Google to Require more Transparency of Chrome Extension Developers Beginning Next Year with this New Policy
by Google will no longer tolerate Chrome extensions’ opaque handling of users’ data and will require more transparency starting next year…
Category: Search
Years After its Competitors, Firefox Finally Brings a Pinch-to-Zoom Option to its Browser
Mozilla has finally built a missing and important feature into its Firefox browsers other web portals have had for years: pinch-to-zoom…
Microsoft is Copying One of Google Chrome’s Most Useful but Little-Known Features
by Microsoft is building a new tool for its Edge browser that’s already found in Google Chrome and will help people more easily share information…
Older Model Android Phones won’t Support Numerous Secure Websites by September 2021
Older Android-powered mobile devices will loose access to many popular and secure websites, starting in early January of next year…
Apple is Quietly Working On its Own Search Engine to Get Away from Relying on Google
Apple is busy at building its very own search engine in order to lessen its reliance on Google, which pays the company billions currently…
Google Adds These Very-Helpful New Tools to its Shopping Platform Shoppers will Love
by Google is rolling out new tools to its Shopping experience just in time for Black Friday that will be of great service to consumers…
ICYMI: Google can Now Search for Songs just by Humming the Melody
Google rolled out a new way to search for songs last week, simply by humming the tune, Big G can tell what song it is…maybe…
This Huge Change is Coming to Election-Related Autocomplete Search Suggestions
Autocomplete search suggestions have long been criticized, especially leading up to big elections, but there’s a really big change coming…
Google Chrome will Start Applying Labels to Certain Websites (If they Meet these Two Criteria)
Google Chrome will soon start alerting people to the quality of a site and its page load speed with new labels…
Google’s Mobile-First Search Index won’t Roll Out in September as Planned, Delays It until March 2021
Google’s mobile-first search indexing initiative will not go live this fall as previously planned, and is now set to roll out in late March of 2021…
Google Introduces a WordPress Plugin for Web Stories with Beta Build
Google has rolled out a new WordPress plugin in a beta version to create Web Stories, a search version of the popular social media format…
Voice Usage has Either Flattened or Declined, New Study Concludes
New data reveals voice use is on an even plane or on the decline in 2020, but this trend is likely to change in the future…
Google Now Auto-Deletes both Search and Location Histories — but Not Exactly for Everyone
Google will no longer keep users’ location and search histories indefinitely, and will automatically wipe out this information, but only for new accounts…
Google Says it will Indeed Pay News Publishers for Content and Even Absorb Paywall Costs
Google has announced it will pay to license “high quality” news content from publishers and will also subsidize website paywall costs…
Google’s Chrome Browser might soon Require Less Memory (at Least for Some Windows 10 Users)
by According to a recent confirmation by a Google engineer, the company’s Chrome browser will not demand as much memory in the near future…
Google Search Now Highlights the Most Relevant Text in Featured Snippets
Google is rolling out a new way to display relevant information inside Featured Snippets by highlighting the key points in yellow…