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 crashes w/ Google SE, gains Surface Duo emulation & Tab Previews Support

Microsoft again brought Tab Previews aka ‘Tab Hover Card Images’ to Edge Canary with lazy loading support, Chrome, and Edge Stable versions now support emulation of dual-screen devices. And Microsoft Edge has Started crashing since yesterday when you start to type in the address bar with Google set as a default Search engine. A possible …

Microsoft Explains Why Windows Defender classifying CCleaner Installer as PUA

Apparently, Windows Defender in Windows 10 is classifying CCleaner Installer as Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). And Windows 10 is locking other Piriform product installers such as Recuva, Defraggler, and Speccy from running. Microsoft has come up with an explanation of why it has flagged popular Cleaning tool as “PUA: Win32/CCleaner”. CCleaner users rushed to report …

Microsoft Edge to use SmartScreen to protect against harmful browser navigations

New Microsoft Edge based on Chromium comes integrated with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and protects users against malicious sites and downloads. It even blocks downloads of Potential Unwanted Applications out of the box. Microsoft now testing to replace Edge’s  “current method of protecting against potentially harmful browser navigations” with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Google Chrome with Google’s …

Chrome expanding Tab Freezing to Collapsed Tab Groups

Google wants to ensure the tabs in the tab group after collapsing shouldn’t consume resources in the background, that’s why the company is working to bring “tab freezing” behind the experimental “Tab Groups Collapse Freezing” feature in Chrome Canary. Sometime back, Google announced it will bring Tab Groups to Chrome in the coming weeks, the …

Popular Chrome Screenshot Extension is injecting Ads into Google Search Results

Google Chrome extension “Screenshot & Screen Capture Elite ” with over 1 million user installs is reportedly injecting ads into Google Search results page. Users who noticed the behavior posted reviews on the extension page saying they’re seeing ads on search results despite ad blocker extension UBlock Origin installed in the Chrome browser. If you’ve …