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Microsoft Edge browser to get add-ons and extensions - in 2016
Microsoft Edge browser to get add-ons and extensions - in 2016
Microsoft has confirmed that its new Edge browser will get the promised extensions and add-ons, but in 2016. 24 Oct 2015 - 1 comment
Chrome really is eating all your battery life
Chrome really is eating all your battery life
Thanks to a new report, we have some more proof that Google's Chrome browser is killing your battery life, and in some cases, to a huge degree. 21 Oct 2015 - 9 comments
Thankfully, Google removes the desktop Chrome notification center
Thankfully, Google removes the desktop Chrome notification center
Google has announced today that it is retiring its annoying Chrome notification center from upcoming Chrome versions for Windows, Mac and Linux. ChromeOS users will still have it, but it is much more important for them. 14 Oct 2015
AdBlock was secretly sold this week
AdBlock was secretly sold this week
Adblock, the popular ad blocking software for Chrome and Safari has been sold this week, although it is unclear to who. 04 Oct 2015 - 8 comments
Microsoft Edge will soon support WebM/VP9
Microsoft Edge will soon support WebM/VP9
Microsoft has announced today that their new Edge browser will soon support the open source WebM/VP9 video format. 10 Sep 2015
New Chrome update will reduce the incredible amount of RAM the browser uses
New Chrome update will reduce the incredible amount of RAM the browser uses
Fans of Google's Chrome browser know that if they want to have multiple tabs open then you better have 32GB of RAM free since the browser has inexplicably over time become a huge memory hog. 04 Sep 2015
Firefox for iOS now available as preview
Firefox for iOS now available as preview
Mozilla has announced this week that their first public preview of Firefox for iOS is now available. 04 Sep 2015
Opera browser celebrates 20 years
Opera browser celebrates 20 years
Popular browser maker Opera has celebrated 20 years on the market with a brief history of the browser that is now used by 350 million people across desktops and mobile devices. 24 Aug 2015
Ad blockers will cost ad industry $21.8 billion in 2015
Ad blockers will cost ad industry $21.8 billion in 2015
According to a new report, the use of ad blockers will cost the ad industry $21.8 billion this year, and could potentially spell the end of free content in the future. 18 Aug 2015 - 19 comments
Latest CCleaner supports Microsoft Edge browser, get it here at AfterDawn
Latest CCleaner supports Microsoft Edge browser, get it here at AfterDawn
Piriform's CCleaner software has been updated to support Microsoft's new Edge browser (Project Spartan), and all you Windows 10 fans can get it here at AfterDawn. 31 May 2015
Firefox 38 adds HTML5 video tag support and DRM tech for protected content
Firefox 38 adds HTML5 video tag support and DRM tech for protected content
Mozilla has launched Firefox 38 this week for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android, featuring a few notable updates in addition to the normal performance and stability fixes. 13 May 2015
Video: Microsoft's next browser is officially called Edge
Video: Microsoft's next browser is officially called Edge
Microsoft's Internet Explorer successor, previously codenamed as 'Project Spartan,' is officially known now as Microsoft Edge. 30 Apr 2015 - 29 comments
Google will support Chrome for XP until end of the year
Google will support Chrome for XP until end of the year
A year ago, Microsoft stopped support for their decade-old Windows XP operating system, meaning the millions of users still running the OS could be vulnerable to exploits. Google wants to help. 19 Apr 2015 - 2 comments
Microsoft wants to kill off the Internet Explorer brand
Microsoft wants to kill off the Internet Explorer brand
Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming browser, codenamed Project Spartan, will not keep the Internet Explorer name used for the last 20 years. 18 Mar 2015 - 15 comments
WhatsApp web client now available for Firefox, Opera browsers
WhatsApp web client now available for Firefox, Opera browsers
WhatsApp has announced this weekend that its Web client is now available for Firefox and Opera users, a month after it launched for Google Chrome. 01 Mar 2015 - 1 comment
Mozilla Firefox 36 is here
Mozilla Firefox 36 is here
Mozilla has released Firefox 36 to the public today, giving fans of the browser a stable version while the beta moves to 37 and the nightly alphas move to 39. 25 Feb 2015 - 10 comments
Microsoft's new Spartan browser will support extensions
Microsoft's new Spartan browser will support extensions
Last week, Microsoft announced its Internet Explorer successor, codenamed Project Spartan, a browser experience focused on the modern web. 29 Jan 2015 - 7 comments
Microsoft sets end-of-life for all Internet Explorer versions before 11
Microsoft sets end-of-life for all Internet Explorer versions before 11
Microsoft has selected an end-of-life date for older Internet Explorer browser versions, giving users until January 12, 2016 to use all versions before IE 11, if they want to keep up-to-date security that is. 08 Aug 2014 - 9 comments
64-bit Chrome browser now available for Windows users, in beta
64-bit Chrome browser now available for Windows users, in beta
Google has made its 64-bit Chrome browser for Windows available via beta channels after first appearing in alpha for Dev/Canary users. 01 Aug 2014
Alibaba buys mobile browser UCWeb in China's largest ever Internet merger
Alibaba buys mobile browser UCWeb in China's largest ever Internet merger
E-commerce behemoth Alibaba has announced the acquisition of mobile browser firm UCWeb in what will be the largest merger in Chinese Internet history. 12 Jun 2014
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