techtsp quotes The Windows Club: In a major breakthrough, Microsoft Edge now supports Native File System API, which will take progressive web apps and their usage to a whole new level. An official roadmap entry points towards the new development, which only means one thing: Bridging the native app gap using modern web technologies… This is exactly where Microsoft Edge’s Native…
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Microsoft Is Bombarding Chrome-Using Outlook.com Visitors With Ads For Edge
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BetaNews: Microsoft is no stranger to hitting its customers with ads for its products and services, and it seems that the company is so keen that people make the switch to the new Chromium-based version of Edge that it is now bombarding Outlook.com users with banner ads. The ads are targeting people who visit…
Edge Overtakes Firefox To Become the Second-Most Popular Browser
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo quotes Softpedia: It was probably just a matter of time, but the thing so many people, including everyone at Microsoft, expected finally happened: Microsoft Edge surpassed Mozilla Firefox to become the world’s second most-used desktop browser. Data provided by market analysis firm NetMarketShare reveals that the whole thing happened in March, when the adoption of the Chromium-powered…
Is Microsoft Retaliating For Chrome’s Warnings About Extension Security in Edge?
Several pundits criticized Google for warning Edge users to switch to Chrome if they wanted to use Chrome extensions “securely”. “In Chrome, a plugin can be remotely disabled by the Chrome team if it’s considered unsafe for whatever reason,” notes PC World. “Google lacks the ability to remotely disable the same plugin within Edge, prompting Google to recommend switching to Chrome,…
Google Detects Edge Users Visiting Its Sites, Urges Them to Switch to Chrome
In Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser, Chrome’s extensions “work as good as they work on Chrome browsers,” argues the MS Power User blog. But guess what happens when you use Edge to visit Chrome’s “Web Store” for downloading extensions?
According to Google, internet users should use Google Chrome instead of Microsoft Edge if they want to use browser extensions securely. On visiting the…
The Windows 10 Start Menu Now Harasses Firefox Users
The “Suggested” section on the Windows 10 Start Menu used to just promote its own apps, reports MSPowerUser. But for some users (who haven’t disable Microsoft’s “Suggestions”), that menu is now showing a new kind of ad listing:
The listing displays “Still using Firefox? Microsoft Edge is here”, to all users of the former — even with the latter already installed. The…
Consider Switching From Internet Explorer, Says US Homeland Security
Slashdot reader SmartAboutThings writes: While Microsoft Edge is right on track to replace Internet Explorer, it seems that the last one is a bigger security liability then you may think. In a newly released advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) [an agency within America’s Department of Homeland Security] is warning users about an IE vulnerability. To keep your personal…
Is Microsoft’s Chromium Edge Browser Better Than Firefox and Chrome?
Android Authority argues that the new Microsoft Chromium Edge browser “is full of neat tricks” and “packs more features than Firefox”: The final major feature is called Apps. Essentially, Apps allows you to download and install web pages and web apps for use without the Edge browser. Previously, you had to find these dedicated web apps via the Microsoft Store, but…
Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari Cracked In China’s White-Hat Hacker Competition
An anonymous reader quotes the International Business Times: At the recent Tianfu cup held in Chengdu, China, Chinese China’s top white-hat hackers have converged to test zero-days against top software available in the market today. During the first day of the event, Chinese security researchers were able to break into major browsers such as Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome. Since…
Reactions To the News That Microsoft’s Edge Browser Is Coming to Linux
“Microsoft is bringing Edge to Linux, for all the Microsoft fans running Linux,” jokes the headline at the Inquirer. (“We can just imagine the amount of bunting and party poppers that the Linux community has just ordered. After all, why wouldn’t you want a browser from the company that you joined Linux to get away from?”) And the headline at Liliputting…