How to Lock Private Browsing Tabs in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac You may have noticed targeted ads appearing based on your internet searches. Some people believe that this is because websites track your browsing activity. However, you can protect your privacy by using Private Browsing in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. …
How to Change Search Engine From Yahoo to Google on Mac Google dominates the search engine market with over 92% market share and is the default option on Mac. However, if your Mac switches the search engine from Google to Yahoo, it becomes a problem that needs fixing. To change the search engine back to …
How to Change Default Search Engine in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac The Safari browser is the default app for browsing the web on Apple devices. To improve your browsing experience, you can create Tab Groups in Safari for your most visited websites to quickly access them. By default, Safari uses Google as the …
DuckDuckGo’s Rise Means Privacy Concerns Are on the Rise DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine, has conducted over 10 billion anonymous searches, with a significant portion occurring in 2016. Post Snowden-era has been filled with questions of online surveillance, leading users to increasingly turn to identity-protecting and non-tracking services. DuckDuckGo, for example, recorded 4 billion searches …
Chrome vs Edge on iOS: Which Is the Better Alternative to Safari Microsoft changed the game by basing Edge on Chromium, giving it equal footing with Chrome on desktop. I’m excited to try it out. But what about iOS? Apple doesn’t allow third-party browser engines on mobile. In other words, Edge and Chrome can’t use …
Brave vs Opera: Which Browser Is the Best to Surf Privately Privacy concerns are rising as top Internet giants allegedly follow the “data is the new oil” mantra. While Facebook is known for data collection and theft, other Silicon Valley giants also track user activities. However, Brave and Opera browsers are different by adopting a …
Brave iOS vs Firefox Focus: Comparison of Privacy Browsers on iPhone If you’re following recent events, top companies are battling over privacy rights and the handling of user information for their own gain. These questionable practices have led to an increase in ad blockers and privacy-focused browsers on Android and iOS. Although Apple strongly opposes …
7 Best Siri Shortcuts for Safari on iOS Siri has had mixed success for Apple. After its initial release in 2011, the company has struggled to engage users in conversations with Siri. Apple introduced the Siri Shortcuts app with iOS 12, and with iOS 13, the functionality of Siri Shortcuts expanded significantly. Are you interested …
5 Reasons to Search the Web Using DuckDuckGo Without thinking about Google is almost akin to blasphemy. It dominates search like anything. Ask a normal everyday web user and he wouldn’t know anything other than Google to search the web with. Although Google has worked really well all these years in terms of directing us …
5 New DuckDuckGo Features That Could Make You Use It Google Search dominates the market, controlling around 70% of desktop search traffic. However, with its power comes greed, making the company’s motto of “Don’t be evil” seem ironic. As you may already know, Google profits from selling ads and constantly seeks to maximize revenue by …
4 Ways to Search Facebook Without an Account With a monthly user base of 2.2 billion, Facebook is the largest social media network globally. It is also the biggest people search engine, capable of searching for individuals, pages, posts, groups, events, and photos. How to Search Facebook Without an Account You can search Facebook not …
4 Very Useful (and Cool) Startpages for Chrome The simplest startpage in the world is probably Google’s homepage. We usually start with a search. But when you can use the browser’s address bar as a search engine, why waste all that real estate? Why not get some cool startpages that can serve you like your …
Safari vs Firefox for Mac: Which Browser Is Better for You Safari and Firefox are the last major browsers not using Google’s Chromium rendering engine. Safari utilizes Webkit while Firefox uses the Gecko engine. Apple has continuously enhanced the default browsing experience on Mac with each macOS update. The majority tends to use Safari on …
How to Change Siri’s Search Engine (And Other Tricks) Introduced in 2011, Apple’s Siri quickly became the center of the iOS experience. With each iOS update, Apple added new functionalities to Siri. However, it soon got overshadowed by rival Google Assistant. Apple’s decision to make Bing the default search engine for Siri was one reason …