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694 articles

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
Snagit 11.3

Snagit 11.3 Released with Google Drive Integration and Adds Chrome and Windows 8.1 Support

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Snagit 11.3

TechSmith has released Fuse app for mobile, available for iOS and Android which lets you import photos and videos into Snagit. Snagit 11.3 for Windows has added Google Drive integration and also support for Google Chrome browser by releasing extension […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
JavaScript Popup blocker options

Stop Annoying JavaScript Popups in Chrome with this Extension

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
JavaScript Popup blocker options

Chrome’s built-in Popup blocker can block popup windows on websites but not all as some JavaScript ones still skip through it and FYI, Chromium team is already working to improve their browser’s popup blocker to block these. We’ve covered Better […]

Posted in: Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Google Voice Search hotword Beta tray icon

Microphone Icon in System tray showing ‘Google Chrome is using your microphone’ Message

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Google Voice Search hotword Beta tray icon

Recently Google has made available Android 4.4 kitkat’s ‘Ok Google’ feature to Chrome on desktop with Google Voice Search Hotword extension. If you’ve installed that extension, you can notice microphone icon in system tray keeps appearing in system tray (unless […]

Posted in: Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Chrome ephemeral apps

Try Chrome Apps without Installing

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome ephemeral apps

There are so many apps available for Chrome on Web Store, it would be great if Chrome allows to test some of those without installing, currently Chromium team is testing ephemeral apps experimental feature on beta, dev. and canary builds […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
Chrome profile folder location Windows

Creating a New Profile for Google Chrome on Windows is Easy

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
Chrome profile folder location Windows

A browser profile contains all important data such as bookmarks, extensions, passwords and other user data and it is stored in a separate folder from browser installed directory. This profile folder won’t gets deleted when you uninstall browser. A corrupted […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Malicious file blocked warning Chrome

Google Chrome to Automatically Block Malicious Software Downloads

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Malicious file blocked warning Chrome

With Automatic Updates, Safe Browsing and sandboxing, Google Chrome browser is already more secured. But these are not enough, where nowadays malicious programs somehow gets installed on users systems and hijacking browser settings- FYI Chrome already prevents third-party programs from […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
Google Chrome
Adobe Reader plugin blocked from running in Chrome

Chrome to Block Adobe Reader Plugin by Default, Here is How to always open PDF files with It

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Adobe Reader plugin blocked from running in Chrome

Due to phasing out of support for NPAPI plugins, even though you’ve disabled Chrome native PDF viewer in Google Chrome, it still doesn’t allows to open PDF files inline through plugin of Adobe Reader installed on your computer. Chrome blocks […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
A in Chrome menu and canary aura

Why There is “a” on the Chrome Menu?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
A in Chrome menu and canary aura

If you’re using Chrome Canary latest version on Windows, you’ll likely to see “a” in Chrome menu, what is that means and why it is there?. It means Chrome Windows Canary build is an Aura build. Soon Linux platform will […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
Experimental Chrome App Launcher

All About Chrome App Launcher: How to Enable it, Pin to Taskbar and Remove It

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Experimental Chrome App Launcher

You’re just one app away from getting Chrome App Launcher on Windows. When you install a new app from Chrome Web Store,  you’ll have the option to get App Launcher. When you sign into your Google Account, you can start […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
PDF Mergy Chrome app interface

PDF Mergy: Combine PDFs Dead Easily in Chrome

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
PDF Mergy Chrome app interface

PDF Mergy Chrome app easily combines multiple PDFs into a Single PDF. Sometimes need arises for us to combine PDFs, there are many services and desktop apps available online to do the same. Meet PDF Mergy, web app for Chrome […]

Posted in: Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Chrome.exe system error with asan_rtl.dll missing

Fix: Chrome.exe – System Error “ The Program can’t start because asan_rtl.dll is missing ..”

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome.exe system error with asan_rtl.dll missing

If you’re using latest Google Chrome Canary on your computer and getting Chrome.exe -System Error dialog with message “ The Program can’t start because asan_rtl.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.” when trying […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
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Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

For Chromebook users Google offers Guest Browsing option which is similar to Incognito mode doesn’t saves browsing history when you close all open Guest windows, however all the files you downloaded will be preserved. Guest Browsing is enabled by default […]

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