Microsoft will force Internet Explorer users to open some websites in Edge

Posted on 26/10/2020 by Engadget

Microsoft may have finally devised a way to get people to stop using Internet Explorer once and for all (via ZDNet). When the company releases the next version of its Edge browser, currently slated to come out sometime in November, Internet Explorer...

Google drops curated news plans in Australia over ‘unworkable’ policy

Posted on 11/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google’s dispute with Australia over online news is about to claim a major feature as a casualty. The internet giant has decided to freeze plans to launch its curated News Showcase in Australia over claims the draft News Media Bargaining Code is “unw...

Microsoft Edge adds an online shopping comparison tool

Posted on 08/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As part of a major update coming later this month, Microsoft Edge is getting two handy new features (via The Verge). The first is a price comparison tool that will allow you to add a product to a Collection and then click a single button to see how m...

iOS 14 picture-in-picture video stops working with YouTube’s mobile website

Posted on 19/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You may have to wait a while if you want to use iOS 14’s picture-in-picture support to watch YouTube videos. MacRumors (via 9to5Mac) has noticed that YouTube’s mobile website stopped supporting iOS 14’s PIP mode, at least for free users. Try it and a...

Waze lets you plan trips on the web and save them to your phone

Posted on 08/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Planning a trip on Waze just got a little easier. You can now plan a drive in your web browser of choice using the Live Map and then save it to your mobile app by clicking the “Save to app” button.When you set your preferred time of arrival, Waze wil...

Microsoft details how it will phase out Flash support in Edge after 2020

Posted on 05/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Microsoft is providing more detail (via Bleeping Computer) about how it will drop support for Flash in Edge to dovetail with Adobe’s plans, including some notable exceptions. As expected, Flash will be disabled by default in Edge as of December 2020....

Chrome could improve your battery life by taking requests from websites

Posted on 16/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google isn’t done finding ways to wring more battery life out of Chrome. TheWindowsClub has discovered that Google is experimenting with a meta tag that would let websites switch on energy-saving features. They could reduce the frame rate, slow down...

WhatsApp makes it easier to fact-check forwarded messages

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp has been clamping down forwarded messages for years, but its work still isn’t complete. Today, the platform announced a new feature that lets users search the web for more info about frequently forwarded messages.Already, messages forwarded...

Chrome test could discourage websites from abusing push notifications

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is continuing its war against annoying website notifications. TheWindowsClub has discovered that Google will test a feature that sets an expiration time for notification subscriptions. You’d have to enable the test, but it would let you decide...

Microsoft and Google team up to bring more web apps to the Play Store

Posted on 12/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Microsoft’s support for Android is going beyond native apps and devices like the Surface Duo. Thurrot reports Microsoft is collaborating with Google to help bring more (and importantly, better) progressive web apps to Android devices through the Play...

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