Chrome

Google Chrome turns 10, celebrates with shiny new features

Google Chrome is officially celebrating its 10th birthday. To commemorate the milestone, Google is releasing a brand new updated version of the browser. Chrome…

10 incredibly cool Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts you should know

There are more people using a touchscreen to surf the web than those using a traditional keyboard and mouse setup. But that doesn’t mean…

Google Search now allows you to star, bookmark images

Google Search is receiving a new feature. As it matures, it can only get better, and Google appears to be committed to seeing this…

Google Chrome unleashes The Great Suspender

Chrome has introduced an extension that sounds like a film title with Denzel Washington and his definitive walk playing the lead. The Great Suspender…

Google mobile results are now 100-150 milliseconds faster on Chrome for Android

Google search results are getting faster than you can say ‘Google it’. According to IIya Grigorik, a developer advocate at Google, when you tap…

Google plans to revamp its products for kids

Beginning next year, though the exact time has not been specified, Google plans to create specific versions of its most popular products for Googlers…

Google offers mail encryption tool for paranoid Chrome users

Google announced a new tool called End-to-End that encrypts your email when it leaves your web browser until it is decrypted by the recipient…

What Firefox has planned for 2012

Last year, Mozilla managed to get Firefox back on track. While the long delay of Firefox 4 gave competitors like the up-and-coming Google Chrome…

Chrome 17 features safer downloads, smarter prerendering

Google has released version 17 of its popular Chrome browser. Given its rapid release schedule and its various beta and developer channels, there are…

The unstoppable rise of Google Chrome

Earlier this year I reported that Chrome was destined to become the default web browser for Ubuntu. At that time, Chrome still had a…

Chromebook awesome if it wasn’t from Google

The Chromebook is slowly coming into focus. Currently manufactured by Acer and Samsung (what? no American laptop brands up for it?), key specs look…

The browser wars: The decline of Internet Explorer, rise of Chrome

The browser wars may come to a head at the end of 2012, according to a projection by Memeburn. Using data from reputable analytics…

Chrome and Groupon scoop big awards at South By Southwest

Google’s Chrome Web browser which backs a music and imagery website browser won top honours at a South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW). The Wilderness…

Microsoft reveals final version of IE9

Microsoft’s latest version of the Internet Explorer web browsing software is free, it’s online and of course, it has been released to counter the…

Sick of Charlie Sheen? Block him

Sick and tired of Charlie Sheen taking over your online space? Want to block him? There’s an app for that. The free art and…

Google software unblocked for Iranian citizens but not govt

Since 2009, Google has been blocked from providing software downloads to Iran. However, Google announced on its blog that some of the US government’s…

Google commits to making internet a part of everyday African life

Nick Heller is responsible for New Business Development across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Google. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, he focuses…

Microsoft can no longer dictate web standards

Microsoft has never been big on supporting standards that were not developed in-house, but external pressure has forced the Internet Explorer (IE) division to start…

Should we be designing for legacy browsers?

Web designers have been on the frontlines of the browser-war battlefields for some time now, dodging the shells of legacy browsers exploding all over…

Google releases new Chrome beta

Google on Tuesday launched a new beta version of its Chrome browser, which includes a number of new innovations including additional privacy controls for…

Google Chrome first impressions: Fast, clean & not evil

Downloaded it a few minutes ago and gave it a test run. Noticed a few minor rendering glitches here and there on some sites,…

Bolt launches Business Delivery in South Africa during COVID-19 lockdown

Another cable break wrecks SA’s internet access, but a fix is on the way

Eskom sees huge power demand drop as SA’s COVID-19 lockdown deepens

Four startups selected for Founders Factory Africa programme each net over £30k

Top three can win R150k each in Ayoba virtual hackathon

Nigerian music startup MePlaylist nets investment from Beyoncé’s father

Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus: South African pricing

Huawei P40 series: these are the leaked specs for the P40 and P40 Pro

Watch the Huawei P40 series launch live on Memeburn on Thursday [Sponsored]

The Suzuki S-Presso is now South Africa’s cheapest passenger car

Mazda 2 road test: a compelling, compact Japanese hatchback

Tesla has hit the magical million mark this week