US might force Google to polish off Chrome
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Monday, 19 October 2020 11:39

US might force Google to polish off Chrome


Along with parts of its advertising business

Justice Department and state prosecutors investigating Google for alleged antitrust violations are considering whether to force the company to sell its dominant Chrome browser and parts of its lucrative advertising business.

Google software writers copy Apple's QA model
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 11:04

Google software writers copy Apple's QA model


ChromeOS updates cause 100 percent CPU usage, might set you on fire

Google appears to be following Apple's software QA model and releasing software which is not really fit for the purpose.

GeForce Now speaks Chromebook
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Wednesday, 19 August 2020 14:29

GeForce Now speaks Chromebook


Additional 40 million possible gamers

Nvidia is investing heavily in a cloud gaming platform called GeForce Now, and we had a chance to get an update from an old friend and industry veteran Phil Eisler, VP of GeForce Now and cloud gaming. The biggest announcement for today is that Chromebooks have support for GeForce now.

Google switches off Chrome memory savings in Windows
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Windows should be a memory hog like Android

Google has decided to disable a feature in Windows 10 version 2004 that allowed Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers to use a lot less RAM.

Chrome on phone finally moves to 64-bit
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Might see a speed boost from its normal pace

Google Chrome has finally moved to 64-bit despite the technology been around for years.

Google Empire slammed for crucifying URL bar
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What have the Chromans done for us?

New feature flags in Chrome's early-release Dev and Canary channels (V85) "which modify the appearance and behaviour of web addresses in the address bar" have been getting people a little hot under the collar.

Chrome’s security bugs are memory safety problems
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More than 70 percent of them

Most of Chromes serious security bugs are due to memory memory safety problems, the Chromium project said.

Google delays Chrome upgrade
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Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:15

Google delays Chrome upgrade


Fall of Chrome

Google delayed in releasing its latest privacy stealing, ad blasting, video forcing feature browser and has just said sorry for any convenience this might cause.

Chrome for Android was the most popular web browser last year
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Firefox and IE looking pretty sick

The leading web browser globally as of December 2019 is Google’s Chrome for Android, which hit a 33 percent market share in the last year.

Google halts Chrome 79 rollout
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Monday, 16 December 2019 11:11

Google halts Chrome 79 rollout


Eats your data

Google has halted the rollout of Chrome 79 on Android after mobile app developers reported a major bug that was deleting user data and resetting mobile apps.