If you’re a fan of One Direction – and we’re big fans ourselves of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis – then you have to download the cool new skins from Maxthon. Get them here — and help spread the word for Maxthon and One Direction.

Here’s another friendly reminder about the power of Maxthon. A friend wrote to me to say, “I just downloaded the latest version of Maxthon 3, and I am cruising the web at light speed.”

Granted, “light speed” may be a euphemism for just plan fast but one thing is clear: we give users the speed to enjoy the full benefits of the Internet. That’s reason enough to give us a try!

San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2012 — Maxthon (www.maxthon.com), a global software and web services company, announces the release of a new version of the Maxthon 3 desktop browser with paradigm-shifting, ground-breaking technology – the ability to encode, upload, distribute and recompile solid matter over the Internet. Using proprietary Maxthon technology and any Windows-compliant HD video camera, users of the new version of Maxthon 3 can now digitize small objects and send them over the Internet via email and IRC chat.  The new product is fully HTML5 compliant and works with popular file syncing services like V-Drive, Dropbox and SugarSync.

“We’ve known for a long time that digitizing matter was not the roadblock to sending solid matter over the Internet,” says Maxthon founder and CEO Jeff Chen. “Turning something like a banana into binary code is not difficult. The hard part is compression and the codes required to re-compile the banana at the other end of the transaction.”

The new version of Maxthon 3 contains patented codes and compression technology that, for the first time, makes it feasible to email a banana: (Or any other fruit, small vegetable or hand-carried object.) Maxthon is now offering this technology free to the first 500,000 users to download and try the latest version of Maxthon 3, available at:

http://dl.maxthon.com/mx3/mx3.3.6.2000.exe

The new technology, and Maxthon’s complete ownership of the intellectual property behind it, promises to completely disrupt the global, overnight delivery business, among others. “For the first time Maxthon makes it possible for businesses to have the best of both worlds,” says EDG analyst Clare Quilty, “You can print a hard copy with a signature, pop it in an envelope and then digitize and send the actual paper over the Internet. This changes everything.”

Says Chen, “Even though our award-winning mobile android browsers will support this, I would urge users not to use their smart phone to email objects. You’ll eat up your available bandwidth plan before you know it. Use your work connection instead.”

The new technology makes it theoretically possible to send larger objects over the web, too.

“Our end game for this feature is to disrupt the travel industry, too,” says Karl Mattson, GM of Maxthon International/Chief of Product. “Currently, our labs are testing the encoding and transmission of fairly large objects. Yesterday we emailed an ottoman. BUT, it took a very, very long time. Bandwidth is a big issue. When it’s ready, we expect to offer access to larger objects through a tiered, premium service based on file size and bandwidth transfer.

“Additionally,” says Mattson, “April Fools. But you really should try Maxthon 3, it’s bloody fast.”

About Maxthon

Headquartered in Beijing, Maxthon Ltd. is an innovative software company and developer of superior web browsers which continue to set new standards for simplicity, speed and security.  Each month more than 130,000,000 people use Maxthon’s web browser in 120 countries across the world. Maxthon also brings its best-of-breed browsing to the Android platform for mobile devices and tablet computers. For more information about Maxthon please visit www.maxthon.com.

Download Maxthon Mobile for Android phones here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mx.browser

Want to supercharge that desktop? Try Maxthon 3 for Windows PCs today.

http://www.maxthon.com/mx3/

Download Maxthon Mobile for 10″ Android tablets here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mx.browser.tablet

This review from the editors at MakeUseOf has some amazing praise for Maxthon. The editors include a number of screen shots in the article, along with detailed information about Maxthon and the innovative – and convenient – features we offer.

I encourage people to read and comment on the review, since the piece offers a lot of analysis and commentary about the good work we seek to accomplish. We are most grateful for this news.

With Version 3.3.6.2000 of Maxthon 3, users can automatically enjoy the benefits of Do Not Track. This commitment to privacy is part of our ongoing effort to safeguard our global community of users and put innovation at the forefront of everything we do. As technology evolves, there are new standards and expectations – from the public – about the role of advertising, the protection of individual data and the manner by which web browsers address these issues.

Maxthon continues to be at the forefront of this movement, with the understanding that a browser should honor the changes described above — while also developing additional features that are convenient and effective. We do just that: enabled by the power and success of Maxthon 3, we make the web your gateway to safety and fun.

One of the key principles that defines the success of Maxthon is a commitment to protecting our global community of users. Hence our pledge to implement Do Not Track on all of our newly released products, in less than two weeks. This announcement, which distinguishes us as a company dedicated to respecting the interests of people and their online privacy, is a standard we believe others should emulate. Why? Because individuals deserve the option to quickly – and easily – use Do Not Track, a right we offer to our users and the millions of fans who continue to lend their support to Maxthon.

With this decision in mind, we encourage users to share with us their thoughts about Maxthon and the ways we can continue to make browsing the web safe and fun.

To share some love, we decided to share an excerpt of the wikipedia-article about Valentine’s day. This article is banned in some parts of the world. To shed some light on the meaning of this day, please read on.

Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day, often simply Valentine’s Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentinus. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deleted from the General Roman Calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. It is celebrated in countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.

The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”).

Modern Valentine’s Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

Middle East
Egyptians celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14.
In Iran, the Sepandarmazgan, or Esfandegan, is an age-old traditional celebration of love, friendship and Earth. It has nothing in common with the Saint Valentine celebration, except for a superficial similarity in giving affection and gifts to loved ones, and its origins and motivations are completely unrelated. It has been progressively forgotten in favor of the Western celebration of Valentine’s Day. The Association of Iran’s Cultural and Natural Phenomena has been trying since 2006 to make Sepandarmazgan a national holiday on 17 February, in order to replace the Western holiday.

Conflict with Islamic countries and political parties
Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, in 2002 and 2011, religious police banned the sale of all Valentine’s Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, as the day is considered a Christian holiday. In 2008 this ban created a black market of roses and wrapping paper.
Pakistan
The concept of Valentine’s Day was introduced in Pakistan during the late 1990s with special TV and radio programs. The Jamaat-e-Islami political party has called for the banning of Valentine’s Day celebration.Despite this, the celebration is becoming popular among urban youth.
Iran
In the first part of the 21st century, the celebration of Valentine’s Day in Iran has been harshly criticized by Islamic Teachers who see the celebrations as opposed to Islamic culture. In 2011, the Iranian printing works owners’ union issued a directive banning the printing and distribution of any goods promoting the holiday, includingcards, gifts and teddy bears. “Printing and producing any goods related to this day including posters, boxes and cards emblazoned with hearts or half-hearts, red rosesand any activities promoting this day are banned… Outlets that violate this will be legally dealt with”, the union warned.