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You’ll find many services and apps on the web that you can access via browsers. Some of these are useful, while others aren’t. We’ll review them here while also giving you updates on the latest news and features worth looking at or downloading.
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See allSurfshark VPN Review: good performance, good options
Surfshark VPN is a commercial VPN service based in the Netherlands, initially release in 2018. Surfshark is available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux, as well as browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and […]
Avast SecureLine VPN: lacks features and relatively expensive as a standalone product
Avast SecureLine VPN is a commercial VPN product by Avast, a company known for security products such as Avast Free Antivirus or Ultimate, and CCleaner. The VPN solution is included in Avast […]
Free Download Manager removes support for YouTube downloads
If you are using Free Download Manager, you may have noticed that the program cannot be used to download videos from YouTube. You are not the only one facing the issue, it […]
Brave Search is now the default search engine for new users in 5 regions in Brave Browser
Brave announced today that it is switching the default search of the company's Brave Browser from Google Search to Brave Search in five regions for new users. The company launched a public […]
VPNs
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Surfshark VPN Review: good performance, good options
Surfshark VPN is a commercial VPN service based in the Netherlands, initially release in 2018. Surfshark is available for MacOS, Windows, and Linux, as well as browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and […]
Avast SecureLine VPN: lacks features and relatively expensive as a standalone product
Avast SecureLine VPN is a commercial VPN product by Avast, a company known for security products such as Avast Free Antivirus or Ultimate, and CCleaner. The VPN solution is included in Avast […]
IPVanish vs. NordVPN Comparison: which VPN provider is better?
IPVanish and NordVPN are two virtual private network (VPN) service providers, which we have reviewed here on this site recently. This comparison of the two providers may assist Internet users in selecting […]
CyberGhost: cheap VPN with good media streaming support, but problematic parent company
CyberGhost is a commercial VPN provider that was founded in 2011 in Romania. The company’s VPN service is available for all major desktop and mobile operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS, Android, […]
Brave
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Brave Search is now the default search engine for new users in 5 regions in Brave Browser
Brave announced today that it is switching the default search of the company's Brave Browser from Google Search to Brave Search in five regions for new users. The company launched a public […]
Brave improves bounce tracking protection with new Debouncing feature
The Nightly version of the Brave desktop browser supports a new privacy feature that Brave calls Debouncing. Debouncing is designed to disarm a tracking method called Bounce Tracking, or Redirect Tracking. Bounce […]
Brave 1.30 supports Microsoft Edge's protocol on Windows to become the true default browser on Windows 10 and 11
Brave 1.30 introduces a new option for devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11, which allows the browser to become the default browser for Microsoft Edge's internal protocol. Searches and internal pages […]
Brave Talk: Video Conferencing for the Brave Browser
Remember Brave Together, the video calling feature that Brave added to the Nightly version of its web browser in May 2020? Brave Together has been renamed to Brave Talk and is now […]
Microsoft Edge
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Microsoft Edge 93 released with Tab Groups and Vertical Tabs improvements
Microsoft released a new version of the company's Microsoft Edge web browser on September 2, 2021. Microsoft Edge 93 is an update for the stable channel of the browser that introduces new […]
Microsoft Edge's Super Duper Secure Mode lands in Settings
Microsoft unveiled a new security feature called Super Duper Secure Mode in the company's Microsoft Edge web browser about two weeks ago. Super Duper Secure Mode is an experimental feature to make […]
Microsoft Edge 93: hide the titlebar in vertical tab mode
The upcoming Microsoft Edge 93 web browser includes vertical tab mode improvements. Users may flip a switch in Edge to hide the browser's titelbar to gain extra pixels while using vertical tabs. […]
New Edge web browser launched for Android
Over the last few years, the Microsoft Edge web browser has won over many users on both Windows and Apple devices. Six weeks ago, they released a beta version on the Canary […]
Vivaldi
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Vivaldi 4.3: translate, usability and privacy improvements
Vivaldi Technologies has just released Vivaldi 4.3 for the desktop and for Android. The new version of the web browser is a significant upgrade, as it improves several key tools and features […]
Vivaldi 4.2 is out with improved text translation functionality
Vivaldi Technologies released a new version of the company's Chromium-based desktop web browser, Vivaldi, today. Vivaldi 4.2 introduces support for the translation of selections in the web browser among other things. The […]
You may soon translate text bits in Vivaldi Browser
Vivaldi Technologies introduced translate functionality in Vivaldi 4.0, released in June 2021. Soon, Vivaldi users will be able to translate selected text on any webpage they visit. Vivaldi's translate feature does not […]
