Mozilla’s latest browser release includes a new security sandboxing technology — By Henry Irvine Firefox 95 was released today by Mozilla for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The release includes RLBox, a new security sandboxing technology. Mozilla researchers developed RLBox, in collaboration with the University of California San Diego and the University of Texas, to make it easy and efficient to isolate…

Unlock your Chromebook without a Google account password, send and receive text messages, view notifications, and more — By Henry Irvine It is well worth the snippet of your time required to connect a phone to a Chromebook. When you do so, your connected phone unlocks your Chromebook without needing to input your Google account password every single time you log in. Perhaps more importantly, you can send…

The update includes new features and security fixes — By Henry Irvine Google Chrome 96 released to the stable channel today for Windows, Mac, and Linux. With the release comes some improvements and security fixes. The update rolls out over the next several days and weeks. For desktop users who wish to implement the update immediately, please visit How…

Phone Hub is a taskbar widget that expands to display information from your connected smartphone — By Henry Irvine You bit the bullet on picking up a Chromebook to work or learn from home. If you have yet to connect your phone to your Chromebook, you may be neglecting a key Chrome OS productivity and workflow benefit. Android users already know how to connect their phones…

Google Chrome’s free, built-in safety utility helps guard against data breaches, bad extensions, and more — By Henry Irvine The world’s most popular web browser can help improve your online safety. Google Chrome web browser includes a feature called Safety Check. Run Safety Check’s safe browsing tools to detect if you have any compromised saved passwords or malicious extensions installed. …

Buying a new Chromebook is a lot like buying eggs — By Henry Irvine When I buy eggs at the market, I always check two things. Are any of the eggs damaged, and when do they expire? It may take me a week to eat a dozen eggs. If the eggs expire tomorrow, then I won’t buy them. Buying a Chromebook…

I want the new features that improve productivity and workflow right now — By Henry Irvine If you own a Chromebook, you have already done the due diligence about its capabilities, right? For those considering a Chromebook, they run a Linux-based operating system called Chrome OS that uses the Google Chrome web browser as its primary user interface. Chromebooks utilize cloud-based storage centered…

The Edge development teams touts exciting new features coming to Microsoft’s new browser — By Henry Irvine Every year since 1993, Microsoft hosts a conference for developers and internet technology professionals called Microsoft Ignite (known as TechEd from 1993 to 2014). In 2019, Microsoft Ignite took place in Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center from November 4 through November 8. …

The latest version focuses on improvements to the Sync functionality — By Henry Irvine Vivaldi Technologies AS of Oslo, Norway, announced the release of Vivaldi browser 2.8 on September 19, 2019. Vivaldi is a free web browser application available for Windows (Window 7 and greater), Mac (macOS 10.10 and greater), Linux, and Android (currently in beta). Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is…