Google Chrome has been a 32-bit Application since its version 1. Now, Finally, Google has released a 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows (Chrome v37). Currently available only for testing, latest build can be downloaded from Google's Canary and Dev channels.

 

Google Chrome 64-bit has a 25% improvement in performance than the 32-bit version, and its also more secure. The 64-bit version will take advantage of the High-RAM PCs (8GB and more). Also this version is 50% more stable with almost half the crashes of the 32-bit version.

 

 

Chrome 64-bit change-log :

 

Speed: 64-bit allows Google to take advantage of the latest processor and compiler optimizations, a more modern instruction set, and a calling convention that allows more function parameters to be passed quickly by registers. As a result, speed is improved, especially in graphics and multimedia content, which sees an average 25 percent bump in performance.

 

Security: With Chrome able to take advantage of the latest OS features such as High Entropy ASLR on Windows 8, security is improved on 64-bit platforms as well. Those extra bits also help better defend against exploitation techniques such as JIT spraying, and improve the effectiveness of existing security defense features like heap partitioning.

 

Stability: Google has observed a marked increase in stability for 64-bit Chrome over 32-bit Chrome. In particular, crash rates for the renderer process (i.e. Web content process) are almost half.

 

 

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As the Stable channel of the Google Chrome has reached version 35, the BETA channel has been updated to version 36. Chrome 36 BETA has a new revamped Chrome app launcher for Linux, along with many new APIs for chrome Apps and extensions to give more ability and tools to the developers.

Chrome 36 beta Change-log by Google:

 

- Chrome no longer sends touchcancel on touch scroll, improving compatibility with other browsers and making it possible to add touch UI effects like pull-to-refresh without re-implementing scrolling and fling physics in JavaScript.

- Some CSS properties such as scrollTop and offsetHeight will now return fractional values in browser-zoom situations.

- The new WOFF 2.0 Web Font compression format offers a 30 percent average gain over WOFF 1.0 (up to 50 percent in some cases).

- DevTools now faithfully emulates touch with mouse, allowing you to test touch interactions on Chrome for Android using the mobile emulation feature of DevTools.

- Unprefixed CSS Transforms enables rich web content by allowing elements to be transformed in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.

 

 

Google Chrome 36 is set to launch (Hit stable channel) in June. Some changes will be made before it leaves the beta channel.

 

 

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Google has started to redesign its Apps, starting with Google+ v4.4 new look and its RED action-bar. Now, some leaked screenshots shows a similar design for the Gmail App, this New Re-designed UI for Gmail App is very similar to the latest Google+ update which abandons the hamburger menu in favor of a dropdown from the top bar.

 

It also added a big plus symbol in the bottom right as how you compose a new message. It doesn't even include the full color top bar which we have seen as part of the Google+ redesign as well as the new version of Google Keep.

This New Gmail Update may hit the Play store anytime during the upcoming weeks. Stay tunes!

 

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Google is Preparing a New web interface for its popular Email service, Gmail. A leaked screenshots shows that Google is testing a Major Design Overhaul for Gmail, these screenshots published on Geek.com with many new features.

 

The new features are similar to the updates reportedly in the works for Gmail's mobile app. A new "pin" feature would let you drag and highlight an email at the top of your inbox a function that would replace the existing "star" feature.

 

A major change also comes to the menu layout on the left, which looks strikingly similar to the look Google has rolled out for YouTube's menu. In addition to filtering email groups such as social, promotions, forums and updates, Gmail adds tabs for travel, purchases and finances. There is also a collapsible Hangouts feature on the righthand side, so you can easily connect with other users.

 

We might see this New Gmail UI by next month and may be sooner.

 

 

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Google is Now No.1 the most variable Brand in the world, taking Apple's place. Apple brand value decreased to become in the 2nd place (was no.1 last year). According to global market research agency Millward Brown, Google's brand value increased by 40% in a single year to $158.84 billion, overtaking Apple's $148 billion, which saw a decline of 20 percent. Google has been making its way up the list steadily in the past year.

 

Benoit Tranzer, head of Millward Brown France, indicated that Google's foray into wearable devices with the Google Glass and continued investments in the field of artificial intelligence have been pivotal in the growth of its brand value, and that such activities send a very strong signal to consumers about the essence of Google.

Apple may not be the most valuable brand anymore, but its place much better than Samsung, which is positioned 29th on Millward Brown's list with a brand value of $25 billion.

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