On Tuesday, Mozilla released a major update to Firefox for Android, bringing many of the sharing services from its older brother desktop version.

Version 24 adds a Share menu that lets you add your most frequently used sharing services like Facebook, Twitter, or email for quick sharing. If you prefer a more physical approach, the new version also adds bump sharing, which lets you fist-bump your friends with other Android handsets to quickly send open tabs, news articles, or just about any page from the web. This works via Near Field Communications technology so both devices must have an NFC chip.

Firefox also brings a built-in Reader with added benefits to improve legibility, including font-swapping between serif and sans-serif text, changing background and text colors to black on white or vice versa, and the ability to save articles for future reading.

You can grab Firefox for Android here.

Adobe Systems is trying to move its customers to its Creative Cloud subscription.

Adobe attracted 331,000 new subscribers to its $50-per-month Creative Cloud plan, bringing the total past 1 million by the end of its most recent quarter, the company announced Tuesday.

"We exceeded one million subscriptions during Q3, demonstrating that the transition to Creative Cloud is happening sooner than expected," Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen said in a statement.

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The quickshare feature in Firefox 24 for Android.

From features to speed, mobile browsing isn't quite what its desktop sibling is, but if Tuesday's Firefox 24 update is any indication, the gap between them is quickly shrinking.

The new, stable version of Firefox 24 for Android focuses on tying the mobile browser to several quick sharing tools.

Among the list of options in the Android menu button while using Firefox is now a "quickshare" button, based on your most commonly-used sharing tools. It lets you share with one tap and automatically picks up on your preferred sharing tools.

"Bump sharing" will also work in Firefox on Android phones and tablets that have near-field communication enabled. You'll be able to send an open tab from one Android device with Firefox running to another by touching the backs of the devices to each other.

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QSAlpha Quasar IV takes a stab at advanced Android security.

The subject of cell phone security haunts every major mobile player, but none so defiantly throws down the gauntlet to data thieves like the smartphone startup QSAlpha and its Quasar IV "cipherphone."

A self-funded project launched Tuesday through Kickstarter-like Web site Indiegogo, the Quasar IV runs on a security backbone of hardware encryption that promises to only share data -- e-mail, phone calls, and texts -- with others who have a "trusted" identity using the same Quasar IV smartphone.

While the cybersecurity specs command the show (and more on that later), the strangely named Quasar IV is specced out with top-of-the-line Android goods.

Built on Android 4.3, the supersecure device starts with a 5-inch 1080p HD display, then adds to that a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU and either 64GB or 128GB encrypted local storage options. You'll also get 128GB encrypted cloud storage on top of that.

The Quasar IV will also pack in 3GB RAM, a microSD card slot, and a 3,300mAh battery. Mobile photographers aren't forgotten. There will be a pair of 13-megapixel Sony cameras (translation: augmented reality and processing tricks), and a whopping 8-megapix... [Read more]

There's still some fight left in this iPhone 3G.

Although Apple is keen on its customers moving to new devices every year or two, it's extending a helping hand to those who have decided to stay behind.

First discovered by a Reddit user on Monday, Apple is now giving folks who own older iOS devices the opportunity to download outdated app versions to ensure a particular program can run on their product. Previously, those who were running older iOS versions were asked to update to a new version to get their hands on a particular app.

According to an image posted on Reddit, when folks with older versions of iOS try to download a newer app now, they'll be shown a pop-up message suggesting that they download an older version of the app. The feature appears to analyze the iOS version they're running and ask them to download "the last compatible version."

Apple's compatibility offer comes as the company prepares to launch iOS 7 on Wednesday. That software version comes with hundreds of improvements, including a new design.

(Via Engadget)