Visit Play Store in your Android smartphone or tablet to check whether the update is available for you or not.

If there is no update for your Chrome for Android, you probably have to wait one or two days, because Google rolls out Android app updates in stages.

What are the goodies in Chrome for Android v32?

Based on the blog post, the new features in this Chrome for Android update include:

• Add web page shortcuts right to your home screen more easily from the menu
• Reduce data usage in Chrome up to 50%. Visit Settings > Bandwidth management > Reduce data usage to enable.
• Stability and security updates
• Lots of stability and performance enhancements.

Of course, the most prominent feature for most users in this update is reduced data usage up to 50%.

How does Chrome for Android reduce data

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In the DOS era, the computer virus was mainly spreading through floppy disks. At that time, it was cool to bring a box of floppy disks around, just like nowadays bringing an iPad around.

The ever-increasing threat of virus in the last 3 decades was the result of the dominance of  M$ Windows+ the proliferation of the Internet. The Internet is a good innovation: it changes the way how information is propagated, and make information sharing is so easy and fast. Unfortunately, it also accelerates the spreading of computer viruses. The security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows were, are and, will be the hotbed for computer viruses.

The dominance of Windows, as well its security vulnerabilities, will not change anytime … Read the rest

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One of the major lists of new web proxies is proxy.org and unrestrictedsurf.com. Unfortunately, most of such list sites were blocked by some institutions totally. It means you even cannot access these sites at all.

There are several ways to solve this issue:

• Subscribe to the newsletter. Some list providers also send the latest proxy list through email. So, if you subscribe to such newsletters, you will get new lists from your email automatically, even you cannot access the list site itself. Unrestrictedsurf provides such emails through their Web Proxy List. (on the subscription page, you just select web proxy list

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This is not true at all.

Firstly, the web proxy site still keeps a record of your activities. The logs usually can be used as court evidence. Basically, the server that hosts the web proxy sites, by default, will write some access info (usually, your IP, your OS, browser…) in the log file. It is up to the system administrator when to delete or how often to rotate (i.e., delete automatically after how many days) them.

Secondly, some client-side scripts (e.g,. JavaScript) may get your info. Most web proxy scripts (PHProxy, Glype) can re-write Java scripts to avoid information leakage, only to a certain extent. The deliberately-written scripts are hard to re-write. The only solution is to … Read the rest

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People are using web proxy mainly for the following 5 reasons:

• Bypass blocking. This blocking may be placed by your government, or your ISP, or your organization, or even your parents. The intention may be good if contents blocked are not suitable for your age or your religion. But some ISPs or organizations just subscribe to some third-party services and block sites blindly. To access such contents, the only way is to use a web proxy.  Arguing with your ISP to whitelist the blocked sites is usually just a waste of time.
• Surf anonymously. Netizens are more and more concerned about their privacy.  If an ad pops out telling you an event

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This blog will be a platform for all our users. So, commenting is open for all users (registration is not needed).  We welcome your input on our service, and on any issues discussed in the blog.

If you have any suggestions on this blog and the free proxy service, please feel free to contact us.… Read the rest

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