Unexpected audio from a browser tab can be distracting, whether it’s an autoplay video, ad, or music stream. Learn how to mute individual tabs in most browsers with just a few quick clicks.
Author: Dominic Reigns
Dominic Reigns
As a senior analyst, I benchmark and review gadgets and PC components, including desktop processors, GPUs, monitors, and storage solutions on Aboutchromebooks.com. Outside of work, I enjoy skating and putting my culinary training to use by cooking for friends.
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Global mobility and cloud architecture have brought the need to maintain a digital identity to a new level. In the past, it required acquiring local hardware, configuring roaming profiles, and juggling the risks of reconnecting to various networks. In a digital ecosystem, where standards mandate multifactor authentication, there is an outmoded, unique, and fixed physical SIM card that becomes the single point of failure. In fact, for anyone operating professionally, travelling as a digital nomad, and for security-conscious travellers, linking your operations with physical telecom infrastructure is no longer convenient, but a necessity for ensuring security. Today’s network management needs…
PDF files are widely used because they preserve formatting across devices. Reports, contracts, presentations, and other documents look the same whether they’re opened on a laptop, tablet, or phone. But many workflows involve more than one file. When documents belong together, it often makes sense to combine PDF files into a single document. This keeps information organized and makes sharing easier. This guide explains how to combine PDF files on Windows, Mac, and mobile devices while preserving formatting. Why Combine PDF Files? There are many situations where merging documents makes work easier. For example, someone preparing a business report might…
I tracked my time last month. 47 hours on link outreach—hunting down sites, writing personalized emails, sending follow-ups that get ignored. The result? Four links. Link building is one of those necessary evils everyone agrees matters but nobody wants to do. What shifted everything was stumbling onto a link building marketplace that turned my whole strategy around. Instead of this song and dance with webmasters, you’re browsing domains that already want to work with you. Feels too easy. I was skeptical too. My Old Weekend Routine (That I Don’t Miss) 2023 me would block off Saturday mornings for this. Fire…
There is a moment every ChromeOS user eventually reaches: the realization that everything they need is already in the browser. No app store, no installation wizard, no update prompt appearing at the worst possible moment. Just a URL, and you are in. Progressive Web Apps have made this the default reality – and for gaming on ChromeOS, the implications are significant. PWAs are the best way to deliver web apps for ChromeOS. On ChromeOS, the power of the web platform is front and center; web apps are a core platform feature. Installed PWAs show up in the ChromeOS launcher, can…
For years, Chromebooks occupied a specific niche: lightweight, affordable, web-first devices built for email, documents, and the occasional YouTube session. Gaming was an afterthought, if it was considered at all. That picture has changed significantly – and ChromeOS 134 is one of the clearest signals yet that Google is serious about closing the gap between the browser and the native app experience. In Chrome version 134, Google added new PWA functionality that makes installed apps more visible and improves navigation for links that can open installed PWAs. The new browser features help bring PWAs closer to functioning like native apps.…
Anyone who has tried to run a live sports stream alongside multiple odds-tracking tabs, a stats dashboard, and a bet slip simultaneously knows the feeling: the browser starts to stutter, tabs reload unexpectedly, and what should be a fluid, real-time experience becomes a frustrating race against the machine. ChromeOS is built for exactly this kind of browser-native workflow – but only if you know how to configure it correctly. Chrome users maintain an average of 11.4 open tabs per session in 2025–2026. Chrome’s Memory Saver technology reduces inactive tab memory consumption by up to 80%, and its session restoration system…