Chrome Beta Update Helps You Track Down Hidden Auto-Play Webpages

Google just announced a solution for those annoying auto-play audio webpages that are hidden among your web-browser tabs

The updated Chrome Beta release will now display a speaker icon on the tab of a web page playing unwanted audio, so you can quickly identify the page and close it, or just stop the audio from playing. This feature, while simple, could turn out to be one of the most popular incentives to download the Chrome Beta, particularly for users who rely on multiple-tabbed browsing

In addition to the audio-icon alert, the update also includes alerts for webpages that access your webcam and send content to your television Read more...