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Android
Microsoft Edge Android Bing Daily Image widget

Microsoft Edge may get beautiful Bing’s Daily Image & Search Widgets on Android

February 28, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Microsoft Edge Android Bing Daily Image widget

Microsoft Edge on Android soon will allow users to add Bing’s Daily Image and Search widgets to the Home screen on smartphones.

Posted in: Android, Microsoft Edge, News
How to

How to create a Custom Primary Password in Microsoft Edge

February 26, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Apart from Device credential authentication, Microsoft Edge now lets you set custom Primary Password like Firefox to autofill saved Passwords on websites

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, News, Tips and Tricks
How to
Old App picker interface Windows 11

How to enable new App Picker on Windows 11

February 25, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Old App picker interface Windows 11

Microsoft has quietly updated the open with or choose app to open with dialog aka App Picker Ui in Windows 11, here is how you can enable it.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
Google Chrome
Chrome Privacy Sandbox v3 trials UI features

Google may soon run Privacy Sandbox V3 trials in Chrome

February 16, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome Privacy Sandbox v3 trials UI features

Google may be looking to run new Privacy Sandbox trials in Chrome such as browser based ad personalization, Ad measurement and Spam & fruad reduction.

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edges Tab Search menu displayed at center

Microsoft Edge v100 Enables Tab Search in Dev channel

February 16, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Microsoft Edges Tab Search menu displayed at center

Microsoft has finally made Tab Search available in Edge to all by default in v100 (Dev). Here is how to use it & how it differs from Chrome Tab Search. .

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
How to
WhatsApp UWP app beta with dark mode on Windows 11 and Windows 10

How to enable & use dark Mode for new WhatsApp UWP app on Windows 11/10

February 14, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
WhatsApp UWP app beta with dark mode on Windows 11 and Windows 10

WhatsApp beta has finally received Windows dark mode support The UWP app is available in Microsoft Store for download.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
Google Chrome

Chrome Prerender2 & Omnibox Prerendering to bring Speed Boost to page Loads in browser

February 14, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Chrome to ship Omnibox Prerendering, part of Prerender2 on Android, Windows, Mac, Chrome OS to load websites instant before you type full URL in Omnibox

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
Dismiss warning to mute compromised Passwords Chrome

Chrome Soon lets you mute compromised passwords

February 12, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Dismiss warning to mute compromised Passwords Chrome

Chrome may soon let you mute and unmute compromised Passwords. Chrome to offer an option to dismiss warning for certain Passwords found in data breach.

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
New Permissions tab in Redesigned Chrome Extensions Menu

Chrome is making Extensions Menu better w/ Permissions Tab

February 10, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
New Permissions tab in Redesigned Chrome Extensions Menu

Google is adding a new Permissions tab to Chrome Extensions Menu to make it easier for users to control extension permissions

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Android
Microsoft Edge on Android new features: desktop site, read aloud, background play, notifications

Microsoft Edge Android soon may get these cool new features

February 1, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Microsoft Edge on Android new features: desktop site, read aloud, background play, notifications

Microsoft Edge on Android may get these new features: News notifications, option to show desktop site by default, Read aloud support in background, and more

Posted in: Android, Microsoft Edge, News
Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge adds ‘Video of the day’ to New Tab Page

January 31, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has further improved Edge’s New Tab Page customization abilities by adding a new option for background to show & play video of the day from Bing

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
Google Chrome
Fluent scrollbar design in minimal mode

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Scrollbars to get Fluent design

January 30, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Fluent scrollbar design in minimal mode

Microsoft to make Chromium browser (Microsoft Edge and Google Edge) Scrollbars match with the fluent design of Windows 11 and Windows 10

Posted in: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, News, Windows 11
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