Latest Chrome news.

Internet Explorer 10 beats Chrome, Firefox, Opera at blocking malware

By AnandKhanse@TWC | May 14, 2013

Yet another study has shown that Internet Explorer 10 beats its competitors when it comes to blocking malware. NSS Labs compared the built-in protection capabilities of Internet Explorer 10 with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera browsers and concluded that […]

Chrome & Firefox browser extension that hijacks Facebook profiles found

By AnandKhanse@TWC | May 12, 2013

Microsoft has been receiving reports from Brazil about a browser extension with malicious intent, that attempts to hijack the Facebook profile of the victim. The malware, Trojan:JS/Febipos.A, is being specifically targeted at Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Once installed, […]

Google Chrome 25 released; will disable silent extension installs

By AnandKhanse@TWC | February 22, 2013

Google Chrome 25 has been released and is now available for download. The changes introduced include improvements in extensions and add-ons management, performance,  security and minor bug fixes. Chrome 25 will by default, disable extensions which are installed by third-party […]

Google develops App Launcher For Chrome Packaged Apps

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | February 21, 2013

Google has released a new app launcher for Windows users. The Chrome app launcher is designed specially to help Chrome users opening the web apps outside the browser. With this Chrome app launcher the packaged apps can be launched from outside, […]

Rich Templated Notifications now Available for Windows Chromium Build

By SusannahLindsay@TWCN | January 31, 2013

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for experiencing the web. It has now been updated for Windows to include a new notification center. The first person to note this […]

Google Chrome 24 Released; Boots Even Faster

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | January 11, 2013

A new version of Google Chrome – Chrome 24 has been released. Prior to the release, there was no word from the Internet search giant. No fireworks! Just a short description on Google Chrome read as – ‘With today’s Chrome […]

IE 10 trailing behind Chrome 23 and Firefox 17

By RogerDunning@TWCN | January 2, 2013

The New Year doesn’t seem to bring good news at all for Microsoft. First, this morning Net application report suggested Windows Phones are still way behind Android and Apple’s iOS and now the website’s  preliminary data from December shows the […]

TwitPic Blocked by Google Chrome over Malware Issue

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | December 31, 2012

Yesterday, some Twitter users reported they encountered a problem while trying to log into their Twitter or TwitPic account using Google’s Chrome browser. Google referring TwitPic as a malware distributor and citing reasons that the micro-blogging platform’s picture sharing service […]

Google Chrome 23 with Do Not Track feature support released

By SusannahLindsay@TWCN | November 7, 2012

Microsoft was first to start supporting the ‘DO NOT TRACK’ feature in its proprietary browser – Internet Explorer. Later, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari, and Opera followed suit, but Google’s Chrome trailed behind. Not any more! Google has released Chrome version […]

Chrome Remote Desktop loses Beta Tag, Adds Useful Extras

By SusannahLindsay@TWCN | October 31, 2012

Google last year developed a desktop sharing tool, an extension called Chrome Beta Desktop for its widely popular browser – Google Chrome. The plugin allowed its users to remotely access a computer at another location through the Chrome browser however, […]

Internet Explorer 10 beats Chrome in performance in Google’s RoboHornet test

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | September 26, 2012

Google yesterday released an open-source micro-benchmark test named as RoboHornet for evaluating the browser performance. In the performance test, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 scored extremely well, but what was puzzling was Chrome’s own performance in the test. It was extremely bad and […]

Chrome Time Machine celebrates 4 years of the browsers launch

By AnandKhanse@TWC | September 5, 2012

To celebrate 4 years of launch of the Google Chrome web browser, Google has launched a website that will let you track Chrome’s journey for a better web. The Chrome Time Machine lets you travel through key moments in Chrome’s history […]

Google confirms working on Windows 8 Metro mode version of Chrome

By SusannahLindsay@TWCN | June 8, 2012

With the release of Windows 8 coming closer day by day, companies are working hard to make their products compatible to Windows 8 Metro UI. Now according to the latest news, Google has confirmed that it is developing a new […]

