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.

Firefox 84 supports Multiple Picture-in-Picture Windows

Recent Firefox release brought improvements to the Picture-in-Picture feature. Mozilla is planning to make PiP mode even more awesome. Firefox version 84 allows running multiple Picture in Picture Windows. Here is how you can enable the feature in the Firefox browser. Till now, Firefox on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and Android (Fenix) supports the Picture-in-Picture …

Avast 20.9 shows CyperCapture Notifications in Notification Center

After improving CyberCapture with Avast 20.8, Avast Software has further enhanced the feature in Avast 20.9 on Windows to ensure users can always see the notifications about threats sent to Threat Labs in Action Center. Apart from this, version 20.9 comes with improvements and usual bug fixes. Avast Free Antivirus 20.9 CyberCapture included in Avast …

The awkward Scroll buttons on Chrome Tab Strip may stay forever

To address Tab overflow issue in Chrome, Google added Grouping Tabs and Scrollable tab bar features. Chrome lets you scroll through extraneous tabs that no longer fit in the tab strip through Scroll buttons. The feature is a welcome addition to Chrome for sure, but the way feature development is progressing currently hints that scroll …

CCleaner 5.74 enables Automatic Updates in Free version, how to disable?

Piriform has launched Automatic Updates for CCleaner Free with version 7.34. What this means is, CCleaner will update to the next versions automatically without you needing to visit the website and download the update manually. What you need to know: CCleaner Free version received “automatic updates” feature An additional CCleaner process runs in the background …

Chrome Global Media Controls UI lets you Control Video Live Captions

Media Hub in Google Chrome is getting better and better to control music. Till now, in addition to offering playback controls, the redesigned Global Media Controls allows us to enter the playing video in Picture-in-Pcture mode and select audio devices connected to play the music. To the latest, Google is offering a switch to toggle …

Microsoft Edge’s new feature to improve Startup Speed

After Sleeping Tabs, Microsoft is here again experimenting with another feature for Edge, called “Startup boost”. As the name says, the aim of the feature is to start Edge quickly when you click on its shortcut on desktop or taskbar. Read how Edge accomplishes this below without impacting system resources. Microsoft in a support article …

Mozilla Stops Firefox 82 rollout due to Numerous Issues

Recently Mozilla released Firefox 82 with Picture in Picture improvements and Performance enhancements. The update triggered printing, crashing issues, and causes automatic website log out issues. Mozilla has throttled automatic updates to Firefox and fixed the Printing issues in Nightly and beta version. Firefox update breaks receipt Printers and misprints PDFS Here is what you …