Google Chrome is getting a new accessibility featured called “Switch Access”. If you are not familiar with this feature, here is the official description from the Android help center: Switch access lets you interact with your Android device using one or more switches instead of the touch screen. Switch access can be helpful for people […]
Google Chrome for Windows - Window 7 to Windows 10
Google Chrome was first launched for the Windows operating system. It was Windows XP when it was launched and later when Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 launched, Google updated the Chrome browser to run on these platforms. Currently there are 32 and 64 bit versions of Chrome available for Windows.
“Why Not Just Use Edge”, Microsoft Asks When You Install Chrome
Microsoft has started this, sort of, funny campaign to encourage Windows 10 users to keep using Edge instead of installing Chrome or Firefox. It looks like this: Twitter users started reporting this earlier today and tech news sites picked up the story, confirming it. This screen however does not stop you from installing Chrome or […]
Log Into Windows 10 Using Your Google Account #comingsoon
Google Chrome is adding support for the Credential Providers feature in Windows 10. This means you will soon be able to log into your Windows 10 PC using your Google account. The Code I spotted this massive code commit today: Google Credential Provider for Windows. Initial commit of COM object implementation. This commit contains 12086 […]
How to Add Custom Links to Chrome’s New Tab Page
Soon, you will be able to add custom links to Chrome’s new tab page. This article explains how to do this. Before We Start As of now, this feature is available behind a flag which is available only in Dev channel of Chrome. It might take a while before this shows up for most of […]
How to Add Chrome History to Timeline On Windows 10
Timeline is a fairly new Windows 10 feature. According to an official description, this feature “lets you go back in time to past activities you’ve worked on across your devices, so you can jump back into them like you never left.” Timeline is yet to be integrated with most of the popular apps, including Google […]
Microsoft Responds To Google’s Response To Microsoft’s Battery Tests On Chrome
Microsoft did a battery test to show that Chrome is horrible with laptop batteries. That was a while back. Recently, Google replied to their tests to say that with Chrome version 53, things are much lighter on battery life. Now, Microsoft has responded to that response, with more tests. In a new blog post, Microsoft […]
Microsoft Update Catalog to Work in Chrome and Firefox also
If you are a Microsoft Windows user, all the updates will be automatically downloaded and installed on to your computer. To manually update changes, you will have to go to Internet Explorer and require Active X. You would very often see a message like the one below whenever you try to open it in any […]
How to Make Chrome for Windows Play Audio in Surround
Right now some of you might be thinking “who’s using Chrome to play high quality audio anyways?”. Well I think the answer is, a lot of people. Sure, many of you are using your favorite VLC player, or some other kind of player, like iTunes or Spotify’s Windows application. But many users are using web-based […]
How To Force Chrome To Open Windows Store App Links
If you try to open a link to a Windows Store app from Chrome, the Windows App Store will launch and open the app’s page for you. Here is how to force Chrome to open the link instead of the store. This is not a Windows specific thing. If you try to open a link […]
How To Redirect Cortana Searches Back to Chrome on Windows 10
Microsoft recently announced that they are limiting Cortana searches to their new browser Edge, and Bing, their search engine. Here is how to get Google and Chrome back on Cortana searches. Get Google and Chrome Back on Cortana Searches The solution that I am about to share is not a tweak within Windows or Google […]