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 Origin Trials are now available for developers

Google Chrome has the Origin Trials system that allows developers to register for, test, and give feedback on experimental web platform features to Google, so that it may standardize and enable the feature by default eventually. Microsoft Edge based on Chromium now has its own Origin Trails system and is offering a couple of experimental …

Chrome Reader Mode can be enabled or disabled in Settings

Reader Mode feature (currently in development) can be enabled or disabled in Chrome from the browser Appearance Settings. Recently Firefox has got a new design for Reader mode in Nightly. Microsoft, on the other hand, offers Reader View in both Legacy and new Edge browsers. Chromium-based Vivaldi also has this feature built-in. Google has been …

Microsoft removes malicious Extensions from Edge Add-ons Store

Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store which is growing in terms of the number of extensions may have been hit by some malicious extensions. Microsoft was quick enough to act and quietly removed the extensions containing malicious code after receiving reports from an Extension developer. While Edge Chromium, Firefox, and Chrome support dark mode, but the websites …

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to drop support for Internet Explorer 11 on July 1

LinkedIn, Microsoft-owned Profession networking platform website will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 after June. The website is currently suggesting to use the latest version of supported browsers for “an optimal experience, better encryption, and privacy support”. The LinkedIn website in IE11 is now showing a notification on top to inform the user that  “As …

Mozilla begins to disable Windows Password Prompt in about:logins on Firefox 76 & 77

Recently released Firefox version requires users to enter their OS password/biometrics to retrieve or edit the passwords in Password manager Lockwise. After receiving multiple reports about issues with the feature, Mozilla is now remotely disabling the OS authentication feature in Firefox 76 and Firefox 77 by rolling out a pref change via Normandy. Starting Firefox …

Google Meet is now available in Gmail

Google Meet is already available for everyone who owns a Google Account on meet.google.com. Google announced Meet will come to Gmail soon. Just now, a couple of my Gmail accounts started to notify the arrival of the app by saying ” Google Meet, now in Gmail. Video meetings with live captioning and screen sharing for …

This is Firefox’s redesigned Reader Mode

Mozilla has redesigned Firefox’s Reader Mode according to guidelines of the Photon Design System and is landed in Firefox 78. A significant change you’ll notice with the updated Reader Mode is the horizontal toolbar. Five years back, Mozilla launched Reader mode for Firefox browser with version 38.0.5, since then till now the feature has got …

Microsoft Edge Canary gets support for PWA Icons on taskbar to show Shortcuts

Yesterday we’ve covered Chromium Progressive Web Apps, particularly, Chrome PWA Icons on Windows, and Android have got the support to show common tasks through the new Shortcuts menu feature. Now latest Microsoft Edge Canary 84 has received the support for the same. PWAs, unlike Native Apps on Windows, doesn’t show common tasks when you right-click …