Blog Chrome Will Help Users By Checking Passwords For Strength January 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion While Google has come under fire from privacy groups in recent months, the fact remains that on balance, the company is working hard to improve overall user experience on the web and provide better security. The most recent changes to the company’s Chrome browser is an excellent example of that very thing. For months now, […] Read more » Chrome Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Firefox To Follow Chrome in Backspace Keyboard Functionality Change January 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion In July 2016, Google Chrome blocked the use of the backspace key to navigate to a previous page in their Chrome 52 release. This was because of reports that it brings about loss of data inputted into a form on a page by switching to a previous page. The data loss often occurs when the […] Read more » Chrome Mozilla Firefox Recent News Technology News
Blog Chrome Users With Weak Passwords Will Get Notifications Soon December 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Is Google Chrome your browser of choice? If it is, then you’ve probably noticed some changes recently, with the browser offering to check the status of your saved passwords to see if they’ve been compromised. Google has made some excellent moves in recent months designed to bolster the security of everyone who uses their products, […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Transparency Coming To Chrome Extension Data Collection December 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you employ a number of Chrome web extensions to enhance your browsing experience, be aware that change is afoot. Google recently announced that as of early next year, the company is adding a “Privacy Practices” section on each extension’s listing on the Web Store, which will outline exactly what data they will collect from […] Read more » Chrome Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Latest Version Of Chrome Is Faster And More Secure November 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re a diehard Chrome browser user, be aware that as of November 17th, 2020, Chrome 87 has now been ported to the Stable desktop channel, and it’s an upgrade well worth getting. It adds a raft of performance improvements that will increase your overall browsing speed, in addition to offering some new security features. […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Google Turns Up The Speed on Chrome September 8, 2020 by Vertical Axion Who doesn’t love a faster and more seamless surfing experience? If you’re a Google Chrome user, you’re going to want to upgrade to Chrome 85 at your next opportunity. It includes a new compiler called PGO (Profile Guided Optimization). PGO was first introduced with Chrome 83 for Windows using the MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) environment. […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Lawsuit Claims Google Private Browsing Isn’t Really Private June 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google is in hot water with a complaint filed to the District Court of Northern California. The complaint alleges that the tech giant tracks users’ browsing data and a variety of other identifying information via Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, and a variety of other applications. It tracks data even when users are accessing the […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Security Technology News
Blog Apple Update Blocks Safari Third Party Cookies By Default April 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion In May of 2019, a Google blog post encouraged all web browsers to adopt the approach of blocking third-party cookies by default. Google announced their own plans to do so, outlining a development strategy that would see Chrome and all Chromium-based browsers defaulting to that by 2022. The TOR browser was the first to make […] Read more » Apple Chrome General Interest Recent News Security
Blog Google Chrome Guest Mode Is Great For Shared Computers March 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google has recently rolled out a small but important change to its Chrome browser for Windows, Linux and macOS users. The most recent update adds a ‘Default to Guest mode’ to the browser that can be enabled via Enterprise policy or a simple command-line switch. When the new feature is enabled, any time a browser […] Read more » Chrome Google Security Technology News
Blog The Web Browser Wars Have A Clear Winner In 2020 March 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion It’s notoriously difficult to get reliable statistics on web browser usage. While there are sites that purport to track such things such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare, the numbers coming from these sources have proved to be problematic and unreliable. Enter the US Government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP, for short). While it doesn’t reveal anything about […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Microsoft Recent News Technology News
