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The latest technology news from Techdows: browser releases, Windows updates, new software versions, and notable changes across the tools you use every day. We focus on practical, verified updates that genuinely affect how you use your PC, without the hype.

Firefox
Firefox reader view narrate

Firefox adds ‘Narrate’ feature to Reader View

March 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox reader view narrate

Firefox Reader View gets a Narrate button, reads out text loud when you click.  Mozilla has launched Reader View aka Reader Mode for Firefox … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, News
News

Windows 10’s both Lock and Login Screens to Share same background from Build 14279

March 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14279 for insiders in fast ring and is available to download. With 14279 build, Cortana is available in … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
News
Vivaldi beta 3

Vivaldi 1.0 Stable almost here with Beta 3 release

March 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi beta 3

Vivaldi 1.0 release is nearing and you’ve another beta, in fact third beta is available. Vivaldi team says since beta 2, they’ve worked hard … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox
YouTube Unblocker extension

Mozilla removes YouTube Unblocker add-on from AMO because of malicious behavior

March 3, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
YouTube Unblocker extension

Popular YouTube Unblocker extension hosted on AMO has been blocked and removed by Mozilla. The extension which lets you watch blocked videos on YouTube … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
News
Uploads only you can view

YouTube makes channel Videos Private and shows ‘This channel has no content’ message to Public

March 3, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Uploads only you can view

Seems YouTube has messed up something by making unannounced changes, as YouTube channel videos for some, are not shown, and to the public, Google … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
News
KB3140743 update

Microsoft releases New Cumulative Update KB3140743 for Windows 10

March 2, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
KB3140743 update

A new cumulative update KB3140743 has been released by Microsoft on March 1, 2016 and is available for Windows 10 v1511. This update includes … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Freeware
Burnaware Free 8.9

BurnAware 8.9 removes OpenCandy from Its Free version Installer

February 27, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Burnaware Free 8.9

BurnAware Technologies is quite a popular CD/DVD burning software, and is also one of the software companies that includes OpenCandy in its installer for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
News
Vivaldi session management

Vivaldi gets a new session management and ‘hibernate background tabs’ features

February 25, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi session management

New Vivaldi snapshot 1.0.403.15 has been released and available to download with new session management feature, tab hibernate option  and with other improvements and bug … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Google Chrome

Sync flaw in Chrome that reinstalls uninstalled extensions has been fixed

February 24, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Uninstalled Chrome extensions won’t appear again on other devices that have sync enabled. You could’ve experienced this in the past with Google Chrome, if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
News

Google Search Console: We did not find any Accelerated Mobile Pages in your site

February 24, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After install AMP plugin and validation, when you sign into Google Search Console and click on Search Appearance > Accelerated Mobile Pages, you’ll likely … [Read more…]

Posted in: News
Freeware
CCleaner 5.15

CCleaner 5.15 improves Google Chrome Cleaning

February 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
CCleaner 5.15

New version of CCleaner– CCleaner v5.15 — has been released and is available to download with improvements and bug fixes. Piriform has updated the cleaning … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
Freeware
Notepad 6.9 with Folder as workspace feature lets you add folders to the panel

Notepad++ 6.9 adds most wanted ‘Folder as Workspace’ Feature

February 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Notepad 6.9 with Folder as workspace feature lets you add folders to the panel

Notepad++ 6.9 has been released and available for download with the  addition of a new feature, security improvements and bug fixes. NPP v6.9 has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News
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