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A quick search on the Chrome Web Store can give us hundreds of results for VPNs. Some of those services can be as malicious as the sites we’re trying to protect ourselves from when online. It is hard to know which VPN extensions are safe, secure, and easy to use. To help you choose, here […]
Chrome 94 introduced the official Sharing Hub, HTTPS-First Mode, a “What’s New” page so you can see new features and details the moment they’re available, a Settings page redesign, and more. Now, we’re seeing Chrome 95 begin its rollout, and with it, the ability to save tab groups for later, improvements to security payments, some […]
The new Side Panel experiment that Google has rolled out to the Chrome browser is fast evolving into a useful tool. Not only does it house your bookmarks and Reading list items, but Google Lens integration recently joined in the mix when using it on desktop. One thing I’ve always felt though is that it’s […]
A new Chrome Extension called Tabs For Good by ad company Good-Loop just launched, and it proposes a pretty interesting situation for Chrome browser users. Install it, open a tab, and see an advertisement. I’m not kidding! A weird proposition, right? Well, that’s not all there is to it. You see, Tabs For Good generates […]
Today is the day. Today, we should start seeing the rollout of Chrome OS 94 as we officially enter the waiting period for Chrome OS 96 and what will be a big shift in the update cycle for Chromebooks. We’ve talked about it before, but to get you up to speed, starting with Chrome 94, […]
Now that Chrome has officially rolled out its New Tab Page module for quick access to recently opened Drive Files, that space is no longer sacred. Before, it was just a spot for a search bar, a nice wallpaper, and a few recently visited websites. The company has made it clear that it has intentions […]
It’s only been a week since Chrome’s history clusters, or ‘Journeys’ began appearing on the Canary channel, and now, Google has released a new development blog post detailing it as an official experiment for Chrome Canary and Dev. Detailed as an experiment that’s meant to help users continue a search task, Journeys will appear on […]
Now is not the time to panic. As with many other software applications that receive ongoing, regular updates, Google’s Chrome browser is no stranger to security issues and vulnerabilities. That said, this is exactly why it is important to keep your software up to date at all times. In the past week, Google has rolled […]
Not long ago, we detailed something called Chrome Memories that had the potential to replace your browser’s History page, Google Activity, and more all in one fell swoop. It seemed that as it worked on this tool internally, Google was positioning it as a potential replacement or revamp of History at the very least. We […]
With Chrome’s four-week update cycle, we are now seeing the release of version 94 roll out to the masses. This brings along several improvements such as the previously discussed New Tab Page modules, a dedicated ‘What’s New’ page that shows all of the latest browser updates, an HTTPS-first mode, and more. Let’s take a look […]
A new Chrome developer flag discovered by Leopeva64-2 on Reddit was recently added into the Canary channel of the browser that displays additional site information when the padlock icon is clicked. For those unfamiliar, the padlock icon is a lock that appears at the top of the browser wrapper to the left of the Omnibox […]
Over the past few months, Google Lens – yes, the company’s Android computer vision search tool – made its way to Chrome for desktop. While accessing it wasn’t super obvious, it allowed you to right-click any image and ‘Search with Lens’, calling up a new tab where it would then be processed to look for […]
