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.

Microsoft Edge is now showing Open, Save as and Save options when downloading files

As promised, Microsoft is finally offering Open, Save, and Save as options when downloading files in the new Microsoft Edge browser. The new UI is available to some users via controlled rollouts in the Canary version. When you initiate a download, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy browsers prompt with a dialog at the bottom …

Mozilla to launch Firefox Pioneer v2 Study in US with Firefox 81

Mozilla is relaunching the second version of Firefox Pioneer, the program that collects user data when the user opts-into the study. The organization further uses the gathered data to improve future Firefox versions. If you’ve installed Firefox and if your Firefox browser’s data collection settings have “Allows Firefox to install and run Studies” option enabled, […]

Microsoft Edge Canary enables Secure DNS by default, brings Smooth Scrolling to PDFs

Microsoft has finally enabled DNS over HTTPS (DoH) with Secure DNS as default DNS provider by default in Edge Canary 86.0.612.0 and allows users to choose a custom DNS from Cloudflare, CleanBrowsing (Family Filter), Quad9, and Google Public DNS. The Edge Canary update also brings Smooth Scrolling for PDFs behind a flag. Google has already rolled …

Microsoft removed Edge extensions that injected Ads into Search Results

After Google, Microsoft has now taken down some extensions from the Edge Add-ons store. The same extensions have been deleted from Chrome Web Store after reports of them injecting ads into Google and Bing search results. Recently, we reported a Screenshot extension on Chrome Web Store with over 1 million installs is inserting ads into …

Firefox 81 gets Media Control feature

After adding a new Print Preview interface, Mozilla is now preparing to turn on Media Playback Control feature by default in Firefox version 81 without the need to interact with playing media elements by pressing on media keys on keyboard or headset. Chrome already supports Media Session API on multiple platforms, Firefox has supported the […]

Microsoft Edge tests Recommended Searches & “Meet Now” button (Skype) on New Tab Page

Microsoft Edge New Tab Page is now showing the Meet Now button for Skype and Recommended Searches for some users in the Canary version. Despite making Canary channel available, Microsoft is still pushing and testing new Edge features to some only via controlled rollouts. For example, the Vertical tabs feature is already available to some …