Zynga is acquiring the company behind the social web browser Flock. The six-year-old company has been working on a browser that comes with built-in access to the social web, sharing and so on. The idea never really became a huge hit with users and the future of the Flock browser looks grim since this seems like a tal... |
6 January 2011
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The social web browser market, although tiny, is becoming hotly disputed. Flock, the original social browser, feeling the pressure from the remarkably similar upstart RockMelt, has now released an updated version to take it one step ahead. Flock 3.5 is built on a newer version of Chromium and adds a couple of new fea... |
30 November 2010
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Just when you thought the browser wars couldn't get any bigger, RockMelt launches a brand new one, with the same name, which aims to re-invent the way people use browsers. The premise is to build social features straight into the browser to make it easier for people to stay connected, share content and keep up w... |
9 November 2010
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Chromium, the open source web project that is behind Google’s Chrome browser has edged Firefox out of the core of the Flock browser. According to Clayton Stark, VP Engineering at Flock, it was the performance of Chromium that recommended it to power Flock, a social networking-focused browser, instead of Mozilla... |
25 August 2010
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You wouldn’t know it by looking at the market share numbers, but there are a lot of web browsers out there. While Internet Explorer dominates and Firefox holds a solid second place, with Chrome coming strong from behind, there are some niches that are not being catered to by them. One of the more popular of the... |
16 June 2010
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Social web browsing is a common practice nowadays. Due to the increasing popularity of the social networking concept, various extensions for the common used web browsers have been developed to help users connect and share information easier; even new "social" web browsers have been created.Providing a unique browsin... |
17 June 2008
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The 28th of December came bearing ill news for the Netscape users. That was the day that AOL decided to discontinue support for the legendary browser. The actual date that Netscape will be left to age gracefully and die is the first of February 2008, and if you look at the calendar, it's just around the corner.T... |
18 January 2008
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The battle between the web-browsers is about to get a new competitor as the Flock developers have recently introduced some innovative tools which might represent a threat for the Internet giants. Flock is not a very popular browser but it may come with new utilities which can boost its number of users. In fact, the u... |
18 September 2007
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