Epic (web browser)
Epic is a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox developed by Hidden Reflex specifically customized to the taste of Indian users, which was released in July 2010.[1][2][3] Similar to Flock, the browser has several preinstalled widgets such as social networking, chat clients and email facilities integrated into the browser.[3] It is dubbed as the first web browser from India and also features the first integrated virus protection in a browser powered by ESET.[3][4]
Epic is available as a free download which currently supports Microsoft Windows platform.
[edit] History
Epic was released on 15 July 2010. It is developed by Hidden Reflex, a software company founded by Alok Bharadwaj in 2008 which is situated in Bangalore, India.[5]
[edit] Features
Epic was designed specifically for Indian users. It is bundled with lots of apps like a transliterator for Indian scripts, a web snippet tool, timer, to do list, a full featured text editor, games, Google maps, clients for chatting, social networking such as Orkut, Facebook and Twitter, email apps, and several other installable web apps. It features a huge collection of themes and wall papers featuring subjects related to India. Epic is claimed to be the first web browser featuring built in antivirus and anti phishing protection. Epic is currently available for Windows, though Linux and Mac versions are also expected.
Epic claims there are over 1500 free applications that will work with the browser,[6] as well as many themes and wallpapers.[7]
Epic currently supports 13 Indian languages including Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Oriya, Nepali, Tamil, Malayalam and Urdu. There's additional transliteration support for Arabic, Chinese, Sinhalese, Persian, Russian, and Greek.[3][5] The Epic browser is expected to be a big hit among the Indian users.
The logo of Epic browser denotes the Indian tricolor flag (Saffron, White and Green) enveloping a sphere (the earth) in a tree like fashion. The browser also encompasses numerous Indian wallpapers and themes.
Epic Browser is one of the first Indian Browsers that have been built up on the platform of the Open Source Mozilla Firefox. It has been created by Hidden Reflex which is a Software Company based in Bangalore. As per the company Epic Browser is the very first Indian Web browser which has a lot many things embedded in it.
In fact the key logo of the Epic Browser is also very attractive and eye catchy. The logo consists of a tri color ball with orange, white and green colors in a very crisp and shiny look. The logo resembles the Indian flag.
There are a number of things that make the Epic Browser very famous, like the unique inbuilt Antivirus feature. The Anti Virus in Epic Bowser immediately scans all the real time threats while you are browsing the internet. Although the features of the Epic Browser are quite similar to that of Mozilla Firefox, but still it is worth downloading the Epic Browser.
The downloading of this Epic Browser is free of cost. You just need to log on to the official website of the Epic Browser which is www.epicbrowser.com and start downloading. The company promises that Epic is going to be your new best friend.
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Currently, Yahoo! offers two versions of Yahoo! Mail: an Outlook-like Ajax interface based upon code the company acquired from Oddpost in 2004, as well as the traditional full-page-scroll "Yahoo! Mail Classic," which continues the availability of the simpler 1997-2006 interface for the brand's considerable installed base of users. In early 2008, Yahoo! started offering unlimited mail storage to its users, in response to heated competition in the free-web mail market segment.[2]
On June 27, 2009, Yahoo! Messenger was integrated with Yahoo! Mail Beta.[3] This means that Messenger and Mail are together in one place, allowing users to connect instantly with others who are online, switch between e-mail and chat, with no download or setup required. This new feature is now available for Mail Classic.
SKYPE
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Internet Browser Timeline
Microsoft responded with its browser Internet Explorer in 1995 (also heavily influenced by Mosaic), initiating the industry's first browser war. By bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, Microsoft was able to leverage its dominance in the operating system market to take over the Web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.[4] The usage share of Internet Explorer has declined from over 62.1% in January 2010 to 57.1% in December 2010 according to Net Applications, and it continues to decline.[5]
Opera first appeared in 1996; although it has never achieved widespread use, with a browser usage share that has fluctuated between 2.2% and 2.4% throughout 2010,[5] it has a substantial share of the fast-growing mobile phone Web browser market, being preinstalled on over 40 million phones. It is also available on several other embedded systems, including Nintendo's Wii video game console.
In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the Mozilla Foundation in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the open source software model. That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox, which developed a respectable following while still in the beta stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7.4% of browser use.[4] The Firefox usage share has slowly declined in 2010, from 24.4% in January to 22.8% in December.[5]
Apple's Safari had its first beta release in January 2003; it has a dominant share of Apple-based Web browsing, having risen from 4.5% usage share in January 2010 to 5.9% in December 2010.[5] Its rendering engine, called WebKit, is also running in the standard browsers of several mobile phone platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android, Nokia S60 and Palm webOS.
The most recent major entrant to the browser market is Google's WebKit-based Chrome, first released in September 2008. Its market share has quickly risen; its usage share has nearly doubled from 5.2% in January 2010 to 10.0% in December 2010, and appears to be gaining further in the coming months.[5]
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