Microsoft takes a dig at Chrome in 'leaked' Scroogled ad

17 May, 2013, 5:14 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

The video, supposed to be a Micrsoft-only internal one, takes a dig at Chrome, implying that the browser tracks you across multiple devices. More

Microsoft working touchscreen feature into Chrome

17 May, 2013, 3:11 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Software

In order to expand its flexible Pointer Events interface beyond Windows 8 and Internet Explorer, Microsoft programmers are now trying.... More

Google Chrome has 750 million active users, increased two times since last I/O conference

16 May, 2013, 12:12 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Google Chrome is definitely one of the highlights of the ongoing Google I/O conference. The gist of Chrome-focus presentation was the increasing number of More

Google adds push notifications to Chrome browser, Chrome OS

11 May, 2013, 11:09 am IST Shunal Doke Web services

Google is expanding its Chrome web browser and operating system by adding Google Cloud Messaging for Chrome. The main feature of the new addition is that it More

How a teenager plans to censor spoiler tweets with a browser plugin

10 May, 2013, 7:31 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

What Twivo does is use keywords that a user enters, like the title of a show or the names of the characters and actors, to sniff out any spoiler tweets... More

Now save files from the web to Google Drive with a single click

10 May, 2013, 8:56 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Google has made it easier for you to save documents and images from the web to your Drive. The “Save to Drive” button is now available More

Gmail for iOS updated, lets you open links directly in YouTube, Google Maps, Chrome

07 May, 2013, 11:14 am IST Nishtha Kanal iOS

The native Gmail client for iOS has been updated to let you open links from your e-mail automatically in Chrome, YouTube and Google Maps. More

BitTorrent releases Surf beta for Chrome and Firefox

16 Apr, 2013, 1:00 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

After BitTorrent Surf was launched back in January, the torrent company is bringing the beta version of its browser plug-in to Chrome and Firefox. The plug-in More

Chrome Beta for Android gets full screen browsing

11 Apr, 2013, 11:39 am IST tech2 News Staff Web apps

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated with support for full screen browsing. The toolbar on the top disappears in this mode, letting the device display as much... More

Chrome for iOS gets full screen, support for Google CloudPrint and AirPrint

10 Apr, 2013, 11:32 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

Chrome for iOS has received an update that, among other features, adds the ability to print web pages via Apple’s AirPrint feature as well as Google’s own CloudPrint protocol. More

WebKit devs to purge Chrome-specific code as Google goes with Blink

08 Apr, 2013, 9:23 am IST Nikhil Subramaniam Web apps

The browser war of the early 2000s has died down to a certain extent, but looks like the browser engine battle is just about beginning. Yesterday, Google More

Google updates Chrome for Android

04 Apr, 2013, 12:56 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web apps

Allows users to access their saved passwords and autofill entries on their mobile devices upon signing in to Chrome. More

Samsung challenges Google, teams up with Mozilla for new Android browser

04 Apr, 2013, 10:02 am IST Nikhil Subramaniam Android 1 Comments

Based on the new Servo engine, the browser will be optimised for multi-core devices and will launch on Android, followed by other platforms. More

Google to launch Android-based notebook in Q3 2013, says report

03 Apr, 2013, 6:34 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Laptops 4 Comments

While Google’s Android OS has been a runaway success, the same cannot be said of the other operating system that the search giant... More

Google releases new search UI for Chrome Web Store

30 Mar, 2013, 5:02 pm IST tech2 News Staff Laptops

Google’s Joe Marini confirms in a blog post that they have released the new Search UI for the Chrome Web Store. What this means is that the next time More

Google targeting cross-platform development with forthcoming Chrome browser update

28 Mar, 2013, 2:13 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Laptops

Google’s attempt to unify its various services for all platforms is rolling forward like a juggernaut. The search giant is seemingly working... More

New Chrome Experiment turns websites into a playable marble maze

22 Mar, 2013, 12:44 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Laptops

Google has a knack of coming up with the best way to while time away in front of a computer. The newest Chrome Experiment game called World Wide Maze will aim More

Google demonstrates Web Speech API; lets you give 'voice' to silent movies

21 Mar, 2013, 7:31 pm IST tech2 News Staff Laptops

Voice recognition on Chrome by Web Speech API was introduced last month. Like most would know, ... More

Gmail for Android updates to allow replies from notifications

19 Mar, 2013, 9:43 am IST Nishtha Kanal Laptops 1 Comments

Google is rolling out a new update for its Gmail app for Android that has a little something for users of all versions of the platform. The new app, says Gmail More

Gmail on mobile web and Gmail Offline app get iOS-like refresh

12 Mar, 2013, 4:37 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Laptops

Google has announced a refresh designed for its Gmail mobile web app and Gmail Offline. The new update will be designed to look on the lines of Gmail for iOS app... More