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Chrome Mirrors Your Login To Other Google Service

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The huge release of  Chrome 69  brought in many new features to the search giant. Google Chrome got  applauded  for the  slick new theme ,  Auto-fill improvements & Password Generator ,  Built-in Ad blocker ,  colorful backgrounds  &  custom shortcuts on new tab page & much more! Despite the new features ,  Google has been a  target of criticism  and  reproval  from its users for  omitting www  and  m sub-domains from the URL . The  counterblasts  compelled Google to  soften its stance  and consider public feedback, as stated in the Chromium bug tracker issue. Search Giant decided to  roll back the changes  made to Chrome 69; however, the reversal will persist till the release of Chrome 70. Security experts & users are still up in arms after noticing  another weird behavior  of  Chrome 69 . Any Idea? Another Weird Behavior of Chrome...

“www” is back to Chrome 69!

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Google celebrated its tenth anniversary this month which marked the major release of Chrome 69 Version. The New Chrome browser got a facelift; however it left the users stunned by eliminating “www” and “m” protocols from the URL in the Address Bar. This announcement brought about a wave of criticism and anger to the search giant. Furthermore, the URL truncation created confusion among many users as it was harder to identify if the websites were legitimate and it could pave a way for more scams on the web. The idea of snipping Chrome www URLs raised questions on the Google’s intents and kindled fierce reproval from Chrome Users. The annoyed users found out way to return to classic Google Chrome interface by changing the flag settings. The counterblast from the users compelled Google to soften its stance. It considered the public opinion & feedback and rolled back this change in Chrome 69, as stated in the Chromium bug tracker issue. Google brought back subdomains “www” ...

Chrome 69: A Boon or a Bane?

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WWW (World Wide Web) or the Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. This is an information space (network of online content) of interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the internet. Since 1989, the Web has continued to evolve and been a centre of development to the Information Age. It has become the primary tool that billions of people use today to interact. Google Chrome  celebrated its tenth anniversary previously this month & redesigned its browser & gave it a major facelift. However, with the extricate of the latest version of  Chrome 69 ,  Google  has decided to omit  www sub-domain  from the URL displaying in the  Browser Address Bar (URL Bar). Furthermore, the new  Chrome 69  also removed “m.” sub-domain that is used for web pages specifically designed for mobile browsers. The removal of sub-domains  initiated a wave of concern and outrage  among the users and security experts. But a  ...