July 2016

What is it with companies using descriptive terms for their products that don't really match what you are getting?

Internet flatrates that limit the amount of data that you may transfer, anyone? Google rolls out an update for the Google Maps application on Android currently that brings improved offline access capabilities to the mapping app.

You need Google Maps 9.32 or higher on Android for that, and it requires that Google enables the feature for your account.

Prisma is a popular application that was originally released for iOS that you could use to apply filters to photos. The application has been released for Android today.

Photo filter applications are still tre chic with Instagram leading the pack but thousands of other applications competing for users.

Prisma takes the whole "apply filter to photo" and "share with the world" concept a step further by concentrating on modern art filters.

Microsoft changed how feature updates are released on Windows. While updates are still delivered via Windows Updates and other update options, updates on Windows 10 are not reflected in the operating system's name.

There is no Windows 10 Service Pack 1, or Windows 10.1, for instance, and Microsoft has no plans to change that.

This makes it a tad difficult to find out which version of Windows 10 is installed on a device.

Many file synchronization services display overlays on icons that indicate a file's or folder's sync status.

This is useful as it provides direct information on whether files are available on the local system, currently in sync, or not available at all.

If you have installed several sync clients on your Windows PC, or tried several but removed some of them again, you may have run into a display issue concerning those sync icons.

If you happen to store photos on Microsoft's online file hosting and synchronization service OneDrive, you may have noticed already that Microsoft added new features to it recently.

Probably the biggest one announced yesterday was the new automatic albums functionality. Basically, what it does is try to group photos based on time and location, and display the most promising ones directly to you.

So, you may check out albums created automatically by OneDrive for you, and share those with others. The feature may save you from doing these things manually if it works well.

Only 1.7% of all Firefox users on Windows are running a 64-bit version of the browser while the majority of users runs a 32-bit version of Firefox according to Mozilla.

Mozilla released a 64-bit version of the Firefox web browser for Windows last year but has not actively promoted it yet.

The main Firefox Stable download page on the Mozilla website offers the 32-bit version of the browser by default.

Toshocat is a free desktop application for Windows, Mac and Linux devices that provides you with options to manage, track and discover anime and manga shows, books or movies.

The program is quite heavy on the download side with its 60+ Megabyte. This can be attributed mostly to the tools it ships with.

Simply run the installer on Windows to get started. The program opens a modern interface that lists various navigational options on the left in a sidebar.

After years of development and several delays, multi-process Firefox, also known as Electrolysis or e10S, is about to be enabled for a subset of Firefox stable users.

The following guide provides you with information about Firefox's multi-process architecture. It explains what the feature offers, preferences and switches for it, covers add-on compatibility, and takes a look at the future of the feature.

The European Union just announced that it will give the source code of the password manager KeePass and Apache Web Server a security audit.

The idea to audit open source software came to live back in December 2014 when two members of the European Parliament suggested an audit for free software used by EU institutions.

Microsoft Message Analyzer is a tool for Windows 7 and newer Windows versions that is been designed to assist users in troubleshooting and diagnostic scenarios.

The program ships with functionality to capture, list and analyze protocol traffic, e.g. http and https connections, events, as well as system or application messages.

It replaced Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4, and may be used to capture live local or remote traffic, and to load previous captures for further analysis.