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• 30 March 2011

• News: Poll: IE continues to lose market share

  The latest PC Advisor browser poll has found that Google Chrome is proving an increasingly popular minority choice, with both Internet Explorer and Firefox losing market share to it.

• News: Mozilla launches Firefox 4 on Android

  A week after it launched Firefox 4 for the desktop, Mozilla has shipped the final version of Firefox 4 for Android.

• 29 March 2011

• News: Opinion: Japan crisis shows web still trailing TV

  Millions of Japanese flocked to Internet and social media websites following this month's earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, but television retained its place as the primary source of information for most people, according to two surveys released on Tuesday.

• 25 March 2011

• News: Windows Phone 7 owners furious over slow updates

  Windows Phone 7 users are not happy about the slow pace of updates to their smartphones.

• News: Google delays release of Honeycomb source code

  Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimised for tablets, until it completes work to make the software better for smartphones and other devices, the company said.

• 24 March 2011

• News: Samsung Apps store hits 100 million downloads

  Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from Samsung Electronics' mobile and TV app store in less than a year after its launch, the company said.

• News: Windows Phone 7 update adds copy and paste

  Microsoft is finally pushing out a software update for Windows Phone 7 devices dubbed NoDo, which brings copy and paste functionality among other minor improvements. Microsoft's revamped mobile OS has been missing copy and paste capabilities since its October launch.

• News: Microsoft Windows Intune goes live

  After a year-long beta programme, the Windows Intune hosted desktop management service is going live.

• 23 March 2011

• News: Controversial 'gay cure' app pulled from App Store

  A 'gay cure' app that promised "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus" has been removed from the App Store.

• News: Shazam lets phone users share music with friends

  Music recognition service Shazam has updated its app for iPhones and handsets running Google Android to allow users to share new music with their friends on Facebook.

• News: Amazon's Appstore for Android opens for business

  Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to US users of smartphones with Google's operating system.

• 22 March 2011

• News: Opera unveils Mini 6 and Mobile 11 browsers

  Opera has unveiled the final versions of its latest mobile browsers, Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11, both of which feature improved scrolling, panning and zooming

• News: Adobe patches Flash zero-day bug in Reader

  Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader, making good on a promise last week to plug the hole.

• 21 March 2011

• News: Apple under fire over 'gay cure' iPad app

  Apple has come under fire after it approved an app for the iPad and iPhone that claims to cure homosexuality.

• News: Facebook to acquire mobile app developer Snaptu

  Facebook plans to buy Snaptu, a four-year-old startup that develops versions of web-based applications for cheaper mobile phones.

• News: Microsoft urges Office users to block Flash Player attacks

  Microsoft is urging users of older Office suites to install and run a complicated tool to protect themselves against ongoing attacks exploiting an unpatched bug in Adobe's Flash Player.

• 18 March 2011

• News: Android 'loads web pages 52% faster than iPhone 4'

  The latest Android smartphone loaded web pages 52 percent faster than iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, according to thousands of independent field tests by Blaze Software.

• 17 March 2011

• News: Opera unveils beta version of Opera 11.10

  Opera has made the beta version of its latest web browser, Opera 11.10, available to download.

• News: Google to add offline storage to Apps by year end

  Google is working to restore offline storage capabilities for its Apps productivity software and should have it done by the end of the year, according to a senior company official.

• News: Final version of Firefox 4 coming on March 22

  Just a few short days after delivering the first Release Candidate build of Firefox 4, Mozilla's Senior Director of Engineering Damon Sicore has confirmed that the final build of the browser will be ready to launch before the month is out.

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