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 to allow users to disable sending of search terms to ISPs, Chrome has no fix for now.

Firefox and Chrome browsers have a privacy flaw where the user typed search terms are sent to DNS servers of ISPs, even when Private browsing mode or Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is used or DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is enabled. Mozilla with the upcoming version Firefox 79, offers a preference for users to control and …

New Microsoft Edge’s Auto Starting bug is investigated by Microsoft

If your new Microsoft Edge is automatically running on Startup, then its a known issue acknowledged and is being investigated by Microsoft. Unless you manually add a new Microsoft Edge shortcut to the startup folder, like other browsers, new Edge won’t run automatically on startup. However, Windows 10 can does this if you’ve enabled sign-in …

Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store Promotes new Edge in Chrome and other browsers

Microsoft has started showing “The new browser recommended by Microsoft is here” ad banner on Edge Add-ons Store in Google Chrome and other non-Microsoft web browsers. It’s obvious for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera to show download browser banner to get extensions from respective stores. For instance, when you visit Chrome Web Store in a non-Chromium …

Microsoft emails users about Edge automatic Update coming to their PCs

Microsoft started emailing users to get ready for the new Microsoft Edge coming to their PCs via Windows Update. The email briefs users about Edge features, websites, and extensions compatibility, Extensions and says, the transition from Edge legacy to new Edge will be seamless. The email offers a link to download the new Microsoft Edge …