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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 password manager lockwise page

How to enable and use Firefox Lockwise Password Manager (formerly Lockbox) in Nightly

May 21, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox password manager lockwise page

You can now enable and use Mozilla Firefox’s upcoming password Manager Lockwise (formerly known as lockbox) in Nightly

Posted in: Firefox, How to, News, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox new about:addons adds Permissions and Release Notes tabs to extension details page

May 21, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla updates new about:addons details page in Firefox 68 Nightly with Permissions and release notes tabs.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Microsoft Edge

Enable Microsoft Edge’s New Clear browsing data dialog in Canary

May 17, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Microsoft redesigns clear browsing data dialog in Edge Chromium browser, the dialog now lists all items without basic and advanced tabs.

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
News

After Chrome, Vivaldi blocks abusive ads by default in 2.6

May 16, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi 2.6 snapshot block ads that use abusive technologies, adds new profile pictures, fixes WhatsApp web Spoofing issue and contains other improvements.

Posted in: News, Vivaldi
Firefox
Multi-process windows enabled by default in Firefox

You can’t turn off e10s (Multi-Process) in Firefox 68

May 16, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Multi-process windows enabled by default in Firefox

Mozilla removes support for turning off e10s (multi-process) in Firefox 68, so you can’t run Firefox with e10s disabled from version 68 onwards.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge Canary 76.0.160.0

Microsoft Edge 76 Canary update brings Dark mode to Windows 10 and Spell Checker feature

May 15, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Microsoft Edge Canary 76.0.160.0

Microsoft Edge Canary 76 udpate enables dark mode support, Spell Checker and shows PWA install option in adress bar and blocks flash by default in Settings

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
Firefox
Recommended extensions in Firefox Nightly

How to Enable Recommended Extensions in Add-ons Manager in Firefox Nightly

May 15, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Recommended extensions in Firefox Nightly

See which extensions Mozilla going to display in Firefox add-ons Manager in Recommendations section as part of Recommended Extensions Program.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, News, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Chrome 74 autofills recent searches instead of URLs or sites min

Fix Chrome Autofills recent Searches instead of URLs from browser history, Google is aware of this issue

May 14, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome 74 autofills recent searches instead of URLs or sites min

instead of suggesting most visited URLs from browser history Chrome now autofiling recent searches in Omnibox when you enter first letter for a query.

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Android

Chrome 76 on Android and Windows 10 now support extracting text from images

May 13, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google Chrome 76 on Android and Windows10 can now use TextDetector in Shape Detection API to extract text from an image

Posted in: Android, Google Chrome, News
Google Chrome
Chrome tab groups in Canary with headers

Latest Chrome Canary Update adds Headers to Tab Groups

May 11, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome tab groups in Canary with headers

Recently, in the tab groups bug, Google shared how tab groups UI going to look like with headers, the headers in the screenshot is now live in Canary. By now you all know Google Chrome is getting tab groups, there is a flag available in Canary for the same, you can visit Chrome flags page …

Posted in: Google Chrome, News
Firefox

Firefox now allows users to report extensions and themes for abuse to Mozilla

May 10, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Firefox 68 in Nightly now allows to report extensions and themes that break Mozilla add-on policies from about:addons page, here is how you can do that

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Mozilla Postpones Firefox 67 Release after certificate issue

May 9, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The certificate issue is really hurting Mozilla badly, the company spent a lot of time in fixing the issue, as of yesterday, they’ve released another dot release Firefox 66.0.5 to address the add-ons issue. What this has done is it impacted Firefox 67 and other projects release schedule. The company says they need another week …

Posted in: Firefox, News
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