Good bye my good friend iGoogle

Recently I noticed something on my home page which is iGoogle. I've used what seems like forever.

I see a note that they are going to take it down completely. Click on the link and here is what I see. I am in shock. Not sure why but it is an emotional reaction I guess. I've been loyal. I've introduced lots of people to the power of iGoogle over the years. So what is the payback for my loyalty to Google and their products?

Apparently it isn't worth much.

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• Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle (tech.slashdot.org)


• Google retiring iGoogle, Google Mini, others for 'spring cleaning' (engadget.com)


• iGoogle and Google Video to be shutdown (onsoftware.en.softonic.com)


• iGoogle Will Be Discontinued (googlesystem.blogspot.com)

Is Internet Explorer the safest browser?

It seems hard to believe, but a test carried out by security experts from NSS Labs has found that Internet-Explorer repels 94 percent of all infected websites. Coming in second by a considerable distance is Google Chrome. Firefox and Safari on the other hand, do not offer adequate protection against Malware. NSS Labs tested the security capabilities of the four leading web browsers over a period of 175 days. The results are based on three million tests on approximately 85,000 infected websites.

But something is strange about this study. It compares the newest version of the IE with older versions of the other browser. So how serious can we take the results? The analysis carried out by NSS Labs can be found here.

Related articles

• Study: IE9 blocks more malware than other web browsers (neowin.net)


• Internet Explorer Shines in NSS Labs Browser Security Test (eweek.com)


• Study finds Internet Explorer to be malware blocking king (ghacks.net)


• Study finds IE9 is better at blocking malware than Chrome, Safari, and Firefox combined (thenextweb.com)

Do you read your mobile news in a browser or app?

Imagine you have invested heavy in a technology betting it is the next new shiny toy. Imagine it isn't. Interesting that the web browser is still the app of choice for consumers who read news on mobile devices. Early on I noticed that I preferred to read the WSJ on my iPad browser as opposed to their app.

Interesting study from Pew Research Center.

News organizations have invested significantly in native apps for iOS, Android, WP7 and even, for a time, webOS — yet nearly three times as many tablet owners and twice as many smartphone users access news primarily through browsers rather than apps, according to a Pew Research Center study released Monday.

Sixty percent of tablet news readers and 61% of smartphone news readers in the survey said they get most of their news through web browsers on those devices. Twenty-three percent of tablet news readers and 28% of smartphone news readers claimed they use apps, while 16% and 11%, respectively, said they use apps and web browsers equally.

via Twice As Many Mobile News Readers Prefer Browsers to Apps [Study].

Related articles

• Tom's Guide: 10 Mobile Browsers for Surfing On the Go (tomshardware.com)


• It's official: News consumption is all about social and mobile (gigaom.com)


• Google Chrome goes mobile (lenovo.com)


• The 5 Best Alternative Browsers for iOS (vikitech.com)