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Google Chrome guides and news from Techdows: new features in each Chrome release, flags and settings worth knowing, extension recommendations, and solutions to frequent Chrome issues on Windows and Mac. Kept current with Chrome’s rapid update cycle.

Google Chrome

What’s new in Chrome 47 Stable?

December 9, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google has released Chrome 47 stable without announcing what’s new in it. Here we’re sharing what we know so far with you through this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

‘Hide in Chrome menu’ / ‘Show in toolbar’ Context Menu option for extension icons

December 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Hide Chrome Extension Icons in the Chrome Menu. Till now Google Chrome browser allows to hide extension icon(s) that appear on its toolbar, a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome 47 offers a flag to disable defer media playback in background tabs

December 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Thanks to a flag, Google Chrome browser now autoplays video/audio in background tabs again. Google has promoted Chrome 47 to stable channel and is now … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome’s Clear Browsing Data dialog now shows how much data you’ll lose

November 14, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chromium team has added ‘Browsing data volume counters’ to ‘Clear browsing data’ dialog, as a result, you can now know what and how much data … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome Canary with Multiple Profiles Set Shows ‘ Open Link as User’ Context Menu Entry

October 28, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Chromium team has added ‘Open Link as user’ context menu entry. You’ll notice this in Chrome Canary build when more than one user uses … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Fix Chrome Shows Black boxes on Web Pages

October 26, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Black blocks or boxes appearing on websites in Chrome 46 browser? Then try this fix

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

How to mute and unmute tabs in Chrome 46?

October 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

In this article, we’ll explain how to mute a tab and several tabs with option and keyboard shortcut in Chrome 46 version.

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome

‘OK Google’ feature removed from Chrome 46

October 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

OK Google voice search option has been removed from Chrome 46 Settings from Windows, Mac, and Linux, platforms, the feature is still available on Chromebooks,

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Chrome Notification Center to be removed from Windows, Mac and Linux

October 15, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google has decided to remove the notification center from Chrome browser, this comes into effect with an upcoming release

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Keyboard Shortcuts to Mute Tabs in Chrome browser

October 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Current Google Chrome version 45 automatically shows an audio indicator for music playing tabs, Chrome does allow you to mute a tab by clicking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Chrome YouTube app

Fix Ublock or ABP doesn’t block YouTube Ads in Chrome

September 7, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome YouTube app

Try this if you see YouTube ads despite ad blocker installed in Chrome browser. A bug in Chrome 45+ versions causing YouTube ads to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome

Google Chrome 45 gets Smarter at Restoring Previous Tabs, Uses less Memory and Power

September 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

This is the Google Chrome’s tagline:’ A Web browser built for Speed, Simplicity and Security’, Chrome isn’t speedier and responsive as it was before … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
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