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Google Earth now works in Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Opera browsers

1 month

Google today announced that Google Earth now supports Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Opera browsers. Google earlier used Native Client (NaCl) technology which limited Google Earth support to Google Chrome browser alone. Google has n...

Reason to use Firefox: It now protects US users from DNS snooping by default

by Atiya

1 month

While HTTPS protects the content of your Internet traffic, snoops like your ISP can still see exactly which websites you visited by knowing which DNS addresses you are looking up. Now Mozilla has however enabled DNS over HTTPS (Do...

Firefox now offers a cheap private VPN for Windows 10 and Android

by Surur

1 month

Mozilla has been expanding into numerous fund-raising venues, and their latest is now available for selected users. Mozilla is now offering Firefox VPN, a VPN service which offers exit servers in 30+ countries, allowing you to p...

Microsoft flirts with new anti-trust challenge with new Start Menu-based Edge ads

by Atiya

2 months

Microsoft originally implemented the “Suggested” section on the Windows 10 Start Menu as a way to advertise its official apps; but in the latest listing, Microsoft has gone beyond self-promotion. Microsoft’s rece...

Firefox Preview for Android now supports UBlock Origin

by Atiya

2 months

Firefox has just updated its experimental browser, Firefox Preview (Fenix), to v3.0- promising new extensions support by January this year. The company also promised imminent support for the list of extensions from the Recommend...

Mozilla lays off 70 as revenue generation fails to gain traction

by Surur

3 months

In a statement on their blog, Mozilla has confirmed that it is laying off 70 employees. Mozilla said they had to make this “hard choice” to fun “future revenue generation.” Mozilla had been attempting to ...

Firefox Voice will allow you to browse the web with your voice

by Pradeep

3 months

Firefox Voice is a new experimental add-on from Mozilla that will allow you to browse the web with your voice. For example, you can just tell “Go to the New York Times” or “Play Green Day on Spotify” to per...

Microsoft to support controversial DNS over HTTPS directly in Windows 10

by Surur

4 months

DNS over HTTPS is a controversial internet privacy technology which would encrypt DNS connections and hide them in the common HTTPS traffic, making it impossible for ISPs to snoop on your internet traffic and know which websites y...

Firefox Preview 2.0 for Android now available

by Surur

6 months

Firefox has updated its experimental browser for Android. One of the rare browsers using an alternate rendering engine, the browser uses GeckoView and aims to offer improved speed and privacy via built-in tracking protection, some...

Mozilla launches a VPN for Firefox users

by Pradeep

7 months

Mozilla yesterday announced that it is relaunching the Test Pilot program to test new features and services with Firefox users. The first project that will be part of the new Test Pilot program is code named Firefox Private Networ...

Hate Google’s new Image Search UI? This extension can restore the old look

by Surur

7 months

I suspect Google does not want you to use Google Image Search, as the new user interface for the feature is quite the abomination, dramatically affecting how well you can view the image you selected and shifting around other pictu...

Firefox will soon let you know if a website has been Pwned

by Atiya

9 months

Chrome isn’t the only browser to be receiving an updated password manager; in the Firefox 70 update, Mozilla is working on an all new Password Manager. Firefox Lockwise is currently available as an add-on, but in an effort ...