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Google Chrome

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Aug 9, 2019

Chrome's Incognito Mode gives you a layer of privacy when browsing. While it's enabled, your browsing history, cookies, site data, and information entered in forms is not saved, making it perfect for, ...

A person holding a smartphone displaying a settings menu.
Jul 5, 2019

There are many reasons you might want to increase your text size in Google Chrome. The browser's accessibility options have a few tools to help the readability of text on websites. Changing the text s ...

Person holding a smartphone displaying a search engine page.
Jul 5, 2019

While browsing the web on a computer, most of us are familiar with using Ctrl + F (or Command + F) to search for a specific word on a page — but what if you want to do that on mobile? If you're using ...

Person using a smartphone with social media apps on the screen, placed on a laptop.
Jun 25, 2019

If you don't want the large and permission-hungry Facebook app on your phone, the perfect solution is to create an app icon for the Facebook mobile site on your home screen. The website version of Fac ...

Smartphone displaying a webpage, leaning against a wall.
Apr 16, 2019

For years, there has been a disconnect between the Chrome app on your smartphone and the Chrome browser on your computer. The latter was a powerfully fast browser which could be enhanced with extensio ...

Smartphones displaying search engine results.
Mar 14, 2019

While Google would rather you use Google as the default search engine in Chrome, there's a way to switch to the more privacy-geared DuckDuckGo search engine for all your web browsing needs. With DuckD ...

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Mar 14, 2019

Even if your default mobile browser is Google Chrome, you may not want Google to also be your search engine. Maybe you're not impressed with Google's search results all the time, maybe you want a more ...

Mobile phone displaying a search engine page.
Dec 19, 2018

If you ever looked at Apple's Peek and Pop feature on Safari and said "I want that," Google has kinda-sorta delivered. A new hidden Chrome feature brings similar functionality to Android despite the l ...

Icons of Chrome Canary, Chrome Beta, and Chrome Dev apps on a smartphone screen.
Aug 6, 2018

Google Chrome is an incredibly popular web browser on both iOS and Android devices, just like its desktop version. That's why it's number one browser in both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. B ...

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May 2, 2018

Bookmarks and favorites are handy options for saving interesting websites you come across while surfing the web on Android but are far from ideal when it comes to instant access. Thankfully, Google Ch ...