Vivaldi 4.1 for Android: stay in browser feature and tab stacks support
Vivaldi released a new version of its Vivaldi web browser for Android on August 4, 2021. Vivaldi 4.1 is available via Google Play for devices running Android 5 or higher. Existing users […]
Pale Moon
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Pale Moon 29.2.0 does not support legacy Firefox extensions anymore that are not ported
When Mozilla switched from its legacy add-on system to WebExtensions, Firefox forks such as Pale Moon saw an increase in users who wanted to keep using extensions that Mozilla's new system did […]
Pale Moon 29 is out: first release of 2021
The development team behind the PaleMoon web browser has released Pale Moon 29.0.0, the first release of the browser in 2021. Pale Moon 29 is a milestone release that bumps the browser's […]
Pale Moon's Archive Server hacked and used to spread malware
The Pale Moon team announced on July 10, 2019 that its archive server was hacked and used to spread malware. The team detected the breach on July 9, 2019 and shut down […]
Pale Moon 28.6.0 major update released
The Pale Moon development team released Pale Moon 28.6.0 to the public on July 2, 2019. The new version of the web browser is a major development update that focuses on "under-the-hood […]
Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer 11 will be retired in June 2022 for most Windows 10 versions
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 11 web browser will be retired by the company in 2022 for most Windows versions. Microsoft announced the end of Internet Explorer today, just a day after the official […]
You can now uninstall Flash on Windows 10 and 8.1 using KB4577586
Microsoft has released an optional update for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 that will remove all traces of Adobe Flash Player from the operating systems when installed. Adobe Flash will be retired […]
Internet Explorer users will be redirected to Microsoft Edge if incompatible sites are opened
Internet Explorer is still widely used, especially in corporate environments. The browser won't receive feature updates anymore but Microsoft will release security updates for it for years to come. One of the […]
You can now disable JScript execution in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is not a huge priority anymore at Microsoft but the latest version of the web browser is still maintained by Microsoft and security patches do get released regularly. Each month, […]
Search
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Google has added Presearch as a default option on Android devices in Europe
Google has just announced that they will be adding private, decentralized search engine Presearch to the default options on Android devices in the UK and Europe. This option will be available for […]
You may replace Windows Search with EverythingToolbar now
The latest beta of the Windows search tool Everything Toolbar supports replacing Windows Search with Everything Search. Everything Search is a popular third-party search tool for Windows devices that comes with everything […]
2021 looks to become another record year for the DuckDuckGo search engine
Can a privacy-focused search engine survive on today's Internet? It appears that it can, as DuckDuckGo is looking to end the year 2021 with another record-breaking traffic increase. I have followed the […]
Google ends search provider auctions on Android
Google displays a search engine selection screen on Android devices in some regions of the world, including the European Union. The majority of Android devices have Google Search as the default search […]
Google Maps
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Google Earth's Timelapse feature shows videos of how the planet has changed over 30 years
Google has announced a new feature called Timelapse, for its popular satellite imagery service, Google Earth. These stunning visuals show us how our planet has changed over 37 years, due to natural […]
Local Search Ads on Google Maps
Google Maps users may soon see a new form of advertising when they use the popular mapping service that displays local search ads when the product is being used. The ads will […]
Improve Google Maps Performance by enabling Lite Mode
If you use Google Maps regularly to look up places, get directions, or just browse the next holiday destination to plan what you want to visit, then you may have noticed performance […]
Your Google Location history, and how to disable it
If you grant Google access to your location, it may be recorded by the company depending on the Location history preference. What this means is that Google may track past locations that […]
Opera
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Opera Browser adds support for video call popouts and Pinboards
Opera Software released a new version of its Opera web browser for the desktop today. Opera R5, that is the codename of the browser, introduces support for video call popouts and the […]
Opera GX Mobile Beta for Android and iOS released
When Opera Software launched its new Opera GX web browser last year, it did so only for desktop operating systems and not mobile operating systems. Opera GX turned out to be quite […]
Opera browser gets Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music support
Opera Software released a new version of the company's Opera desktop browser to the public today. Opera 72.0 Stable is all about music, or more precisely, integrating some of the most popular […]
Latest Opera GX update introduces File Cleaner and new Color Themes
Opera Software released a new version of the company's Opera GX web browser on October 27, 2020 to the public. The new version of the browser is already available as an in-browser […]
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