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The lack of extensions on Microsoft Edge have been a sore point ever since its release with the original Windows 10 – but the issue has a bit more nuance than that; it’s not just about the lack of extensions – it’s also about the lack of adblockers. It’s the …

Microsoft added extension support to Edge with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update; it is a feature, that seems impossible to ignore while building your brand new browser – unless you are Microsoft. Frankly, the extension support should have been in Edge from the get-go – but better late than never. …

In November 2015, Microsoft announced a roadmap for depreciating the SHA-1 hashing algorithm – specifically, the plan to stop accepting SHA-1 TLS certificates by 2017; Microsoft gave website administrators and their users a two-year head start to be prepared for this. The SHA-1 hashing algorithm was published in 1995 – …

Microsoft has been promoting its Edge browser as a better, more secure, and modern alternative to Internet Explorer – its infamous web browser. The promotions have gone as far as paying users to use the browser and being extremely and publicly critical of Google’s Chrome. However, Microsoft has always maintained …

Microsoft started this battle against Chrome last year – so it wouldn’t make sense for them to not fire back when Google claimed about battery life improvements in the new chrome. Microsoft already had made tall claims about the battery life performance with Edge last year and went as far as advertising …

When Google launched Chrome, the selling point Google advertised was that it was light-weight. The key word is ‘was’ because it no longer is, and Google is well aware of that. With Windows 10, Microsoft decided it would be fun to have a little jab about Chrome built into Windows …

Windows 10 is the new player in the world of operating systems. Not only did it come with a makeover, but it also brought along some long needed features like Cortana and Microsoft Edge to name a few. Also, now Windows 10 support PDF files natively. This means you don’t …

WebVR is a framework built by the W3C Consortium that intends to make it easier for developers to develop rich and interactive VR experiences with web technologies – that simply run within the web browser. Today Microsoft has announced that they have started to develop support for WebVR within the …

For companies as massive as Microsoft, it can get quite difficult to build a completely new product – that is why such projects are encouraged internally and if success, end up being backed by the full might of the company. This is how Google created Gmail, and how many of …

If you were Microsoft, you would feel bad if your browser was only being used to download other browsers. Microsoft has been struggling a lot when it comes to internet browsers since the last few years. The major downfall in their browser usage was seen when Google Chrome made an …