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If you use Firefox and have had issues connecting to some Google-owned properties and services, then you may have experienced an issue that Mozilla fixed in Firefox 143.0.4. The fourth point update for Firefox 143 addresses a single issue. While it is not uncommon for Mozilla to release point updates — smaller updates that fix…
After launching its Comet AI web browser exclusively for paying subscribers, Perplexity has now made it downloadable for everyone. You can download the browser from the official website for testing, even if you do not have a Perplexity account. However, Perplexity limits functionality of the browser in that case. First, Comet is a Chromium-based browser….
Mozilla is rolling out a new feature in recent versions of the Firefox web browser that introduces visual search functionality. This allows users to run visual searches by right-clicking on images. Mozilla lists several main applications for the new feature on its Connect website. Right-click on any image displayed in the browser and select the…
Google is battling it out with the United States Department of Justice currently. If things go really bad for Google, the company could be forced to sell its web browser Google Chrome or make other changes to its business. Plenty of companies announced interest in Google Chrome already. Perplexity made a bid, Yahoo is eying…
AOL announced the discontinuation of its dial-up Internet plan, AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, in a brief support page on its help website. There, AOL writes: From September 30, 2025 onward, AOL customers may no longer use dial-up Internet provided by the company. AOL is also discontinuing the accompanying applications, AOL Dialer and…
Microsoft maintains a massive list of apps for the mobile operating systems Android and iOS. Microsoft Lens, one of the company’s highest-rated apps, is being discontinued. Microsoft announced the change in a message center note this week. Microsoft Lens may be used to scan whiteboards and documents, including notes, receipts and more. It makes these…
When the Browser Company launched its Arc web browser, it was heralded by part of the media as the evolution that browsers needed. Then, the Browser Company announced that it would discontinue its browser to focus on another. This new browser, called Dia, would be an AI-browser first and foremost. It was not really clear…
Google announced the deprecation of its link shortening service goo.gl almost seven years ago. Created in 2009, millions of Internet users have used the service to create shorter versions of links for sharing and archiving. Back in 2018, Google disabled the option to create new links using the service, but did not touch existing links….
In the past decade, many services and products have switched from a pay-once model to a subscription-based model. Sometimes, you get a choice, say between the pay-once version of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365. Even then, companies usually tweak the deals to raise the attractiveness of the subscription-based product. Microsoft, for example, does not add…
One of the most famous lines of the British comedy series IT Crowd, a show revolving around two IT support geeks and a manager who does not have a clue about “computers”, is “Have you tried turning it off and on again”. When the crew gets a support call, it is this question that they…