Google: Browsers

When users log into Gmail or YouTube, they’re now also logged into Chrome

The concern raised by some is that users will unknowingly be sending their browsing data to Google....

Greg Sterling | Sep 24, 2018 at 11:43 am ET

Yahoo Asking Firefox Users To Make Yahoo Search Their Default Search Engine

After Yahoo lost some Firefox users to Google, Yahoo begins notifying these users to switch back to Yahoo Search as their default search...

Barry Schwartz | Mar 24, 2015 at 9:26 am ET

Google Is Practically Begging Firefox Users To Switch Their Default Search Engine

A new message above Google's search results is the most visible attempt yet at getting Firefox users to switch back to...

Matt McGee | Mar 13, 2015 at 1:53 am ET

Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page

Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, Google's fighting...

Danny Sullivan | Jan 22, 2015 at 2:41 am ET

Bing Now Added To Google Chrome New Tab Page

Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is now an option within Google’s Chrome new tab page screens. Prior, if you changed your default...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 21, 2014 at 3:16 pm ET

Chrome Getting Closer To Releasing New Tab Page

It looks like Chrome’s New Tab Page (NTP) may be available to everyone soon. While an experimental version was launched last December to a...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 27, 2013 at 10:47 am ET

Google, Mozilla Renew Firefox Search Deal For 3 More Years

Google and Mozilla have struck a deal that renews their agreement making Google the default search engine in Firefox browsers. No financial...

Matt McGee | Dec 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm ET

Google Search Globe: See Searches Happening Visually Around The World

Google announced a neat new visual display of Google’s search volume by search query language. The tool is named the Google Search Globe....

Barry Schwartz | May 5, 2011 at 12:53 pm ET

IE9 Is Boosting Bing Usage, Study Says

Does the web browser you use say anything about your preferred search engine? It might, according to some data just published by Chitika. After...

Matt McGee | Apr 5, 2011 at 6:08 pm ET

Browsers To Offer Official Behavioral Targeting Blocking

Yesterday, Google and Firefox announced new tools to block behavioral targeting across the web. Behavioral targeting are a form of ads that use...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 25, 2011 at 9:02 am ET

Has Google Missed Its Window For “ChromeBooks”?

At the recent Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco Google CEO Eric Schmidt seemed to suggest that Chrome-based netbooks wouldn’t be...

Greg Sterling | Nov 26, 2010 at 8:52 am ET

Xmarks Shuts Down After Failing To Sell Its Search Engine

Xmarks, the popular browser bookmark synchronization service, is going to shut down on January 10, 2011. Xmarks is a free service that saves...

Matt McGee | Sep 28, 2010 at 1:38 am ET

Eric Schmidt’s Favorite Google Product? Chrome!

What’s Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s favorite Google product at the moment? When I asked him that this week, I expected a “I love...

Danny Sullivan | Sep 20, 2009 at 11:33 am ET

Google’s Founders & CEO Didn’t See Eye To Eye On Chrome

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google’s founders and CEO didn’t see eye to eye on building out the Chrome browser or OS, at...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 10, 2009 at 9:34 am ET

Chrome Comes Out of Beta with 10 Million Users

As was reported yesterday, Google’s browser Chrome is coming out of beta — a mere 100 days after it was introduced. When I commented...

Greg Sterling | Dec 11, 2008 at 1:00 pm ET

Waiting For Google Chrome To Launch

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Greg Sterling | Sep 2, 2008 at 9:26 am ET

Google Chrome – Google’s Finally Launching Its Own Browser

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Danny Sullivan | Sep 1, 2008 at 4:50 pm ET

Google Acquires Stake In Maxthon Browser?

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Danny Sullivan | Apr 10, 2007 at 5:39 pm ET

Google Copies Yahoo’s IE7 Page; Originality War Breaks Out!

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Danny Sullivan | Dec 12, 2006 at 6:57 am ET