Google Chrome 48 arrives with important news and security improvements
The new version of Google's browser has already reached the stable channel. Chrome 48 is now available for users de Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.It comes with some very interesting news and, of course, security improvements thanks to patches that fix a total of 37 security vulnerabilities. Of course, its installation is recommended.
It doesn't seem like anyone in the medium term can do move Google Chrome from the first position in terms of popularity. It is the most used browser in the world , far from its pursuers and not even a radical change in the old Internet Explorer, now called Microsoft Edge, jeopardizes its dominance.
And part of the blame is the continuous updates, which add features at a very high rate and also fix security flaws immediately. In that case, the biggest novelty is the arrival of personalized notifications . With this new option, developers can make more specific notifications to interact with users. This, of course, will improve communication and therefore the functioning of the browser itself, which will offer more options to users.
Chrome 48 fixes 37 security vulnerabilities
Another novelty of the new browser concerns the removal of support for the RC4 encryption over HTTPS connections . Google is withdrawing support like many other companies due to various vulnerabilities that were recently detected that made it unsafe.
And speaking of vulnerabilities, like any new version, Chrome 48 also comes with various patches that fix 37 security holes. Yes, at other times it fixes more holes, so it looks like the previous version was either pretty secure or it was hard to find those security holes. In fact, Google only paid $ 10500 in rewards for finding bugs , a figure significantly lower than at other times.
If you want to update Google Chrome, all you need to do is go to the "Google Chrome Info" section or download the file directly from here .
Brave, the new browser based on Chromium
As our colleagues from ADSLZone told us yesterday, it seems that the competitors do not stop releasing a Chrome which remains in the first place without difficulty. The new browser is called Brave, it is based on Chromium and promises to speed up web loading by 140% on desktop and up to 200% on web . How do you do? Well, block the ads.
However, it's not just an ad blocker. Brave collects data anonymously and sells it to advertisers. This way, the latter can put more personalized ads without knowing who is really in front of the screen. Thus, it will not be the adware that collects our information, but the browser itself that collects the data more transparently for advertisers. Thus, users will see fewer and much more interesting ads and advertisers will be able to optimize their investments.
What do you think? Could a browser like Brave ever surpass Chrome?
