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Opera

Disable News on Speed Dial in Opera

April 27, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

In the upcoming version, Opera displays News on Speed Dial by default, if you want to keep your start page clean and tidy, you can disable or remove it, here is how that can be done.

Posted in: Opera, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to disable My Flow in Opera browser?

April 26, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You can use My Flow to seamlessly connect Android Phone and Opera browsers, and share stuff between the devices, If you don’t have a SmartPhone or not willing to use My Flow in Opera Desktop browser, you can disable it, here is how that can be done.

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to Set up Flow in Opera Desktop browser

April 26, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Learn how to Set up Flow in Opera desktop browser, so that can you can seamlessly send videos, notes, images and other stuff to Opera Touch without needing to sign into account or by using synchronization feature.

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

What happens when Malwarebytes Expires?

April 18, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve covered how to deactivate Malwarebytes Premium trial that reverts Malwarebytes back to the Free version, but do you know actually what happens when Malwarebytes for Windows Premium trial expires? We tell you about that here.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Get more extensions link

Chrome: restore Get more extensions link

April 17, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Get more extensions link

By updating Chrome extensions page to material design, Google has removed Get more extensions link to Chrome Web Store from Chrome in version 65, know how to restore it.

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 61+: open New Tab as Blank Page

April 16, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

By using the New Tab controls offered in in Firefox, you can able to show new tab page as a blank, but this can still be achieved in Firefox 61 & later versions after the new tab settings migrated to Home preferences page, plus, you can set Firefox new tab to open blank page by using about:config preference

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
How to

CCleaner 5.41: Disable Cleaning Summary Screen

March 15, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

You can disable the new cleaning summary screen (that shows product tips and ads) introduced with CCleaner 5.41 and get the the old style of cleaning results display back, find out how in this article.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Disable Google Chrome Software Reporter tool

How to block or disable Google Chrome’s Software Reporter tool

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
Disable Google Chrome Software Reporter tool

If you’ve Privacy concerns about Google Chrome Software Reporter tool sending unwanted software info to Google, you can disable or block it from doing so on your computer, here is how that can be done.

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

Google Image Search: ‘View Image’ button browser Extensions

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Due to settlement with Getty images, Google has removed View image button from Image search results, you can still get that button in Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi and Opera browsers by installing these extensions.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 60: Mozilla moves Cookie Settings to Site Data Section

February 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

In upcoming Firefox 60, Mozilla has moved Cookies Settings into Site Data section & removed the individual cookie management from preferences, but still you can able to remove individual cookies from Firefox browser, find out how.

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

Change Firefox default bookmark location from Other Bookmarks

January 1, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you don’t want Firefox Quantum to save new bookmarks to Other Bookmarks folder but to Bookmarks Menu or toolbar or to any other folder, do know there is an extension available to change Firefox’s default Bookmark location.

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome

Disable Material Design for Bookmarks in Chrome

December 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Learn how to disable the material design for bookmarks in Chrome 63

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
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