Venkat Eswarlu
Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

What is Google Chrome Elevation Service (elevation_service.exe) and what does it do?

While searching for something on our computer we’ve stumbled onto elevation_service.exe in the Chrome application folder in Program Files (x86) and after some digging, we learned that it is a service installed by Google Chrome and needed for Chrome Recovery component to repair Google Update when chrome doesn’t update. Read more about what Elevation Service …

Firefox 64 Release version to limit CFR Recommended Add-ons to three only

Mozilla has decided to show only three recommended add-ons in Firefox 64 stable version which is scheduled to release on December 11, 2018. During Nightly and Beta testing, Mozilla has shown CFR addon recommendations to users for these sites: Reddit, YouTube, Facebook, and Amazon. Now the company is planning to reduce the recommendations down to […]

Quora says 100 million users data compromised in a security breach

Popular Question and Answer’s site Quora has been hacked, the website’s CEO, Adam D’Angelo announced this news in their blog admitting that approximately 100 million users data may have been compromised. The company has recognized on Friday, November 30, 2018, that a malicious third party has unauthorizedly accessed one of their systems. Adam D’Angelo says […]