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The internet is quite a big place and like the popular saying goes, you can virtually spend your life on it. The thing about spending a lot of time is that we visit just a few (popular however) sites. In fact with respect to apps, majority of app users spend 80 percent of their time in just five apps. Well Mozilla wants to change all that with their experimental Firefox Test Pilot program called Advance. According to a blog post by the internet company, “you can explore more of the web efficiently, with real-time recommendations based on your current page and your most recent web history. The statement added that “With  Advance  we’re taking you back to our Firefox roots and the experience that started everyone surfing the web. That time when the World Wide Web was uncharted territory and we could freely discover new topics and ideas online. The Internet was a different place.” Advance works by learning the sites or content you frequently visit on the ...

Password, it’s crystal clear to most people that this authentication process is weak and frankly a meaningless form but yet most of us still use password despite the fact that it sometimes causes distress to them,  is easily stolen,  forgotten and mostly unsafe and ineffective. The good news is that two standards bodies, FIDO and W3C announced a better way, a new password free protocol for the web called WebAuthn. WebAuthn has been working its way toward W3C approval for nearly two years, but yesterday marks the first major announcement of browser support. Apple has not commented on Safari support for WebAuthn, although the company is part of the working group that developed the standard. Read more: 90% Of Passwords Can Be Broken In Seconds Chrome, Firefox and Edge will soon support a new open standard known as WebAuthn . When implemented, it will allow users to use their mobile device to verify your identity. This could involve an app, a USB hardware key, or biom...

Firefox 59 release by Mozilla is now available  Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox. The version of Firefox released is number 59 —the version prevents some websites from asking to send notifications to your device.  This means that the new update is expected to stop sites from accessing your device’s camera, microphone, and location unexpectedly. The new features added to the latest updated Firefox version will prevent user’s notification centre from getting cluttered with piles of news from various sites. When turned on by “default”, all request from different websites will be blocked but can only accept from a trusted websites as requested by the users. How it works In order to manage notification permissions on Firefox 59, users should “go to options” on their Windows or “preferences” on Mac. Then click on “Privacy & Security” , an option to mark permission will be displayed on the screen of th...