Blisk is a Chromium-based browser optimized for web developers. Point the program at your site and it’s displayed in both regular desktop and a mobile device view. The views are displayed side-by-side, and fully synchronised. Scroll the desktop or click and drag on your mobile device and the other view moves to match. Click a link on one view and both update to display the new page. A small selection of alternative devices -- iPhones, iPads, Galaxy this, Nexus that -- are listed in a sidebar. Click one of these to see how that model renders your target site. (Emulation… [Continue Reading]
Out of the blue, Microsoft has announced that Project Spark is closing down. The Xbox One experiment which made it possible for just about anyone to create and publish games is to be killed off "after much consideration". The service will be completely offline by 12 August meaning that after this date it will no longer be possible to upload or download content. Microsoft stopped development of Project Spark last year, but users had hoped that it would just be left to its own devices; this sunset announcement means that this is no longer the case. Microsoft advises users to… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft is following in Google's footsteps and cleaning up the ads that can be displayed on its network. After Google announced that AdWords could no longer be used to push payday loans, Microsoft has decided to ban ads for computer support services from Bing. What's interesting here is that Microsoft has taken an incredibly hard line and issued a complete blanket ban on all technical support ads -- no exceptions. The aim is to weed out fake support ads and scams, but it will also impact on legitimate services. The change to policy now states that: "Bing Ads disallows the… [Continue Reading]