Chromium Security Rewards Program ups the ante; to offer $1 million to Chrome hackers

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | February 28, 2012

Google launched Chromium Security Rewards program some two years ago. The program was a huge hit since it issued over $300,000 of rewards across hundreds of qualifying bugs. Main objective of the company was to eliminate bugs and other defects […]

Google Screenwise will pay you to use Chrome and share your Internet usage

By AnandKhanse@TWC | February 8, 2012

Google has quietly launched a new project called Screenwise that will pay you to share your internet browsing habits using Chrome, with the search giant. You will be required to install a browser extension that will share with Google, all […]

Google funded report says Chrome is most secure browser; Firefox least secure

By AnandKhanse@TWC | December 10, 2011

Security firm Accuvant has released a study about the security features of the three most popular browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google’s Chrome. The results show that Chrome is the most secure browser on the Internet and leads the […]

Google Chrome Web Store now available in 24 other countries, including Brazil, UK, Germany

By RogerDunning@TWCN | September 16, 2011

The Google Chrome Web Store launched 9 months back was available only for US Market. Since then, Google Chrome Webstore has received a huge response, with an ever-increasing selection of apps, extensions and themes. However, Google has today officially announced that Chrome Webstore […]

Google introduces Google Related, a browsing assistant

By AnandKhanse@TWC | August 16, 2011

Google has introduced a browsing asistant called Google Related. It is a Google Toolbar feature that will show you related useful content as you browse the web, and display it in a thin bar at the bottom of your page. […]

New slick Google website lets you gift wrap and mail Chrome to your friends

By AnandKhanse@TWC | July 30, 2011

The Google Chrome team has launched a new website, powered by Google App Engine, that gift  wraps Chrome with a paper of your choice and then mails it to your friend. All you need to do is enter your / […]

Chrome overtakes Firefox in South America, breaks 20% globally

By AnandKhanse@TWC | July 4, 2011

Chrome is on a gallop and has overtaken Firefox in South America and is running neck-to-neck in UK.

Gmail updated to include Desktop Notifications for Email, Chat for Chrome users

By LeeWhittington@TWCN | January 27, 2011

Google has updated Gmail to now include Desktop Notifications for Email and Chat for users of the Chrome Browser. Until now if you wanted to keep a check on your email you either had to Sign-In to Gmail to check […]

Google Chrome’s Browse For A Good Cause initiative

By AnandKhanse@TWC | December 16, 2010

Google has launched a new social initiative under the “Chrome for a Cause” umbrella. Every tab you open on Chrome browser, this December 15 through 19, will serve a good cause.  

Google launches the Chrome Web Store

By AnandKhanse@TWC | December 8, 2010

Google has launched the Chrome Web Store where you will see a lot of apps, extensions and themes for Chrome, some paid, some free.

GMail adds drag, drop, save attachment to desktop feature

By AnandKhanse@TWC | August 4, 2010

Google has added a new feature to GMail. If you are using Google Chrome browser, you can now drag, drop and save file attachments onto the desktop. Dragging and dropping files is an easy way to save time .

Google to launch Chrome operating system in October 2010

By AnandKhanse@TWC | June 2, 2010

Google has announced that it is planning to release its Chrome operating system, for FREE in the autumn 2010.

After RealPlayer, Avast & AdAware to bundle Chrome browser.

By AnandKhanse@TWC | December 7, 2009

Google’s nascent browser has paired with one of the most popular free security programs in the world so that when users run the Avast installer on a computer that has neither Chrome nor Avast, they’ll be offered a chance to […]

Google to promote Chrome through TV?

By AnandKhanse@TWC | May 9, 2009

Google may promote it’s Chrome browser through TV ads. This ad, was made by the Google’d Japan Team to promote Chrome, and according to Google’s official blog, will be featured on TV. However, a Google spokesperson said there currently aren’t […]