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.

Chrome 78 adds deep links to Android and Windows 10 Captions Settings

Ever since Microsoft started contributing to Chromium, Google Chrome started gaining new features for accessibility, Caret browsing is an example albeit its not available yet and Chrome allows screen readers to request Google for the image descriptions is another e.g. Recently, the Chromium team has bean work to provide the ability to customize “Captions” on …

You can now launch Google Chrome (v77) in Guest Mode by default

Google Chrome can be started in Incognito mode by appending a command line switch to the Target field, similarly, beginning from version 77, the same browser can also be launched in “Guest browsing mode” via a command-line flag, FYI, this is new and previous Chrome versions not supported this. To browse privately, Chrome offers Guest […]

This extension isn't monitored by Mozilla warning on Firefox add-ons site

Mozilla says “This Extension isn’t Monitored” Warning shown to Users on AMO is a Test

This extension isn't monitored by Mozilla warning on Firefox add-ons site

Mozilla revealed why addons.Mozilla.org (AMO) is showing extensions aren’t being monitored notice to users. The organization apparently has confirmed they’re testing this and only a few users are getting it and isn’t a permanent part of AMO yet. They’ll decide whether to keep or modify or drop it after the users reaction. What’s happened? Since …

Google Docs to display the Word Count as you Type

Google is making more easier to view a document’s word count on Google Docs, the company today announced it will roll out an option “Display word count while typing” under Tools > Word count, which when selected, will continuously display word count at the lower-left corner of doc while you type. Till now, to see […]