DuckDuckGo Unreachable For Some Users in India, Apparently Blocked by ISPs
DuckDuckGo users in India are currently facing problems in connecting to the site, and it looks like that the site has been blocked by ISPs.
Firefox Private Network
Firefox Private Network would be a VPN service available across many platforms including Windows, Chromebooks, Android, iOS and macOS. It would offer servers in 30+ countries, support for up to 5 devices and unlimited bandwidth.
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 Developer Preview Lands in Canary Channel
Google Chrome team has started initial experimental implementation of Chrome extension manifest V3 in the latest canary builds.
Firefox To End Support For Sideloaded Extensions
Mozilla has announced to end support for sideloaded extensions in Firefox. This is a great security enhancement, and would land to the stable builds of Firefox starting with the version 74 releasing by March 2020.
UC Browser Comes To KaiOS
UC Browser is now available on KaiOS, the feature phone operating system. It is not available on JioPhone though.
Firefox Preview To Support Extensions
Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox Preview browser would support WebExtension APIs based browser extensions on Android platform. GeckoView is a new browser engine being developed by Mozilla with the aim to replace its current browser engine
Chrome Shows Install Button In Omnibox For PWAs
Recently released stable version of Google Chrome on desktop platforms now shows an install button in the omnibox for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). With this animated install button, Chrome aims to increase installations of PWAs.
Chrome Web Store Extensions Work Flawlessly With New Edge Browser
The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge would have full support for Chrome extensions. This means that the users should be able to install and use existing Chrome extensions with the Edge browser without any compatibility issue.
Chrome Gets Dark Mode in Canary Builds on Android
Chrome browser for Android has started experimenting with the dark mode feature in the latest Canary builds. The dark mode feature of Chrome would be able to automatically sync with the system wide dark mode settings on the Android Q.
Stop DNS Manipulation Attacks By Encrypting DNS Queries
Intra app by Jigsaw offers one-tap solution to fight against DNS manipulation attacks imposed by ISPs or government authorities. It enables encrypted DNS queries to enhance privacy and protection.
Picture-in-Picture Mode Coming to Chrome on Desktop
Similar to Android’s Picture-in-Picture mode, Chrome users on Windows, Mac, ChromeOS and Linux can watch videos in detached floating windows.