Recently Firefox has rolled out the latest version of its mobile browser for the Android devices, which not only makes browsing on mobiles faster but it brings loads of optimizations for Android Smartphone’s too. For example, the browser now brings in support for devices running Android Jelly bean 4.2 with hardware and software audio and video decoding for faster video playback and streaming.
The new browser also provide support to the older devices that run on older ARM v6 processor with minimum of 800 MHz clock speed along with minimum 512 MB of RAM. We can expect more devices with even lower specifications to join the league later. Currently, devices such as the HTC Cha Cha, LG Optimus Net, Motorola Fire XT, HTC Wildfire S, Huawei Ascend, the Samsung Galaxy Ace, and several Smartphone’s under the Micromax Superfone range that support the latest Firefox mobile web browser.
Firefox mobile browser bring along another feature Tab Preview that makes web browsing a breeze. Also, the Firefox browser brings in optimizations for HTML 5 based content as well.
Firefox's latest version of the mobile browser support the devices running Android version 2.2 and above. To download this browser user need to connect to a high speed internet source such as a Wi-Fi or 3G as it is a 17 MB installation and can take a while to get downloaded using regular GPRS connection. Users can download this Firefox mobile from Android Market.

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For Android platform Google has updated Google Maps app which allow users to see the schedules for the modes of public transport.  With this new version 6.1 changes have been done to the Transit Lines layer permitting users to choose a specific mode of public transportation like train, bus, tram, or subway while hiding the other modes. The new update also provides you with departure time, lines serving the station, and the distance to nearby stations.

It is available in 500 cities worldwide, in India with the help of this update you can check the schedules pertaining to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation Ltd, Chennai MRTS, Delhi Metro Rail, and Kolkata Metro, along with the common directions. To check the schedule users just need to tap on the train \ bus station icon on the map and then click on the place's name.
Other features comprise of My Places and Location History sections of the app. While searching for a location within a city or through a postal code, the borders of that region will be highlighted. However My Places section features not only allow users to access search history but it also saves maps for offline use. When users provide explicit information to track their location, the Location History section keeps a check on places you have been to on a daily basis as a handy reckoner of sorts

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Wednesday marks a major milestone in the history of the Internet. IPv6 addresses for products and services, including AT&T, Google, Facebook, Cisco, Comcast and Yahoo have been formally enabled by many ISPs and tech companies. This IPv6 is a next-generation Internet layer protocol that was designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). This helps to make a virtually limitless number of new IP addresses once the world had run out of addresses on the most widely-used Internet layer protocol, IPv4. There is fixed limit of around 4 billion IP addresses for IPv4 but IPv6 has exponentially more, on the magnitude of around 340 billion billion billion billion (3.4×1038). Virtual IPv6 launch party is being hosted on Wednesday with video tributes to the new protocol from tech bigwigs such as Cisco CEO John Chambers.

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Google Chrome has once again taken the crown from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer by being the king of browsers. It is the most used web browser on the planet. It has been reported that Chrome finally managed to pull ahead of its rival. It is not the first time that Chrome has replaced IE as the world’s most used web browser. Even on March 18 Google’s web browser managed to beat IE but it just lasted for few days. Chrome is at first place but at the expense of Internet Explorer. Safari and Opera continue to occupy the fourth and fifth places respectively. It has been reported that Firefox is also suffering losses in its user base. Google’s default Android browser is the most famous mobile browser that has beaten Opera Mobile.
StatCounter, that measure the impressions generated has showed that people are using Chrome browser rather than Internet Explorer.

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Mozilla Firefox, a web browser which we use on our computers or laptops to access websites now can be accessed on Android mobile devices. The new feature which has been added to this mobile browser is Adobe Flash. The beta version of this new Firefox 14 browser is available for use as of now and comes with lot of new compatibility and performance tweaks for mobile devices.
Adobe Flash, an important protocol used for video streaming and web applications was not there in earlier version of Firefox. In addition to this new Firefox comes with new design which offers better user experience than its older versions. This new version is very user friendly. The additional plug-ins are available on demand and the start or home page has also been redesigned to give a new look. For example, if any one wants to use and play a Java plug-in on the same page then he/she has to click on it as it will not load automatically.
Also the latest update of the browser brings along mighty optimizations for HTML 5 based content as well and developers for applications can make use of this new optimization to further improve app integration with the new browser. The latest version of this mobile browser is only for those devices which Android 2.2 and above operating system. Firefox Beta version is ready and available for download from Android Market.

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