- Blip: Forget the special features on DVDs and Blu-rays, Netflix is adding extras soon
- Google throws Chrome-lifeline to Windows XP users
| New Swiftkey 4.3 hits beta, you can download it now Posted:  Swiftkey has launched its latest version, 4.3, as a beta that you can now download to your many and varied Android devices. The update is intended to improve how you use your keyboard: you can choose between various layouts that you can then resize and move to any part of a device screen. There are three presets: 'compact' for large-screened phones so you can type with one hand, 'full' for large screens when you have two hands available and 'thumb' that splits the keyboard into to thumbable halves. That means that you can choose a specialised layout for a specific situation, then switch back to a regular layout when you have more elbow-space. Beta bandCunningly calling it a beta means that you may encounter bugs and problems that you can report to Swiftkey and the team there can say, "Hey, it's a beta! What're you gonna do?" And hopefully also "Thanks" and "we'll get that fixed for the full software roll out, don't you worry about a thing." If you fancy giving it a go, you can now download the Layouts for Living beta from Swiftkey's beta website. |
| Blip: Forget the special features on DVDs and Blu-rays, Netflix is adding extras soon Posted:  Netflix is trying to make its popular streaming service more even more enjoyable. According to CNET, the company will begin testing out the addition of extras from the bygone days of DVDs and Blu-rays. Though the story of a show remains at the core, part of the viewing experience also lies in supplemental content, something Vice President of Product Innovation Tom Yellin says is he wants to bring to Netflix. We'll first see extra features lined up for Netflix's original shows like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, and pending these are successful with the audience, expect to see the add-on extended to the rest of the catalogue bit by bit. More blips!These bitty extra blips are definitely worth your while. |
| Google throws Chrome-lifeline to Windows XP users Posted:  Microsoft may be officially putting Windows XP out to pasture next spring, but Google Chrome will keep chugging along with security fixes and updates on the operating system for a full year after. The Google Chrome Blog announced today that Windows XP users won't completely be abandoned come April 8, 2014, the date when Microsoft will officially retire the desktop operating system after more than a decade. That's because Google has pledged to continue offering support for its Chrome web browser on Windows XP with "regular updates and security patches until at least April 2015." "Like all technologies that come to their end-of-life, the XP operating system and most of its desktop applications will no longer receive updates and security patches," explained Google Chrome Director of Engineering and Superintendent of Public Safety Mark Larson. Migrating from XPLarson says the move was made to protect Chrome users from "unpatched browser bugs [which] are often used by malware to infect computers." With hundreds of millions of users still using Windows XP, Google hopes the stay of execution will help users and organizations migrate to more current versions of Microsoft's operating system. Google plans to automatically update Chrome on Windows XP with the latest security fixes the same way it does with Windows 8 and other platforms in an effort to reduce malware and phishing attacks. IT administrators are also encouraged to use Legacy Browser Support, which makes Chrome the default option for web applications that might otherwise depend upon unsupported legacy browsers.
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