This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Safari has beaten Google’s Chrome to the punch with extensions that customize your browser on smartphones and tablets. The software add-ons will be available in Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 operating systems, which are expected …
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Vivaldi has never been afraid to add new options, such as mouse gestures, split-screen tab tiling and customizable keyboard shortcuts, to its web browser. On Wednesday, the Norwegian company unveiled two enormous new features: email and calendar apps. Vivaldi 4.0 sports an email app that lets you read, write and manage email from multiple accounts. It’s in beta testing for …
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The teams behind the Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers have banded together to improve extensions, the add-ons you can download to customize the software. That should mean your extensions will work better and come with a better security foundation to protect you from malware. On Friday, the teams unveiled a discussion and development forum at …
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Microsoft Edge will get a speed boost with version 91 this week thanks to a feature called sleeping tabs that gives computing priority to the tabs you’re actively using while pausing others in the background. The new web browser version also will start up faster, the software giant announced at its annual Build developer conference on Tuesday. The changes will …
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Microsoft is finally putting the nail in the coffin of its Internet Explorer browser. As of June 15, 2022, the Internet Explorer 11 desktop app will be retired and go out of support for many versions of Windows 10, according to a Wednesday Windows 10 blog post. “The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” the …
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Apple’s newest MacBooks are powered by the company’s own Apple Silicon M1 processors, and because of that Apple was able to extend the battery life of its M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro far beyond what we’ve seen in previous Apple laptops. But if you’re having battery life issues for any reason — on these MacBooks or others — we’re …
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Starting Thursday, Microsoft’s Edge browser comes with Kids Mode, a protected zone with only approved websites that parents can quickly enable when handing a laptop to their children. You can engage Kids Mode by selecting it from the profile icon in the upper right corner of the browser window. Once it’s on, kids will get a choice of more colorful …
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The latest major Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) update began rolling out to desktops, laptops and two-in-ones in late October, and should be available for you to download now. (Learn how to download the Windows 10 October 2020 Update here. If you still haven’t upgraded from Windows 7 ($5 at Target), you may be able to use this trick to download Windows …
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Since moving to a work from home setup last March, my laptop and monitor have become a bit… unwieldy. I’ve got at least three different windows open for my professional Gmail, Google Drive and personal Gmail account, each with a variety of tabs. Add on to that a new Outlook account for work and things are getting a little crowded …
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Microsoft will yank its old Edge browser out of Windows 10 PCs on April 13, an important step in its yearslong effort to move its immense customer base to a modern browser. Two decades ago, the software giant’s Internet Explorer crushed competitors like Netscape Navigator and dominated the market, but Microsoft let the software languish. Newer rivals like Firefox and …
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