Companies make the silliest product launch videos, supposing the world’s an unhappier place without them: “This is Chrome…it’s the faster, simpler way to use the web on your computer,” declares Google’s latest. “But what if …
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Microsoft Rejoices as Internet Explorer 6 Usage Falls Below 1%
Companies usually don’t celebrate when they lose market share. Then again, most companies don’t have to deal with consumers stubbornly sticking with a product that’s 10 years old, especially when a newer version is available for …
Google’s iPad App: Almost Chrome, and Trouble for Apple
Google has earned a reputation of late for releasing troubled iOS apps. Gmail was so buggy in its initial state that Google had to pull it from the App Store. Google+ was temperamental too, and even now it lags behind its Android …
Google Chrome Web Browser Gets Better Tab Page, More Apps
Google has ever-so slightly updated its “Chrome” web browser to include the option to view a list of your installed apps or your most visited sites when opening a new tab, along with a redesigned Chrome Web Store that brings a handful of new apps and extensions.
There are a slew of fixes going on under the hood as well, if you’re so …
Microsoft ‘Accidentally’ Deleting Google Chrome from Windows
Oh no they didn’t (but oh yes they did): Microsoft’s antiviral software’s been “accidentally” wiping Google Chrome off the face of the map, or at least from the hard drives of several users’ Windows-based computers.
The trouble stems from a bug in the company’s antiviral security suite, an inconspicuous slice of software dubbed …
Copy/Paste: How to Add Images to Your Gmail Messages Quickly
Google loves me. And other Google Chrome users.
If you happen to use Google’s Chrome web browser, Google has added the ability to copy and paste images straight into a Gmail message. Last year, they added the ability to drag and drop attachments and images straight into your e-mail. This takes it a step further. They want to make …
Live Blog: Google’s Developer Conference Keynote (Day Two)
Techland and our partner site Technologizer are teaming up to bring you live coverage of Google’s special event in San Francisco, starting at 12:30 pm Eastern. No need to refresh: Sit back and enjoy the show as Technologizer’s Harry McCracken and Techland’s Doug Aamoth bring you the latest news.
Would You Pay $20 Per Month for Google’s Web-Only Laptop?
I actually like the idea of this—hear me out! Hear me out.
Google’s experimental Cr-48 laptop runs the company’s web-only “Chrome” operating system. It features instant-on startup, long battery life, and 100 megabytes of free Verizon cellular data usage each month. These are all nice things, to be sure, but you can’t just install …
Pwn2Own Roundup: Apple Fails, Google Stays Strong
The hackers at last week’s Pwn2Own contest had a field day with some of the world’s most popular browsers, but they didn’t make a clean sweep.
Pwn2Own pits security experts against web browsers on laptops and smartphones. At stake are cash prizes of $15,000 per exploit, along with the actual hardware on which the browsers were hacked. …
Google Chrome Works Behind the Scenes with Background Pages
Google is continuing to push the functionality of its Google Chrome browser by highlighting the various cool things it can do in a series of posts over at the official Chromium blog. For example: Background pages.
Chrome’s background page functionality allows extentions and packaged and hosted apps to run in the background at all …
Chrome 10 Beta Promises “Speed, Sync and Settings”
In honor of the Year of the Rabbit, Google Chrome announced its newest beta release today, which features a new version of the V8 JavaScript engine that’s proven to be 66 percent faster than the version in Chrome 9.
In addition to JavaScript that’s as fast as a bunny rabbit and GPU-accelerated video, Chrome 10 also simplifies a user’s …
Browser Extension Lets You Block Sites from Google Results
Sick of Google telling you what to read all the time? There’s now an extension for the company’s Chrome web browser called Personal Blocklist that allows you to oust sites you don’t want showing up in your search results.
Once installed, each search result will contain a link to block its associated site from showing up next time. …