Samsung today unexpectedly launched its browser on PC. The Samsung Internet app is now available in the Microsoft Store.

In the case of Android, let us remind you that the application is called Samsung Internet Browser, but this, of course, does not change the essence. There is only one screenshot in the Windows store in which the Samsung browser is no different from Chrome.

Actually, this is not surprising, given that most third-party browsers for Windows rely on the Blink engine, which also underlies Chrome. But the developers of many well-known browsers are trying to make their applications unique, at least externally, but this is not yet the case. But Samsung Internet will allow owners of Galaxy smartphones to synchronize data on their PC with the browser on their mobile devices. True, so far this function works only partially, allowing you to synchronize your browsing history, bookmarks, saved pages and open tabs, but not passwords.

Let us remind you that today we learned that Samsung may abandon the Exynos brand.

Microsoft releases a new and highly sought-after Windows-themed “ugly sweater” every holiday season. Last year we had a Clippy sweater. A year earlier, a Paint-themed sweater was released. This year, Windows Ugly Sweater received the default Windows XP wallpaper, also known as “Bliss”.

Many consider the Bliss wallpaper to be the most viewed photo in the world. It depicts a green hill under a cloudy blue sky and was used as the default wallpaper on millions of Windows computers between 2001 and 2008.

The image was taken by photographer Charles O’Rear in 1996 before Microsoft bought the rights to it in 2000 for a rumored “low six-figure” sum. Incredibly, O’Rear claims that the photograph has not been digitally altered. The hill is located next to a busy highway in Sonoma, California, although these days it’s home to a vineyard and doesn’t look much like the iconic photo.

Microsoft says all proceeds will go to The Nature Conservancy, an organization dedicated to “conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends.”

This year’s sweater is available in limited quantities directly from the Xbox Gear Shop for $70.

It looks like Google wants to experiment again with the search bar at the bottom of the screen on Android smartphones.

In the latest version of Google software 14.48.26.29.arm64, the search bar is at the bottom of the screen. By default this feature is disabled, but it can be activated in hidden settings.

Let us remember that several years ago Google experimented in the same direction, but in the mobile version of the Chrome browser. The experiment, apparently, was considered unsuccessful, since after a while everything was returned to its place, although with the current giant screens on smartphones, the lower location may seem more convenient to many. At a minimum, this is how the search bar is located in some other mobile browsers, and some, like Firefox, even give you a choice.

At the same time, as we see, Google is now experimenting not with Chrome, but with search built into Android. Perhaps, if this experiment is successful this time, the changes will affect the browser.