Startpage replies to questions about ownership change
Startpage, a popular privacy focused search engine that operates out of the Netherlands, published a new FAQ on its websites in which several answers are provided regarding the change of ownership that […]
Startpage Search owner changes raise serious questions
Startpage announced on September 28, 2019 on the official Startpage blog that Privacy One Group Ltd has made an investment in Startpage.com. The announcement revealed that the relationship between the two groups […]
MasterSeeker is a freeware desktop search application for Windows
We have seen plenty of desktop search applications in the past. There's Everything, which is the favorite of many, UltraSearch or VX Search among other options. If you're looking for something simpler, […]
DuckDuckGo adds Indian servers and new options
The privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo announced the launch of new features and servers recently on the company's Spread Privacy blog. The company added servers in India to better serve Indian users, a […]
File Search Utility is a new desktop search tool
File Search Utility is a new desktop search program for Windows, Mac and Linux devices to find files quickly based on certain search parameters. We checked out the Windows version of the […]
Not everyone likes the new Google Images preview format
More and more users of Google Images, the image search engine operated by Google, are switched over to a new display format and design. Google Images is a popular search engine to […]
Google: Search engines should pay for recommendation on Android
Android devices operated in the European Union will soon display a selection of search engines to users. Three search engines, next to Google Search, which is the default on most Android devices, […]
A look at VX Search, a desktop search program for Windows
VX Search is a powerful desktop search program for Windows that is available as a free version and commercial versions. Windows Search, the built-in search function of the Windows operating system, does […]
Google changes layout of mobile Google Search pages
Google revealed a change to its mobile search results pages yesterday that is already being rolled out to all users of the search engine. Google Search is the world's most popular search […]
Fix Chrome prioritizing search words over visited sites in address bar
Google Chrome users who have updated the desktop version of the web browser to the latest version may have noticed a change in how Google Chrome responds to input in the browser's […]
Google Images may soon feature "shoppable ads"
Google Images is a popular image search engine that returns images based on search terms that you enter into the search box on the site. Advertisement may be displayed on Google Images […]
Please Microsoft, leave Windows Search alone
Microsoft released a new preview build of the upcoming Windows 10 version 1903 feature update yesterday; it included, among other changes, a new top apps listing in Search. Windows 10 users who […]
DuckDuckGo Search switches mapping to Apple Maps
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo announced yesterday that the search engine's map and address related searches and functions are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework. The new functionality is live already for […]
Google launches "your related activity" mobile search feature
Google announced the rollout of a new mobile search feature called "your related activity" that lets users pick up where they stopped previously according to Google. The feature is being rolled out […]
Bing warns that VLC site may be dangerous
Microsoft's Bing search engine classifies the official site of the media player VLC as a site that might be dangerous currently. While you may type https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ directly to open the site in […]
A look at Search changes in Windows 10 version 1903
Microsoft released the October 2018 Update yesterday on the November 2018 Patch Tuesday; while the update was delayed quite a bit because of issues that were not detected in time before it […]
Preview of the new Startpage.com
Startpage.com plans to release an updated version of its search engine in November 2018 that promises faster searches and better functionality. The company revealed a preview of the upcoming interface and functionality […]
Google makes it easier to delete your search history
Google launched an update today that make sit easier for Google users to delete the search history. The company records search activity for signed-in users and associates it with a user's account. […]
Microsoft Search brings Bing and Microsoft Apps closer together
Microsoft launched a new product dubbed Microsoft Search today designed to improve the search experience of people using Microsoft products in organizations. If you break it down to the core, Microsoft Search […]
Bing Search does equations and text transcriptions now
Microsoft's Bing Search engine is doing quite well as we have found out in 2017 and it should not come as a surprise that Microsoft updates the search engines functionality regularly to […]
Firefox 62: Google added to Top Sites
The next stable version of the web browser Firefox, Firefox 62, comes with a number of search related changes on the browser's default New Tab page and Home page. Users of the […]
Bing's World Cup Predictions are only for English regions
Companies like Microsoft showcase computer technologies that can be used to predict outcomes of events regularly. The football World Cup 2018 starts today and it should not come as a surprise that […]
Phil Zimmermann joins Startpage.com
Startpage.com announced today that Phil Zimmerman, the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) joined the company "to spearhead its product innovation and crypto-development". Startpage.com, which is best known for its privacy focused […]
Firefox 61: add search engine in Page Actions menu
Mozilla removed the classic search bar from new Firefox installations with the release of Firefox 57 but did not touch the search bar in existing Firefox installations. Mozilla added so-called one-off searches […]
Search engine Ixquick.eu redirects to Startpage.com
The search engine Ixquick.eu will start to redirect to the search engine Startpage.com later today. The privacy-focused search engines are maintained by the privately owned Dutch company Surfboard Holdings B.V. One of […]
How to get Google Search results in a different language
When you run searches on Google Search, results are returned based on your location and not necessarily on the query or language you used to type the search phrase. If you are […]
View Image for Google Images extension for Firefox and Chrome
View Image is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that adds a "view image" button to Google Images so that users can click on it to display the image […]
Missing Google Images' "View Image" button? Use Startpage Image Search instead
So, Google pulled the "view image" button on the company's Google Images search engine recently leaving many users puzzled. Google removed the button after the company entered an agreement with Getty Images. […]
Google may remove View Image button on Google Images
Getty Images announced today that it has come to an agreement with Google that includes a global licensing partnership between the two companies and accompanying changes to Google Images. If you search […]
DuckDuckGo's new browser extensions and applications launch
Search engine DuckDuckGo launched updated browser extensions and mobile applications for all major platforms today. The company notes that it has redesigned all products to include new features such as tracker blocking, […]
Yahoo Search becomes unusable because of ads
If you visit Yahoo Search right now from a location in the United States, the chance is high that you get more ads on the search results page than organic results. A […]
Mozilla drops Yahoo as Firefox's default search provider
Mozilla released a major new version of the organization's Firefox web browser on November 14, 2017. The new version of Firefox promises better performance and stability, came with a theme refresh, and […]
Google feeds users local results in Maps and Search
Google announced a change yesterday that affects which version of the company's Maps and Search services users get. The change affects mobile and desktop searches and Maps access, and returns local results […]
Privacy focused search engines (still) on the rise
When Snowden revealed the massive spying program of the NSA back in 2013, Internet users started to turn to privacy focused search engines. Search engines like DuckDuckGo or Startpage saw a jump […]
Google rolls out autoplaying videos on Android
Google announced on August 18, 2017 that company engineers enabled autoplaying videos in Google Search results in Chrome and the Google application for Android. The feature will roll out to all Google […]
Google Search Lite for Android
Google launched Google Search Lite, a less-heavy version of Google Search for Android in select regions of the world yesterday. The new application is marked as experimental when installed, so handle it […]
Google moves Instant Search to the retirement home
When Google launched Google Instant Search back in 2010, the company called it a fundamental shift in search that would save searchers time when running searches on Google. Instant Search displayed search […]
Disable autoplaying video in Google app on Android
If you use the Google application on Android, you may have noticed that videos may autoplay when they are shown in search results. Jennifer Slegg was the first to notice this on […]
Google app takes screenshot of your searches on Android
Google rolls out a feature currently on Android that introduces a "recent" feature in the Google application on Android devices. The Google application ships with many Android devices by default. It is […]
Windows 10 Web Search gets a tad more useful
The most recent Insider Build of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update comes with extended web search functionality that makes it a tad more useful than it is right now in […]
