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Firefox users have a few options to add new search engines to the browser. The entire process is not as straightforward as it could be though, especially when you compare it to how search engines are added to Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome. The two main options are to add the new search engine…
When the Browser Company announced its Arc Browser, it got favorable reviews on a lot of sites. Yes, there were critics as well, but if you read the likes of Lifehacker or The Verge, you’d believe that it would soon overtake every other browser out there. I have to admit that I did not like…
Mozilla’s Firefox web browser remains a popular choice, especially for open source enthusiasts and users who want as much customization options as possible. While Mozilla is going through some form of decline, at least when Firefox’s usage share is concerned, it is still used by hundreds of millions of users each month. Mozilla tried several…
Mozilla announced today that it is shutting down two of its services: Pocket, a long-standing bookmarking and reading service, and Fakespot, a recent acquisition, that can detect fake reviews of products online. Pocket Pocket started out as an independent “read it later” service back in 2007. It allowed users to save bookmarks to web resources…
When you run a search on Google, you may get an AI Overview at the top of the results. Google announced an expansion of the AI-powered feature to roll out in more markets and for more languages. Google revealed information about its AI plans yesterday on its Ads & Commerce blog. There, the company noted…
Google announced Gemini in Chrome yesterday. The integration of the AI into Google’s browser is the next step in Google’s masterplan to spice up its products using artificial intelligence. Chrome users in the United States who are subscribed to Google AI Pro or the new Google AI Ultra plan, will be the first to gain…
When was the last big usability feature introduced in your favorite browser? One that is new and unique? Not speaking of tab groups and vertical tabs support in Firefox. While great and new to users of the browser — if you ignore extensions and Mozilla’s decade-old attempts, they are not particularly new features. Google and…
Mozilla plans to release a new point update for its open source Firefox web browser later today. Firefox 138.0.3 is a non-security update that fixes three issues in earlier versions of the web browser, including one crash issue. If you use Firefox on the desktop only, you may ask yourself if you missed the Firefox…
The photo hosting and community site Flickr has been a popular option for free and paying users from all over the world to back up their photos to online storage, share them with others, find new photos to download, and to interact with other community members. The site changed its owner years ago and since…
Google Maps is quite the handy helper-app in many parts of the world. While it is not excellent everywhere, many use it to find restaurants, shops, places of interest, or for directions. Soon, Google Maps is getting a new feature that is using Google’s Gemini AI to identify places in screenshots you take so that…