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Browser Picker makes switching between multiple default web browsers so easy, you have to try it to believe it.

As Apple's default web browser, and given the iPhone's high user rate, it's not surprising that Safari is still one of the most popular mobile browsers out there today. Long-time iPhone users are ...

A default app is the one you'd like your operating system to use to open certain files or links. Understandably, out of the box, Android defaults to Google applications. For instance, the default web ...

When you upgrade to Windows 10 from another version of Windows, the operating system pulls a nasty trick that could confuse non-techies that don’t know how to go digging around in system settings. The ...

Back in the early days of OS X, Apple’s desktop operating system shipped with an Internet preference pane that let you change, among other things, your default Web browser and email app. At some point ...

The beauty of the Windows 11/10 operating system is that you’re spoiled for choice regarding app selection. For every action, protocol, or file type, you have many apps that can handle it. Windows 10 ...

One of the interesting facets in the "evolution" of Windows over the decade or so is the way Microsoft suddenly pretends not to be aware of common institutional knowledge. Microsoft, for example, had ...

When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, select Close, and then select OK. Restart your PC to apply changes. How to reset Google Chrome to default settings? On your computer, open ...

Popular web browser DuckDuckGo on Wednesday released an update that enables users to set the iOS app as a system default in iOS 14. The latest version 7.53.0 of DuckDuckGo for iOS adds support for a ...

Microsoft Edge, in Windows 10, does not support WhatsApp Web thus forcing users to try out known compatible browsers Microsoft Microsoft's Windows 10, which has been released to the public, provides ...

When Apple released iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, it made a change that enables third-party browsers to be used as default apps, meaning users who don't get on with Apple's native Safari browser can choose an ...