By Brandon Russell |
Chrome for iOS might feature more prominently on the platform—if that’s the direction developers choose to go. Following Gmail’s ability to open links in Chrome, YouTube and Google Maps, Google has released tools that will allow developers to better integrate their apps with the search…
By Brandon Russell |
More evidence has cropped up around the possibility of Google Now coming to the desktop, adding to the service’s recent addition to iOS. With Google I/O coming up next week, and previous rumblings appearing over the past few months, the timing is lining up quite…
By Todd Haselton |
Google issued an update for its iOS Gmail client on Monday that adds several useful features that will help users stay within Google’s products. You can now automatically launch YouTube, Google Maps or Chrome if a link is embedded in an email. That means you…
By Todd Haselton |
I love Google Keep on Android. I use it all of the time to take notes on books I need to read, songs friends recommend that I need to listen to and restaurants I need to remember to check out. It’s similar to Notes on…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a new agreement with Hon Hai, the parent company of Foxconn, in which Hon Hai will license Microsoft’s patents. The technology in question involves devices that run Chrome OS and Android, and Hon Hai has agreed…
By Brandon Russell |
Google on Wednesday introduced version 27 of its Chrome Beta for Android, bringing users new features such as the ability to view your tab history on a tablet, and a full screen mode—also on the iPhone—for handsets. The additions add some very useful functionality to…
By Todd Haselton |
Google released yet another update for its Chrome for iOS browser that works on the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad that includes several new features. According to the update log posted in the description in iTunes, users can expect the following new features: Fullscreen for…
By Sean P. Aune |
A new trojan is making the rounds for Macs, but it requires the user to actively download it for it to infect your system. Dr. Web is reporting that a new trojan known as “Trojan.Yontoo.1″ is making its way around the Internet, hunting for unsuspecting…
By Maximum PC |
Windows 8 may be struggling, but Internet Explorer is thriving. For years Internet Explorer has been easy to pick on, but for once the Redmond based software giant is bucking the trend. Market share for Internet Explorer has reached an 18-month high, and it seems to have…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Monday that it officially released an update to its Chrome browser client for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Google’s Android update packs speed and response enhancements and was built on the latest version of the V8 Javascript engine. Google says it…
By Brandon Russell |
Hoo boy, I thought I was the only one. Multiple Chrome users on OS X are experiencing unexpected crashes, and it’s happening as many as 20 times a day. I checked with the TechnoBuffalo stuff who hadn’t noticed any issues, so I’m the odd man…
By Brandon Russell |
Your tabs are piling up, yet you keep opening more. We all do it. Suddenly a terrible, uninvited sound begins somewhere in your browser, and the only way to stop it is to rifle through your twenty or thirty tabs. It becomes a guessing game,…
By Brandon Russell |
Fresh evidence of Google Now’s impending arrival on Chrome has popped up, with new code appearing in the latest version of Chromium for Windows. Discovered by developer Fracois Beaufort, the code points to a neat notification center that could possibly transition over to Google’s Chrome.…
By Brandon Russell |
Google on Monday introduced a new Web Speech API for Chrome that could maybe lead to an entirely new browsing experience. The functionality is so far only present in Chrome Beta 25, but if developers can find unique and convenient ways to implement voice into…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! Rumors are swirling yet again that Apple is gearing up to debut its new television set sometime in 2013. We’ve heard a lot about the mythical hardware, but will 2013 finally be…
By Brandon Russell |
Google Now is probably going to migrate to Chrome, newly discovered code suggests. The implementation on desktops seems like a natural step for the excellent service, and makes it more accessible to those who are currently using the system. The code, which was recently discovered…
By Killian Bell |
Google Chrome for Windows has received a new update this week, which adds a number of helpful features that promise longer battery life and “easier website permissions” for your PC. It’s a must-have for notebook users in particular, who should find that their machine now…
By Roy Choi |
Just in time for those of you that have updated your Windows PCs to Windows 8 or picked up a brand new Surface, Google’s made a little video to help Google-fy your Windows machine. Since the default browser and search engine in Win 8 are…
By Sean P. Aune |
For the second time this year, a hacker that goes by the name of “Pinkie Pie” has taken home a $60,000 prize for finding a security exploit in the Chrome Web browser. Google is serious about making sure the Chrome browser is as secure as…
By Killian Bell |
A malicious Google Chrome application that claims to be a browser-based version of Rovio’s new Bad Piggies game has infected more than 80,000 computers with adware. Distributed through the Chrome Web Store, the app installs a plugin that displays advertisements while users are browsing popular websites. A…
By Maximum PC |
Bug collecting can be quite the lucrative hobby, provided they’re of the software variety. Google routinely pays out three-, four-, and sometimes five-figure bounties to bug hunters who find and report vulnerabilities in the company’sChrome browser, but yesterday, it took the unusual step of paying…
By Killian Bell |
A security researcher has discovered a major flaw in Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface that leaves Galaxy smartphones open to data wipes and SIM locks. The most worrying thing about this issue is that clicking on a simple URL is all that’s needed to trigger it.…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung is reportedly preparing a homebred browser that could one day show up on the company’s popular Galaxy devices. According to CNET, the Korea-based company put out ads for WebKit developers in the hopes of creating a viable competitor to mobile browsers such as Safari…
By Brandon Russell |
Motorola on Wednesday officially announced the DROID RAZR HD, a device with a wonderful 4.7-inch display that the company said stretches all the way to the handset’s corners. See ya later, bezel. Nobody will miss you, ever. The HD screen allegedly sports 78 percent more…
