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Google Chrome is the world’s most popular web browser. If you’re an Ubuntu user, chances are, you’ve likely wondered to yourself, “how do I get Chrome installed?” Well, wonder no longer! In this guide, we’ll show you how to install Chrome on Ubuntu! Before we begin Before we begin, there’s …

Chrome supports multiple profiles. These profiles allow users to create separate, independent instances of Chrome that are synced with different Google accounts, maintain their own browsing history, and have their own catalog of installed extensions, among other things. A Chrome profile is ideal if you want to keep work and …

Tabbed browsing changed the way users browse the internet. With tabs, users are able to switch between different pages they have open without having to switch between windows. Tabbed browsing has been great but lots of users open one too many tabs, and often they’re opened across multiple windows. Tab …

The iPad, ever since it transitioned away from iOS and began running iPadOS has moved towards supporting better multitasking on the device. If you look at how the device behaved in its early years and compare it to its present features, it’s obvious that the device’s features have been built …

Chrome has support for multiple profiles. What differentiates one profile from the other is the Google account that is (or isn’t) connected to a profile.  Users can create a new Chrome profile and sync it with their Google account, or they can skip adding an account and keep everything local. …

When you have problems loading a website in any browser, the one troubleshooting action you’ll be advised to take, regardless of which browser you use, is to clear the cache. All browsers maintain a cache and it’s normally maintained for every single website that you visit. Clearing the cache is …

Chrome has its own built-in task manager. You can open it with the Shift+Esc key. Chrome’s task manager only shows processes that are run by Chrome, or extensions that have been installed in Chrome. It can be used to close a tab but if you’re trying to monitor your system’s …

Browsers can download files and some have fairly decent download managers built right into them. While you will find a download manager in most modern browsers, how a download is handled by the browser will differ from one browser to the others. The files, while they are downloading, have to …

Chrome, and browsers in general, are able to interact with and use other peripherals connected to your system. The mouse and keyboard are obvious examples but a browser can also access your mic, speakers, and webcam if you allow it to. Some browsers also support hardware acceleration which allows them …

Chrome updates automatically but not invisibly. A new update will normally download in the background but it will install when you quit and open the browser again. Once a new update to the browser has been downloaded, you can’t avoid upgrading to it unless you’re willing to leave Chrome open …